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Cooking & Baking

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

10. I know the oils and fats in mixes can go rancid and be horrible

Reply to WVGal1963 (Reply #8)

Wed May 6, 2020, 05:16 PM

May 2020

I had a very bad experience with Bisquik a lot of years ago. I didn't realize that "malt" could do that - and this does have maltodextrin as the fourth ingredient, with soybean oil way down the list.

I'll have one of the other packs out just in case.

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Question about a long expired product [View all] csziggy May 2020 OP

Open it and smell it. It it smell like it should, it should be okay. I would think it would have a brewens May 2020 #1

Yeah, I think it if smells off, I won't use it csziggy May 2020 #5

smell test, visual test rampartc May 2020 #6

But I won't be opening the other packs - I just need enough mashed potatoes to cover the top csziggy May 2020 #9

The nose knows. n/t sarge43 May 2020 #11

I'd toss it,the one year ones I would use. virgogal May 2020 #2

If you view the several youtube channels of people consuming long-expired products PoliticAverse May 2020 #3

You had me until "and a nice assortment of chemical names". Dump it. Boil some spuds. marble falls May 2020 #4

I don't keep fresh potatoes around - make that can't keep them csziggy May 2020 #7

Make them separate and taste them to see if good then add to dish jimfields33 May 2020 #13

Yes, the potatoes go on top, like a shepherd's pie csziggy May 2020 #19

Sounds wonderful jimfields33 May 2020 #20

It turned out great! And was a good way to stretch the salmon csziggy May 2020 #21

Shelf Life WVGal1963 May 2020 #8

I know the oils and fats in mixes can go rancid and be horrible csziggy May 2020 #10

Toss it. Substitute with pasta or rice or some grain. fierywoman May 2020 #12

Pasta was what we had the last few nights in a casserole csziggy May 2020 #18

If it has a lot of chemical names, I'd say it is at least as "preserved" as the 20 yo twinkies hlthe2b May 2020 #14

Either the garlic in it had gone bad or the oils turned rancid csziggy May 2020 #17

I don't know when, but sometime in the last few years (decade?) Kali May 2020 #15

When opened the ten year old package smelled horrible so I tossed it csziggy May 2020 #16