>>431999Not him, but 14yo dried beans, lentils and a few other things don't turn into food all that well. They have a much more difficult time rehydrating and will have lost more vitamins to oxidation than what is normal. If they are still viable as a seed then they are normally fine to eat, so always see if you can sprout them.
It is better to have a rotation of food. Like always have a 6 months worth supply of food and then eat the oldest of the food while replacing that with new food. This way your oldest legumes are merely 6 months old.
If anyone ever has to eat legumes as old as 14+ years and is having trouble rehydrating them, they can mill the legumes into a flour. That can be used like cornmeal to make breads or thicken soups and stews. A cheap corn grain mill is sufficient to do this and normally costs anywhere from $20-$60. You can even mill wet or partially rehydrated legumes in them.
For instance, this is an image of a cake made from red kidney bean flour. No other flour was used.
