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Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 7:34 am
by housil
Yesterday Mrs Housil opened a pouch of 2011 vegetable crackers.
First we noticed a nasty smell and the crackers looked like this
Date code 1134
No idea what these "stains" are
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 8:41 am
by CRO CSO
did u try it hehehehe!???
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 8:44 am
by [ex-Member1]
looks like some kind of military codes, maybe you have CIA crackers mate
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 10:27 am
by housil
CRO CSO wrote:did u try it hehehehe!???
Nope
Didn´t dare to...
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 2:41 am
by steve1989
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!
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 7:38 am
by Eddo36
It happened with a wheat snack bread in one of my MRE's. That was much worse though- half covered in mold.
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 10:50 am
by Ruleryak
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!
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 11:25 am
by Apocalypse
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.
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 12:52 pm
by gundog4314
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!
Re: Rancid (?) 2011 vegetable crackers
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 3:03 pm
by Ruleryak
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..."