Prophetic Peanut Butter

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So I opened a new jar of Peanut Butter and noticed the expiration date:

 

Best by Dec 21 2012.

 

[Ramius]

So I opened a new jar of Peanut Butter and noticed the expiration date:

 

Best by Dec 21 2012.

 

 

Even if it's good until after then, is there really any point of stamping a later date?

[ExiledInIllinois]

Even if it's good until after then, is there really any point of stamping a later date?

 

On peanut butter? Of course... My God, should there even be a date on peanut butter? In the 1970's, As a child, I remember my friend's father getting a stash of civil defense peanut butter from the 1950's... Taking that on campouts... And that was still good! There was a time when people didn't know what expiration dates were... Now they stamped arbitrary dates on everything.

[ExiledInIllinois]

I stumbled upon this from the last millenium panic:

 

Extended Shelf Life

 

 

 

"Counter these stories with several examples told by Mr. Stephen Portela, Walton Feed's manager: He stores his long term food storage in his basement where the temperature hovers around 60^oF. The experts give brown rice a 6 month storage life because of all the oils in it that go rancid. Yet, Mr. Portela has been eating from a supply of brown rice that has been in his basement over 10 years. It is still wholesome! In another example, there is a family living near him who purchased a supply of food in #10 cans 30 years ago. Their basement hovers around 58^oF. After 28 years, Mr. Portela took a sample of many of these items to the Benson Institute at BYU to have it tested. The results can be seen at the bottom of http://waltonfeed.com/portela.html Mr. Portela's welcome page. You will see everything tested had a 'good' to 'satisfactory' rating except for the eggs which had a 'minimum passing' rating. After 28 years I think it is most interesting that it passed at all. Mr. Portela tells me as 30 years have now passed, their storage is still in very good condition."

 

 

 

 

[Beerball]

I stumbled upon this from the last millenium panic:

 

Extended Shelf Life

 

 

 

"Counter these stories with several examples told by Mr. Stephen Portela, Walton Feed's manager: He stores his long term food storage in his basement where the temperature hovers around 60^oF. The experts give brown rice a 6 month storage life because of all the oils in it that go rancid. Yet, Mr. Portela has been eating from a supply of brown rice that has been in his basement over 10 years. It is still wholesome! In another example, there is a family living near him who purchased a supply of food in #10 cans 30 years ago. Their basement hovers around 58^oF. After 28 years, Mr. Portela took a sample of many of these items to the Benson Institute at BYU to have it tested. The results can be seen at the bottom of http://waltonfeed.com/portela.html Mr. Portela's welcome page. You will see everything tested had a 'good' to 'satisfactory' rating except for the eggs which had a 'minimum passing' rating. After 28 years I think it is most interesting that it passed at all. Mr. Portela tells me as 30 years have now passed, their storage is still in very good condition."

What does any of this have to do with the Mayan calendar?

[mead107]

I think I would get a chicken to put down stairs in stead of the eggs.

[ExiledInIllinois]

What does any of this have to do with the Mayan calendar?

 

Nothing. Sorry for getting side tracked on the expiration date thing....