A bit of info for your ‘ping’ list.
save for later reading.
Bulging cans of food always have that extra special flavor.
...and the little wrigglers in old flour adds protein.
BTTT
The Mormons know all about keeping foods a long time.
Always wondered if those C-rats we ate in VN had an eat by date
Those things were made during the Korean War
Kinda dove-tails with another study that showed the shelf life of most medicines was way beyond what they say.
The Army tested a bunch of antibiotics and painkillers, etc. that had been in storage for over a decade and found them all to be still good.
Even though most prescriptions and OTC stuff will say to not use it after a year, well, believe what you must!
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44979
My mother fed us ‘leftovers’ for many years...the original meal has never been found. ;)
*Ba-Dump-Dump* Thanks! I’ll be here all week. Try the buffet and don’t forget to tip your waitress!
But, on a more serious note...
I buy HUGE trash bags full of ‘Day Old Bread’ at a local bakery outlet. $2.50 + tax. Of course, FOOD is not taxed in Wisconsin (yet) but since this is tagged as ‘animal feed’ it IS taxed.
Anyhow, you’ve never SEEN such a bounty of goodies in those bags. Breads of all kinds, and I’m talkin’ the expensive, wide-pan stuff that goes for $3 a pop! Jewish Rye. Cottage Potato Bread. Bagels. Dinner rolls. Cinnamon Bread. English Muffins. Wonder Bread. Split-Top Wheat. You name it.
And all because it is ONE DAY OLDER than it can be sold. I’ve done the math; there is easily $50 worth of bread-stuffs in one of these bags! And this is name-brand stuff, as the bakery bakes for Sara Lee, Pepperidge Farm, etc.
So, I buy two bags every other week or so when I’m running errands in town...and I sign the WAIVER that says I’m not going to eat it. *SMIRK*
And I laugh all the way home, LOL!
The hens DO get some of it; the icky white bread and pasty half-baked rolls, etc. The rest gets eaten, given away (at work or to my boys or in-laws) or into the freezer.
But what a wasteful country we live in. Really. It’s maddening! There is such a bounty of wealth and food in this country it blows my mind.
Ping! :)
I wish somebody would make large, high quality storage containers using a CO2 overpressure system. The easiest CO2 overpressure is using dry ice, but a baking soda and vinegar CO2 generator is much more convenient.
The top of each polyethylene canister, say 10 gallons, would be a lid air pressure gauge and an air bleed valve. The bottom of the container would have a CO2 input valve. Fill the container with food, seal the lid, then attach the CO2 generator to the bottom. As the CO2 flows in the bottom, air is pushed out the top. The the top valve is closed, and some pressure builds up in the canister. Finally the bottom valve is closed when the gauge indicates an overpressure.
I have a 1978 bottle of Canadian Club waiting for a special occasion. It seems to have kept pretty well.
Sounds reasonable to me - I like marshmallows that are dry and tough far better than soft and gooey.
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Hate to tell y’all but nuts have oil in them that will go rancid if left at room temperature. They are best kept in the freezer.