So you’ve bought a bag or two of pumpkin seeds to level up your nutrition game. You add only a tablespoon or two to your breakfasts, so going through an entire bag takes months, if not more. And at some point, you start wondering: do pumpkin seeds go bad? Or you went with roasted and …
So you’ve bought a pack of sesame seeds to add some flavor to your stir fries, or maybe even to make tahini. Now you’re wondering: do sesame seeds go bad?
Found an old pack of sunflower seeds and not sure if it’s still okay to eat or not? You have probably bought it to snack on while watching the game and forgot about it in all the excitement. Now, a couple of months later, the package still sits in the cabinet in the pantry where …
If you cook bacon often, you probably know that there is always tons of fat left over in the pan after cooking it. Does bacon grease go bad?
There’s a half-open margarine in your fridge. You checked the label and noticed it’s only a day away from the date on the label. Does margarine go bad?
If frying isn’t really your thing, a bottle of canola oil usually sits in your cupboard in the kitchen for a long time. Now you’re about to fry some meat or make French fries, and you notice your half-open bottle of canola is past the date on the label. Does canola oil go bad?
MCT oil is usually used in small amounts. A tablespoon here and two teaspoons there. That means that if you don’t use it on a regular basis, it will sit in the cupboard for a long time. That inevitably calls for the question: does MCT oil go bad? Just a few years ago almost nobody …
‘Does peanut oil go bad?’ It is a question often asked by people who use this oil is for baking, cooking, and frying to give food a nutty flavor. Fortunately enough, the shelf life of peanut oil is similar to other oils, which means it lasts quite a long time. Let’s discuss storing peanut oil, …
So you have a half-opened bottle of sesame oil that’s pushing the date on the label. Or maybe it’s already past that date. If you’re using sesame oil only in a handful of recipes, that’s a quite common scenario. So the question remains: does sesame oil go bad?
Does vegetable oil go bad? Vegetable oils are mostly used in cooking and they can go bad, but they have a long shelf life if stored properly.