Real Life Cooking

In college I found spices that had *expired* in 1977 among my stash...I'm pretty picky about expired food but not about spices. Thing is, though, I think they do lose their spiciness.

Wow. I didn't even know spices expired. I say keep 'em. It's probably an insurance liability whatever thing. Though they may lose some flavor after awhile. I wouldn't keep herbs that long as they are on a slow process of losing flavor from the moment they're picked, but surely spices should be okay for a bit longer.

I'm convinced that having expiration dates on EVERYthing consumable (beer, aspirin, spices) is merely a ploy to get consumers to buy more stuff.