Wheat Thins Shelf Life

[Member 66129]

According to my ex in-laws, expiration dates are really just a suggestion. I found food in their pantry that expired two presidents ago and they got mad when I suggested throwing it out

 

[JohnnyMac]

but they (literally) tasted like dog piss smells…..

Well....now you know why the dog doesn't bark to go outside anymore.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

If you don't keep Wheat Thins on a shelf...
Do they live forever...or die faster...?
Andy

 

[Knobgoblin]

If you don't keep Wheat Thins on a shelf...
Do they live forever...or die faster...?
Andy

Schrodinger's snacks??

 

[156256Hunter]

He must be eating that half-finished Baby Ruth bar he found on the bus-stop bench.

 

[Yarome]

It's not all scientifical and that, but wheat thins is a favorite snack of mine. I'm one of those that believe 'best by' dates are just suggestions.

That said... I'll often buy wheat thins by the case when they pop up for sale in the Amazon Warehouse deals. They typically have short "best buy" dates remaining (a month or 2(?)). I buy them once or twice a year.... and I haven't exactly paid attention... but I know for a fact I'll be eating on those cases 6-9 months or longer after they are past their 'best by" date. Re-ordering when I get low.... other than maybe being a little harder, I can't tell the difference in flavor between the tail end of the previous order and a new box out of a new order.

I store them in a dark cool pantry in the case boxes they come in, but nothing special other than that.

For what it's worth....