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jimfields33

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13. Make them separate and taste them to see if good then add to dish
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:11 PM
May 2020

Is that possible and still have the final product the same?

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
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