07-03-2019, 07:10 PM | #41 |
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Re: So What IS ruined after an Apocalypse?
Yes. A century or more, easily.
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07-03-2019, 09:22 PM | #43 | |
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For a misfire, it's just an unfired round, it needs the tap-rack-bang. For a hangfire, it still goes off, but on the next round... so they firer might be aiming somewhere dangerous to themselves or their allies. * For cinematic reasons if nothing else. If you're already giving it a Malf rating for poor condition, then increase the Malf by one and have it misfire/hangfire when it rolls that specific result. Twinkies have a 6 month shelf life because their filling is not made with dairy. Don't let urban myths fool you into eating a decade old Twinkie. |
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07-03-2019, 09:33 PM | #44 |
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Re: So What IS ruined after an Apocalypse?
It probably won't hurt you, but it's not likely to taste good.
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07-03-2019, 09:36 PM | #45 | |
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WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE OF A HORMEL® PRODUCT IN AN UNOPENED CAN? The product is always safe to consume as long as the seal has remained intact, unbroken and securely attached. However, the flavor and freshness of the product gradually begin to decline after three years from the manufacturing date. |
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07-03-2019, 10:54 PM | #46 | |
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You may notice a sticker on a gas pump that says, “dispensed by volume, not by energy content”. This is the same principle. Gas stored at a higher temperature has more energy content and will react (i.e. burn) more easily. And this also affects ammunition. If your ammunition has been sitting in your car for a few hours on a 90 degree day, it will be quite hot. The higher heat present in the gunpowder will result in a hotter burn and higher velocity. Shooting the same batch of ammunition on a cold winter day will result in a lower velocity and possibly a different point of impact. Militaries have been keen to research gunpowders that don’t vary their performance as much with the temperature, but commercial manufacturers are generally trying to hit a price point and won’t bother that much. |
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07-03-2019, 11:43 PM | #47 |
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Re: So What IS ruined after an Apocalypse?
Assuming 'canned' means an actual can (the type of thing you open with a can opener, no pull-tops or screw-tops), modern cans are thinner than older cans, so they're easier to damage, but if they aren't damaged, they're just as well sealed.
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07-04-2019, 12:05 AM | #48 | |
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07-04-2019, 12:53 AM | #49 |
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Re: So What IS ruined after an Apocalypse?
Peanut butter is like that. It's likely to be safe to eat (unless contaminated) for years, though it may have lost all its flavor or become rancid. There's basically no water, so it's very hostile for microbe growth.
As for Twinkies, they have an official shelf-life of about a month. For a baked good, that's an eternity. They manage it with preservatives and a lack of dairy ingredients. If they remain sealed, they are usually safe but increasingly unappetizing for much longer, but that's true of most packaged foods. For the most part, expiration dates are how long a manufacturer promises the product will stay at best quality, not when they expect them to become unsafe to consume.
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07-04-2019, 02:35 AM | #50 |
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Re: So What IS ruined after an Apocalypse?
There have been at least two cases where they examined 100 year old canned food and it was still safe. A steamboat that sank and was buried in mud and a warehouse with the supplied for a Arctic expedition that never happened. So yeah, still sealed is calories if not good tasting.
I think in the Villiers books by Panshin it turns out that if you let MREs age for a couple centuries they become wonderful. :-) Last edited by dcarson; 07-04-2019 at 02:38 AM. |
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