Arizona Highlander
12-05-2007, 04:27 PM
Some really good news for those of us with food storage. Research by folks at Brigham Young University shows that bulk stored food lasts a whole lot longer than most of us have been led to believe.
Wheat and white rice, they say, have an expected useful life of 30+ years - not bad! And though I’ve heard people insist that Pinto beans are good for only 2-3 years, the BYU folks say they’re okay for at least 30. I’ve experimented with 10-year old Pintos myself, and though they won’t soften up easily (you can run them through a cheap, steel-burr wheat grinder, like a Corona or Victoria, to resolve that) at least they’ll still offer some nutrition.
They do note, however, that one essential survival item - vegetable oil - goes bad after just a year or two. That matches with my experience as well, as I had to toss a few bottles of Wesson oil years ago that (despite still being factory sealed) had gone horribly rancid after just a few years of storage.
For the whole story, check the link below. Good information!
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7797-1-4222-1,00.html
Wheat and white rice, they say, have an expected useful life of 30+ years - not bad! And though I’ve heard people insist that Pinto beans are good for only 2-3 years, the BYU folks say they’re okay for at least 30. I’ve experimented with 10-year old Pintos myself, and though they won’t soften up easily (you can run them through a cheap, steel-burr wheat grinder, like a Corona or Victoria, to resolve that) at least they’ll still offer some nutrition.
They do note, however, that one essential survival item - vegetable oil - goes bad after just a year or two. That matches with my experience as well, as I had to toss a few bottles of Wesson oil years ago that (despite still being factory sealed) had gone horribly rancid after just a few years of storage.
For the whole story, check the link below. Good information!
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7797-1-4222-1,00.html