3 hours, tops. Less time if the kids find out there are brownies in the
house.

Seriously, I probably wouldn't eat brownies that had been in the mail for 6
weeks. Whoever went to the trouble to make them for you probably loves you
enough to not want you to get sick, either. :-) It makes a great story,
though, and you can both have a great laugh over the brownies that went
around the world!

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Wendy
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"kathy" > wrote in message
om...
> Someone sent me some brownies on November 19, and I've just received the
> box. They were sealed in Ziploc plastic bags inside the box. They look
> and smell okay. How long a shelf life do brownies have when shipped by
> mail? They haven't been refrigerated, but they probably have not been
> exposed to high temperatures, either. They still feel relatively soft.
>
> Someone went to a lot of trouble to make them and I'd hate to throw them
> out. At the same time, though, I can't really afford to be sick for two
> days from eating something that has spoiled. What do I do?
>
> What sort of spoilage occurs in baked goods, anyway? I know that things
> like bread and cookies get stale and stiff, but do they ever get
> hazardous to eat?
>
> thanks,
>
> kathy