Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Mon May 16, 2016 7:34 am

Yesterday Mrs Housil opened a pouch of 2011 vegetable crackers.

First we noticed a nasty smell and the crackers looked like this

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No idea what these "stains" are

CRO CSO · Post by **CRO CSO** » Mon May 16, 2016 8:41 am

did u try it hehehehe!???

[ex-Member1] · Post by **[ex-Member1]** » Mon May 16, 2016 8:44 am

looks like some kind of military codes, maybe you have CIA crackers mate

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Mon May 16, 2016 10:27 am

CRO CSO wrote:did u try it hehehehe!???

Nope

Didn´t dare to...

steve1989 · Post by **steve1989** » Tue May 17, 2016 2:41 am

Smart move, Housil - I don't think I would have gone for trying one of those.. but then again.. maybe I'd have to have just one bite.

Seriously though, when something isn't passing the first two of three steps (Visual, Smell, Taste - in that order too) of freshness, it is very wise to just toss it!

Scary looking crackers I must say.. what the heck happened, I wonder!?

Actually - upon further examination, my theory is first off.. those dark red blobs are the dried red bell peppers they add to the crackers making them "vegetable" - and what must have happened was, there was a small pinhole in the pack, moisture got in, rancidity festered, and then out came your unfortunate crackers. Tragic!

OR, it could have been a bad batch of those things - maybe there are others from that specific lot/year that have the same issue. Just another theory!

Eddo36 · Post by **Eddo36** » Tue May 17, 2016 7:38 am

It happened with a wheat snack bread in one of my MRE's. That was much worse though- half covered in mold.

Ruleryak · Post by **Ruleryak** » Tue May 17, 2016 10:50 am

The bits of vegetables in the crackers seem much larger than normal - maybe something screwed up with mincing the peppers and some larger chunks got into a batch. The larger chunks probably had a good deal more moisture in them than the tiny bits would have, and with no desiccant in the pouch the moisture helped the crackers turn. Best guess I've got - thanks for sharing housil!

Apocalypse · Post by **Apocalypse** » Tue May 17, 2016 11:25 am

This proves that the WSB *is* actually food. I've been using them for packing material for years....

Eddo36 wrote:It happened with a wheat snack bread in one of my MRE's. That was much worse though- half covered in mold.

gundog4314 · Post by **gundog4314** » Tue May 17, 2016 12:52 pm

steve1989 wrote:Smart move, Housil - I don't think I would have gone for trying one of those.. but then again.. maybe I'd have to have just one bite.

Steve, I couldn't imagine you NOT eating the whole thing LOL!

Ruleryak · Post by **Ruleryak** » Tue May 17, 2016 3:03 pm

gundog4314 wrote:Steve, I couldn't imagine you NOT eating the whole thing LOL!

Right? "Hmm.... oh. Oh man... this is terrible. Ok, I'm done with that. No, maybe just one more bite. Ack..."

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