[Jen-in-Ok]

my beans go bad after several years vacuum sealed into half-gallon canning jars, too. they wont absorb water anymore when cooking and are always ‘crunchy’ no matter how long you cook them. I hear if you grind them before you cook them you can make bean paste, but I just try to rotate out my jars and not loose one in the back of the cabinet. I’m not convinced most long term storage plans are actually practical unless you can put it in a freezer too. the food may still be edible, but what nutrition is left? will it taste good enough to want to eat it? whole grains get a rancid flavor after a few years too. if the seed has died and can no longer sprout, I consider it past it’s expiration date. often the chickens won’t even want to eat them.