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Old matzah?

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Mirabelle

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 8:24 am

This is a weird question, but can old matzah be used a year later? Last year I totally overbought and I have a whole big package of matazh from last year sitting in my pesach cabinet. I told my husband we need to throw it out and that I bet its rancid, my husband thinks it will be fine. What do you guys think?

ssbarnes

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 8:32 am

I don't believe that it goes rancid.

http://kashrut.org/forum/viewp.....13806

Ima'la

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 9:12 am

I've used matza from the year b4 (as long as it was sealed all year) - it's fine.

chocolate moose

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 9:47 am

one way to find out . . . . then, let us know!

Boys"R"Us

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 9:57 am

ssbarnes wrote:

I don't believe that it goes rancid.

Actually, it CAN go rancid, but it is not necessarily going to be rancid from last year!

There is an easy way to tell if any of the dry goods have gone rancid. This includes cake mixes, cake meal, matzo meal etc.. (it can happen to things that were purchased THIS year too, cause who knows how long they've been sitting in storage?!)

If you open the item and it smells like PAINT, it is rancid!!

Good luck shock

Chag Sameach,

greenfire

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 9:59 am

the thought doesn't let me eat it ... even if it were really still good ... I have saved sealed boxes and then thrown them away anyway ... I won't even eat cereal that was bought a month ago ...

chocolate moose

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 10:02 am

it might be better in kugel or matz brei, or toasted and eaten with a dip rather than plain . . . .

Mommy3.5

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 10:43 am

My IL's put away shmura matzah when they overbought and it wes perfect the next year. Though most of the old matzah was used for cereal or matzah farfel, but we did eat some of it and it was totally fi ne.

su7kids

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 11:51 am

I wouldn't use processed matza a year later, but hand made shmura, for sure is fine. We often use from one year to another and last year our supply had a problem from the year before that his matza arrived AFTER Pesach, so he sold "last year's" matzo at half price. We bought about 20 lbs of it, and it was totally fine.

BrachaVHatzlocha

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 12:08 pm

my father gave me one sealed box from last year...I was a little nervous, but after reading this thread, I'm less so!

amother

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 4:47 pm

shosh2008 wrote:

I think warms are not kosher!

su7kids

Mon, Apr 02 2007, 7:29 pm

what warms?

Do you mean "worms"?

Worms aren't overly interested in my matza, at least that's what I've discovered.

Ribbie Danzinger

Wed, Apr 04 2007, 5:27 pm

Old matzah can become infested. To check matzah for infestation: hold each matzah parallel to your eyes and look to see that it has no threads hanging from it. If it has threads - it has been infested, throw it away. If not, eat.

Raisin

Wed, Apr 04 2007, 5:49 pm

we used old matzah this year, it was fine. You can heat in the oven for a few minutes to recrisp if you like.

Ribbie, you are back! Nice to see you again. Smile

Ribbie Danzinger

Wed, Apr 04 2007, 6:12 pm

Just visiting... it's not taking time away from my work on chol hamoed.

Moadim le'simchah!

greenfire

Wed, Apr 04 2007, 10:22 pm

but worms are so cute ....

chocolate moose

Wed, Apr 04 2007, 10:46 pm

and a pretty green or pink . . . .

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