Janet Wilder wrote:
> I've got everything to make the key lime pie for DH's Bday on Monday. I
> remebererd I had a box of unopened unflavored gelatin in the pantry. I
> just looked at it and it seems to have expired 12/21/08
>
> What could be in it to have it expire? Do y'all think I can still use
> it. It's not the cost but the bother of going to the store.
>
> TIA


I can't imagine it going bad. Unless it has caked into a solid mass,
I'd use it. Jam pectin also has an expiration date but I have used
packages of it years after the date and it has been fine. Yeast, too,
but I keep it refrigerated.

gloria p