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Just used some seseme oil (second time in as many weeks).
Best before 1998.
🙂
Was given some Guinness the other day from 1995. Didn't taste any worse than usual.
Honey- It believe it can last 1000's of years. (PS:I may be wrong..)
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It's Ginger's 21st birthday on Saturday!
I never use out of date food.
Best Before Oct 2012 Branston baked beans still on the go
(buy one get two free offer in tesco, seemed a shame not to stock up...)
Waitrose Smoked Mackeral pate "use by 23rd October" weren't smelling so had it for a snack 10 mins ago, still here.
I never use out of date food.
My Dad didn't either.
He still died though.
Food doesn't get the chance to go out of date in our house.
I never use out of date food.
How wasteful. There's people starving in Africa don't you know..?
Anyway, it's a challenge. It's just come to light that my MiL, from whom we obtained said Ginger has another 2 jars of the stuff.
So, assuming it was IN DATE for 4 years, and about half has been used in the following 25 years, my quick fag-packet calculations show we potentially have enough ginger to last for 125 years. Or until it kills us.
How wasteful
To use food before the use by date......how's that ?
I don't waste food, childhood poverty instilled into me that it isn't an option.
childhood poverty instilled into me that it isn't an option.
Pity they missed out the sense of humour....
Lighten up FFS! 🙂
Does that ginger still have flavour to it?!
How do you know I'm not shaking with laughter ?
Ernie, in his youth;
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Not sure I have anything that old in the house, unless you count wine and port, but I don't really think they count!
How do you know I'm not shaking with laughter ?
I can tell. I'm psychic. I know you can suck the fun out of any thread.
Does that ginger still have flavour to it?!
Hmm. Not so much as it did I think.
How do you know we're not shaking with botulism
You sesame oil beats mine johndoh - but only by 2 years
I know you can suck the fun out of any thread.
Says Laughter Boy himself 😆
Once ate a 2 month out of date yoghurt ..
I ate a Vesta chow mein the other week, it was so far out of date I wore my yellow crimplene flares and star jumper for the occasion 😉
Be careful with that star jumper,you'll have Anna whatsherface and wiggle all over you.
A bottle of Hendersons Relish, best before end 2009. Still going strong when the cheese on toast is on the menu
Shirley" best be for" doesn't count as out of date ," use by "thats the one to watch out for .
I found a tin of treakle with a sell by date of 1970ish at my Aunts. We made a Treakle tart with it and was lovely...
I've got some Cross&Blackwell pasta and sauce at work for emergencies. Best before end 2004. It'll be fine!
I ate a Vesta chow mein the other week, it was so far out of date I wore my yellow crimplene flares and star jumper for the occasion
I don't suppose it was any less appetising than the day it was packaged. I remember when Vesta beef curry was the height of sophistication for a saturday lunchtime. I was amazed to discover recently that they still sell it.
Not much old stuff left here really - we've been having a clear out (eating it, not throwing it out). The Henderson's Relish is a bit old and tomato ketchup never gets scoffed within the "best by" period.
I read about some archaeologists digging stuff out of a peat bog from about 2000 years ago, and they found a blob of something that smelled familiar.. tasted it.. salted butter.
Just out of interest, does anyone here eat those stake and kidney puddings that come in the flat tins? I think the last time I had one of those was when my grandad was still alive
I love those.
I reckon I can beat that ginger.
I have metal shaker containing white pepper. I only use white pepper very rarely, and it occurs to me that I've [i]never [/i]filled it. Therefore, the last person to fill it would have been my grandmother, and she died in 1992.
2002 Cayenne pepper.
Which is positively fresh compared to some of the above.