Do olives really go bad?

(BuckRimfire) #1

I have a couple of unopened packs of Trader Joe’s olives (in polyethylene bags that are essentially free of air) which are about two years past their “best before” date. I’m inclined to eat them…

Sadly, they don’t sell those bags any more, or I haven’t seen them anyway. I liked that lightweight and unbreakable package option.

(Doug) #2

I’d eat them unless they smelled bad. Salty olives, no air getting to them…

(Blake) #3

Agreed. Sniff test. I’ll know whether they’re fine or not.

(Hugh Walter Jennings) #4

I don’t know. If it were me I’d get a fresh pack to see what fresh ones smell like and then do his others have said, open the old ones and compare the smell.
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