tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177053578845855367.post2166909746707462094..comments2024-03-14T22:40:35.805-07:00Comments on Poverty Prepping: Out-dated food and Shelf lifeSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08902443939027771179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177053578845855367.post-47950682052339527902013-05-28T20:08:58.455-07:002013-05-28T20:08:58.455-07:00Thanks for your comments. I never thought about i...Thanks for your comments. I never thought about it being certain batches of beans that might just not cook. <br /><br />May your beans last longer than you expect if the zombie apocalypse come along! :D<br /><br />SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902443939027771179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177053578845855367.post-51339218077709229152013-05-28T17:58:41.351-07:002013-05-28T17:58:41.351-07:00Here is something I have noticed with dry beans, a...Here is something I have noticed with dry beans, and it makes no sense but there it is. When you have a good batch, that cooks up fast, it will still be good years later. I started storing some food in the early seventies, and it took us years to work our way through the beans. They were fine. Sometimes you have a bad batch and no matter what you do, you can't get them to cook. Split peas for instance won't melt into mush but remain gritty, even after days in a slow cooker. I have seen this especially with chick peas. It is the only bean I always buy in cans now. Otherwise, I always have a 'stash' of dry beans and grains in kitty litter buckets with really good snap lids, in a darkish hallway closet. We eat them and buy new when we run out. So I am always good for a few weeks, but don't count on me to survive the zombie apocalypse.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.com