I am cooking up some wheat berries that I've stored, refrigerated, for
11 months. Is that to long to have kept them? They do not seem
rancid but I am suspicious they might be a little stale tasting.

Anyone experienced with wheat berries this old?

Steve

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 17:23:13 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>I am cooking up some wheat berries that I've stored, refrigerated, for
>11 months. Is that to long to have kept them? They do not seem
>rancid but I am suspicious they might be a little stale tasting.
>
>Anyone experienced with wheat berries this old?
>
>Steve

If they are not rancid, you should be fine.

Boron Elgar > wrote:

>On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 17:23:13 +0000 (UTC), (Steve

>>I am cooking up some wheat berries that I've stored, refrigerated, for
>>11 months. Is that to long to have kept them? They do not seem
>>rancid but I am suspicious they might be a little stale tasting.

>>Anyone experienced with wheat berries this old?

>If they are not rancid, you should be fine.

Thanks.

(I'm again watching purines in my diet, and whole wheat seems to
have a somewhat lower purine/protein ratio than several other
protein sources, if one believes various published figures.)


Steve

l, not -l > wrote:

>
>On 6-Feb-2011, (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>> I am cooking up some wheat berries that I've stored, refrigerated, for
>> 11 months. Is that to long to have kept them? They do not seem
>> rancid but I am suspicious they might be a little stale tasting.
>>
>> Anyone experienced with wheat berries this old?
>>
>> Steve
>
>I keep mine in the freezer and they seem to keep indefinitely. Wheat
>berries kept in the fridge will last longer than those unrefrigerated; they
>will have a distinct odor if they have gone rancid. Give them the sniff
>test and your nose will tell you if they are usable or not.

Thanks. They seem to be fine. But in the future I'll remember to
use them sooner.

Steve