30 years old EPa crackers & lard meat

[housil]

I visited a friend in hospital today. He asked for something special so we opened a 30 years old EPa "Hartkeks" (hard tack or crackers) and a canned meat w/ lard "Schmalzfleisch"

The 1989 Hartkeks, had still it´s vacuum

Too bad they were slightly, inedible rancid

The Schmalzfleisch containr, also 1989

looks still OK to me

and tasted still OK.

The meat was still OK after 30 years

[mikeoverhere]

It's the fats in products that go rancid. That these crackers and lard packed meat did not go rancid is amazing - they must have been stored in ideal conditions. Looks yummy!

[housil]

The crackers were rancid and inedible. Ja, they were stored in perfect condition at 15°C for years.

[Eistee]

Those old school crackers are always a cointoss, if you get really lucky and the vacuum seal is 110% intact they are still fine to eat.
Once you can shift the packaging abit, showing the seal is at least partially broken, they are rancid.

[mikeoverhere]

The crackers were rancid and inedible. Ja, they were stored in perfect condition at 15°C for years.

My mistake, I see you said they were rancid in the OP. I have yet to try Hartkeks that weren't rancid