Food coffe,canned cheese,dry yeast still good?

[securitysix]

The wife pulled out a box from the dark depths of a closet that has about 12 cans of ground coffee of different brands and sizes,cans of kraft cheese,and a 2# vacume sealed bag of dry yeast that I tucked away for Y2K.Its been stored at between 68-78 degrees. Would any of this stuff still be any good to use? Thank you.

 

[summerthyme]

Honestly, about all you can do is try it. I suspect the yeast is long since toast... it needs to be frozen for storage past 6 months or so. Fortunately, it's still under 5 bucks at Sam's Club for that size pack!

The cheese is likely to have darkened (not sure what you are talking about here, exactly... a "cheese food" product, dried cheese?) If it's a wet product, I doubt it's any good. This would be the one thing I'd be awfully careful "trying out"...

And the coffee... you're just going to have to try it... we've used 8 year old coffee in the old style tin cans (which yours probably are, not the dumb aluminum foiled cardboard or plastic they've got now), but it was stored in our basement, which runs around 60° peak temp, and around 50° much of the year. You'll be able to tell on the first cup if it's not up to par.

Summerthyme

 

[Hfcomms]

Even vacuum packed yeast doesn't last for more than two or three years. That reminds me that I need to go out and get some more that are fresh. Some things last better than others. A few years ago I ate the last of the tuna and spam that were of 1998 vintage. Both were not 'bad' but not real palatable either. Normally the canned stuff will be o.k. as long as the can isn't swelled but a lot of it that gets to be that old I just toss. Kind of part of the cost of doing business I guess.