Can uncooked pasta go bad?

I keep my pastas in heavy glass jars on an east-facing windowsill. I recently opened one and noticed a rancid smell. Is it possible for it to go bad???

Thanks -

By Chefjoannam (Chefjoannam) on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 03:27 pm: Edit

Anything can spoil.

It all depends on how it's stored.

http://waltonfeed.com/grain/life.html

If it smells different than what you expect, it probably is bad. Best case scenario, you're going to eat something that takes funny. Worst case scenario, you get sick.

I would rather throw food out than make myself or anyone I fed ill.


Margaret, you should try using google (or any search engine) for these kinds of questions, you'll get your answers a lot faster.

Just type the main words of your question in the box, you don't need to know any fancy tricks.

http://www.google.com/search?q=pasta+rancid&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

That's how I got the link that I included above.

By Adelie (Adelie) on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 06:34 pm: Edit

OK, thanks!