OK, granted the article is from Slate, so ya'll can take it or leave it for what it's worth...
Age Your Canned Goods
Why I now think of best-by dates as maybe-getting-interesting-by dates.
By HAROLD MCGEE
https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate....-canned-tuna-and-spam-even-more-delicious.amp
Maybe the most important takeaway from the article (something you can find many elsewheres) is that today's 'Best By' dates are nothing more than a taste test panel's determination of when the taste of a product first differs from fresh processed.
If you open a can and the contents don't smell bad, you are likely good to go.
I keep a fairly large supply of canned goods in general rotation, but have had things slip by (like canned corn) that when eaten 8 years later was just fine.
Even long term storage freeze dried foods change taste and lose vitamins over long storage. Things like canned dried beans darken and get hard.
I think the first year or two of emergency storage foods should be canned or dried, as they can be accumulated in extra normal purchases at your grocery store, and used in rotation. Rice and pasta will last virtually forever, especially if sealed in vacuum bags.
A hallway wall can provide a load of rotation storage using racks like this one expanded and modified to fill your space.
Age Your Canned Goods
Why I now think of best-by dates as maybe-getting-interesting-by dates.
By HAROLD MCGEE
https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate....-canned-tuna-and-spam-even-more-delicious.amp
Maybe the most important takeaway from the article (something you can find many elsewheres) is that today's 'Best By' dates are nothing more than a taste test panel's determination of when the taste of a product first differs from fresh processed.
If you open a can and the contents don't smell bad, you are likely good to go.
I keep a fairly large supply of canned goods in general rotation, but have had things slip by (like canned corn) that when eaten 8 years later was just fine.
Even long term storage freeze dried foods change taste and lose vitamins over long storage. Things like canned dried beans darken and get hard.
I think the first year or two of emergency storage foods should be canned or dried, as they can be accumulated in extra normal purchases at your grocery store, and used in rotation. Rice and pasta will last virtually forever, especially if sealed in vacuum bags.
A hallway wall can provide a load of rotation storage using racks like this one expanded and modified to fill your space.