I recently opened some peanut butter and it was stale .

How many of you have found foods that didn't last, and what was your solution to making it last ?

 

IMO there is no way to make current food products last. I really believe that it is made to go bad, taste stale etc so we will keep buying. I think the chemicals they are now using as preservatives are of a different formula from those they used to put in canned foods. Canned food is gross. I am really beginning to dislike opening a can. I swear when you open the can you are hit with a smell that is sometimes toxic. I have opened a bag of chips before and had to throw it away because of the smell coming from the bag.

 

If it doesn't pass the sniff test, it's gotta go!

 

thinkin this could be a valid point... corp greed pushin for more and deliberately trashin the stuff they sell...? ? ?

have had similar smells n such upon opening dang near brand new items ...

 

Whatever MM....buy the darn Freeze Drying machine!!!!
*wink*
*smirk*

 

Look....there's only 1 thing to do with stale peanut butter.....AMISH CHURCH SPREAD HUZZAH!


Amish Church Spread ~ Peanut Butter Spread Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup water
2 tbsp. light corn syrup

Combine above ingredients in a medium saucepan
and stir. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat and cool completely..

2 cups peanut butter
2 cups marshmallow fluff
1 tsp. maple extract

In a large bowl combine the above cooled
mixture, peanut butter, marshmallow and
maple extract.
Beat until fluffy.

Store in an air tight container.
Can be put in jars and given as gifts.

Serve with crackers, bread or fruits and veggies.
Enjoy.
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@Motomom34 @tacmotusn @Brokor

 

I know, I think about it all the time. Eventually I will have to because I am getting concerned about so many new freeze dried companies springing up that they may be shirking on quality.

 

Wife and I almost bought one a few weeks ago when you @Motomom34 posted the sale price in shoutbox, but decided to hold off. We're still eyeballing them

 

You didn't mention but what was the expiry date? Foods won't last indefinitely no matter what you do. Oils go rancid, spices lose flavour, etc.

 

Deer and Raccoons love peanut butter, You never know whats for supper?

 

I use to use Peanut butter on my rat traps but they've gotten smart and avoid it now.

 

Like @arleigh I use my old peanut butter on mice traps.

 

My puppies love stale peanut butter. We live in the age of designed obsolescence because everybody now has one of everything so the only way to keep the ball spinning is to make stuff that goes bad, stuff that breaks and has to be replaced.
Economics 101, Life in America Inc.

 

My father's dictum was..."if in doubt, throw it out!"

Just be aware that the 'sniff test' for food spoilage isn't infallible

Why you can't trust the sniff test for spotting unsafe food | 9Coach

Can you smell if food is off?

 

how old was that peanut butter? It had to have been past the expiration data, we have some that we ate a year past the expiration date so that must have been some old pb.

FOOD ROTATION SCHEDULE!!

'nough said

 

peanut butter staleness is probably a factor of the oily component going rancid, more so than microbial contamination. Even though in most areas peanut butter will last a reasonable time....for long term storage, a cool dry environment will reduce the risk of the peanut butter going rancid.

 

Well I only use Click & clunks , machines , Dropped all the ditigtal crap & bought / BUYING old stuff !
I run HI-TECH solar , BUT !!! don't buy anymore crap OR Chinese stuff(and that word [stuff] is nice )
Im replacing bearings & brushes in a 1959 vacuum cleaner , 3 stage !!!
Most now are one stage = Crap , this can suck you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ & you know the rest !
sloth

 

Your probably right the oils went rancid .

 

Do you know if peanut oil goes bad or suspect the additives is what actually killed the peanut butter?

 

I may have lost that peanut butter but the dehydrated peanut butter I suspect is still good.