After 35 years, still good

Fooled you. You thought I was going to talk about our marriage, didn't you. Well, we've been married 40 years not 35 years. And it isn't still good, it's GREAT! No, I wanted to discuss food storage.

We continue to work at examining our emergency food supply that we purchased from Sam Andy Foods over 35 years ago. Most of the boxes, which contained six number 10 cans, have been opened and the cans donated, used, or still on garage shelves. Since we were to have a ward party at which hot cocoa was going to be served, I thought this might be a good time to use the can of Cocoa Powder on our garage shelf.

According to the label on the can, the contents (cocoa, sucrose, and non-fat milk solids) looked like it would be the kind of stuff you'd mix with hot water to get the hot chocolate drink.

However, when we opened the can, we saw that it looked exactly like Hershey's cocoa powder - the same color, caking, and powdery consistency. Tasting it, it was clear there was no sucrose or dehydrated milk in this can. Using the recipe on the Hershey's can, we were able to make some delicious hot chocolate. The powder, once properly identified, had lost none of its flavor or ability to be used in recipes calling for cocoa powder. We'll have enough to last us a couple of years unless I start making lots of chocolate frosting, drinks, or pudding.

The grades for Sam Andy: Labeling - D; Shelf Life - A+.