Since the Mooncake festival is coming. I am thinking of making Mooncakes with some dried lotus seeds I bought a year ago. Could they still be safe to eat?
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dried seeds should be *safe* to eat for quite a while, since bacteria and such can't really grow where there is no water. Whether they will be tasty or not depends on the quality of the seeds and how you stored them. – Esther Sep 07 '22 at 14:15
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That's an answer @Esther – GdD Sep 07 '22 at 14:20
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Since bacteria and other pathogens can't really grow where there is no water, dried seeds and other dried items will remain safe to eat for quite a while. However, how tasty they will be depends on the quality of the seeds and how they were stored. Seeds can go stale and lose flavor over time, or the fats in them can become rancid. You can try tasting one to be sure you'd still want to eat them before making a larger recipe.
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@spaceamoeba1010 whatever you would expect it to taste like when new? It would also likely taste distinctly *bad* if it had gone rancid or stale. – Esther Sep 07 '22 at 22:19
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@spaceamoeba1010 I guess so, you don't need to swallow it, just see if it tastes bad (probably fine but you never know) – Esther Sep 08 '22 at 00:45
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1@spaceamoeba1010 the rancid fats will usually develop a plastic-like smell usually noticeable before tasting, and a waxy/stickier texture. If you can already smell it, they're definitely rancid. – borkymcfood Sep 08 '22 at 05:47
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@spaceamoeba1010 Go to a Chinese (or generic Asian) supermarket, buy some Mooncakes and find out :-) – quarague Sep 09 '22 at 13:08