Oh, Radio Gods

I was driving my car today, and I was eating a peanut butter sandwich. (I know, I really shouldn't eat and drive...) I don't like peanut butter sandwiches all that much to begin with. But, it just so happened that I didn't have anything else portable, and I wasn't in the mood to make egg salad. So I ended up with the peanut butter. Anyway, this peanut butter seemed particularly awful. I had to quit eating it about half way through the sandwich because it just tasted so terrible. And I began to wonder if peanut butter goes bad. I, for some reason, had the idea that peanut butter lasts pretty much indefinitely. Mine was old; I'm not exactly sure how old, but I don't think I've purchased peanut butter since living at my current condo. That makes it over a year old. As I continued to drive and ponder and listen to the radio, a little radio contest came on. The caller had to answer three questions. And guess what the final question was.

"How long does peanut butter keep after it has been opened?"

I just started laughing.

Unfortunately for me and the peanut butter, the answer was 2-3 months. Hopefully my stomach does not notice the half tablespoon of bad peanut butter that I ate.