Does it get too dry? Go stale?

Is there something that makes dried pasta unable to rehydrate?

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[–] 49 points 4 months ago (6 children)

All of the answers here are missing something: pasta has a very small amount of fat in it. Eventually that fat goes rancid.

You can significantly extend shelf life of things like pasta and rice by storing them in inert gases but that's not done generally.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    In dry stuff it's generally the fat going rancid.

    Though I've used 5 year old pasta and it was fine. The fat may have been rancid, but I suspect between boiling and immersion in sauce you just wouldn't taste it.

    (Also, rancid fat isn't necessarily harmful).

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    How much fat does pasta typically contain?

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