Post by Yoris on Jul 21, 2018 1:34:11 GMT -7
So, I've had some carob powder sitting on a shelf (in a gallon zipper bag) in our back entrance for years (I think since 2011 or thereabouts). At some point (probably 1 to 4 years ago), the bag broke and the carob has been exposed to [HASH]oxygen. I ate some, the other day, and today—and it still tastes fine. I'm quite impressed that it doesn't taste stale. Maybe it is secretly stale (because it gave me [HASH]gas—but I ate a lot of it, and carob is a legume), but it seems as good as the moment I got it (except it cakes together into a big block over time; so, you have to break it apart). It's not difficult to break apart.
I hear and read that the locusts that John the Baptist ate in the [HASH]Bible were actually carob ([HASH]locust is another name for carob, as is locust bean). I have yet to find convincing proof that this is the case, though.
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