# Foods That Are Better Stale

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343 "2003-08-01T13:08:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343/41 "2003-08-03T11:27:27Z")

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Ice-cold flat pop rules! You’re making me wish we weren’t out of Pepsi.

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**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343/42 "2003-08-03T16:40:54Z")

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Crullers are far better day-old than fresh.

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**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343/43 "2003-08-03T17:43:14Z")

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I was going to say Oreos, gingersnaps and Peeps! Darn!

**Indygrrl** , circus peanuts will also give you weird dreams if you eat them at night, IME. I ate a few of them a night a few months ago, and I had crazy dreams until I stopped eating them. And our Wal\*Mart sells them in pink, white and the old standy, **Caution Orange**.

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**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343/44 "2003-08-03T20:55:28Z")

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Stale Peeps are the thing I’ve missed most in my 4+ years of Vegetarianism. Boohoo me so sad every Easter…

I check the package in stores every year to see if they’ve changed the recipe to get rid of the gelatin, like so many european candies have done (yay Storck!), due, I assume to the whole Mad-Cow and Hoof’n’Mouth disease things a couple of years back. Of course, changing the formula that drastically could eliminate the heavenliness altogether, but I’d bet that using a different gelling agent would make 'em stale quicker.

Here’s a tip for you lucky so’n’so’s who still get to eat them- Microwave them fresh for a few seconds, then let them cool- instant staleness!

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343/45 "2003-08-03T21:42:07Z")

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Movie popcorn. It always tastes better a few hours later, or the next day.

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**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-better-stale/192343/46 "2003-08-03T21:59:53Z")

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My sister’s another fan of stale Oreos - bleah. I’ll vote for cheese; especially bleus.

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