jim wrote:

> I googled this one but didn't find any
> satisfactory answers. I 'inherited' some
> winemaking stuff my father used. I've
> thrown most of the chemicals out as they didn't
> smell right, but the campden tablets all smelled
> as they should. These are 7 -20 years old
> though.
>
> I know, I know, campden tablets are cheap so I
> probably should chuck them too and not try to
> save money on these things,
> but they were in sealed containers and as I say,
> they smell like my new ones do. I only use
> campden tablets on initial must anyway.
>
> So does anyone know if campden tablets keep
> thaaat well?
>
> Jim

Don't know Jim, but you could always use them for
sanitizing. Just crush them and dissolve in
water. A few ppm probably not that critical for
this use.