On 5/13/2013 2:37 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> On May 13, 5:26 am, jmcquown >
>>
>> Yes, peppercorns and spices in general do lose potency over a long
>> period of time, sure. I don't see any reason to freak out or throw them
>> away because of some random date printed on a package.
>>
>> Think of the time it took to transport spices from the Orient back in
>> the day (Marco Polo, anyone?). I'm pretty sure no one on the ship was
>> saying, "Hope for a good strong breeze, lads, these peppercorns are
>> going to expire!" LOL
>>
>> Jill
>
> As you say, I don't think they were worried. Lucky they weren't
> transporting New Zealand lamb to England!
> !
>
I don't want to think about how those lambs may have been abused on the
ship.

Jill