Deb555
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Dried noodles and other foods can't go bad because pathogens need water in order to reproduce.
So then it just boils down to taste? I cannot tell you how much rice I have tossed because it smells so stale. And my taste buds are very tied into my sense of smell, which I know some peoples' are not.
But your comment is for dried, and sometimes they look like they have some moisture. These were not as brittle as the really fine ones, they were a bit pliable in the package, and I wonder. But anyway, I didn't get them so will never know.
I have tried some alternative ones, and they were pretty goopy. And I didn't like them and don't remember what they were made of.