The post below about the 20 year old green beans makes me ask. There is cereal on sale at a large grocery store near me. But I dont eat enough cereal to use this up in 9-12 months. If a box of cereal is purchased, (not opened) and kept on a shelf how long will it last past the sell date? The price for this is the Chex cereals for $2 per box, plus the mini-wheats, corn flakes, rice crispies, etc.
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SweetFeet
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Cereal, crackers and chips get stale faster than you think. Not sure of exact time frame - but my parents cured my kids of wanting snacks at their home because Dad would buy in bulk on sale... and the stuff was always stale when you opened it.
I would not buy anymore than I would use up within 4 months time.
I would not buy anymore than I would use up within 4 months time.
I used to buy a cereal of flakes by the case, meaning the box they were shipped to the store in. I opened one of the last individual boxes and noticed bugs in the box. I returned it to the store and the manger tossed it in the trash. He said that every box has them, but I had the box long enough for the bug eggs to hatch out.
After that I would only buy what I could eat in a couple of weeks. That way I would eat the bug eggs and not the bugs.
After that I would only buy what I could eat in a couple of weeks. That way I would eat the bug eggs and not the bugs.
Jim in Ma.
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Read the Date on the package!
retired farmer
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With all the chemicals they put in it, the bugs will eat it before it gets stale. I have had several boxes over the years that I have found live bugs in the bottom crawling around.
Found a box of Teddy Grahams, chocolate graham crackers for the kids. They got left in the basement when the pantry was moved to the kitchen.
Best by date was Sept 2007, I opened them and they stunk to high Heaven. 5 years 3 months. I have had it happen once or twice before but I don"t recall the dates.
The wife likes to buy on sale, which I love saving money, and we can/freeze a lot too. When things get close to the date we eat the same thing over and over.
One thing I forgot to mention in the previous post, I did have food poisoning in 1991. Lost 20 lbs, ended up at the hospital with an IV for two days. Doctor said it was Giardia. Spent almost 10 days puking and you know what.
Rick
Best by date was Sept 2007, I opened them and they stunk to high Heaven. 5 years 3 months. I have had it happen once or twice before but I don"t recall the dates.
The wife likes to buy on sale, which I love saving money, and we can/freeze a lot too. When things get close to the date we eat the same thing over and over.
One thing I forgot to mention in the previous post, I did have food poisoning in 1991. Lost 20 lbs, ended up at the hospital with an IV for two days. Doctor said it was Giardia. Spent almost 10 days puking and you know what.
Rick
rd 2N in mo
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dont forget about mealy worms turning into flying moths. Most grain foods have a certain amount of bugs allowed by US Ag dept for processing and they all do not get killed during that processing. The eggs will turn into larvae and then into bugs or moths inside the packaging. So it is best to rotate your stock every 6 months or so.
I like that we will go to great lengths to save maybe a dollar on a box of cereal. How much cereal do you eat in a year??? So if it was given to your for free it would not be that big of an amount of money.
Then we will waste/lose money in other areas that dwarfs the amount we save on the cheap items.
I am not throwing rocks because I do this too but if you really look at the big picture it is kind of silly. So we go buy a years supply of something to only have to eat stale stuff for half the year. All to save maybe 5-10 dollars.
Then we will waste/lose money in other areas that dwarfs the amount we save on the cheap items.
I am not throwing rocks because I do this too but if you really look at the big picture it is kind of silly. So we go buy a years supply of something to only have to eat stale stuff for half the year. All to save maybe 5-10 dollars.
Somebody beat me to it but I'll bring it up anyway. I worked in a retail grocery store for 22 years and after that in wholesale distribution. I was asked many times about shelf life of both non perishable and perishable goods. One time in particular someone had a frozen turkey that was two years old, still in the freezer. My simple answer was: Is ten or fifteen dollars worth taking a chance on a ten thousand dollar hospital stay? And, modern freezers have defrost cycles which allows the temp to rise on the surface of anything left in there. Freezer burn anyone???
It's not quite as bad with cereals, but there is an often guarded percentage allowed by the FDA of droppings and eggs and other non food material that gets by the processing. That's why you really want to keep flour and meal in the fridge until you use it. Keeps the weevils from hatching out. They are there, in the best brands.
Realistically speaking, look at the use by date and add maybe six months to that. After that, I would open it up and let the birds outside have it.
It's not quite as bad with cereals, but there is an often guarded percentage allowed by the FDA of droppings and eggs and other non food material that gets by the processing. That's why you really want to keep flour and meal in the fridge until you use it. Keeps the weevils from hatching out. They are there, in the best brands.
Realistically speaking, look at the use by date and add maybe six months to that. After that, I would open it up and let the birds outside have it.
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