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Post by Paikea on Feb 9, 2009 11:43:52 GMT
What is the oldest foodstuff that you've ever found in your cupboard?
We have just found some sauce that was best before 1 9 9 6 (!)
*oops*
Funnily enough, it still smells nice.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2009 11:47:47 GMT
That happens to me all the time. I have a few items at least that old, although generally I do not let my cans expire for more than 2 or 3 years before using them.
Generally, canned goods are considered safe for about 15 years, although that does not mean that what is inside will necessarily taste or look good.
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Post by palesa on Feb 9, 2009 11:54:07 GMT
Honey, I do not mean to be funny, but I think your cuboards need a clean out, first chocolate sauce now this, who knows what is lurking in your cupboards.
I am quite fussy with these kinds of things and if it is long passed the sell by, I would toss it.
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Post by Paikea on Feb 9, 2009 12:02:00 GMT
LOL! Oh dear you're right - within a couple of days two of those things. I just think to keep this one sauce just for the sake of it and to be able to find it again in ten years or so.
Actually, our cupboards are well looked after because I'm really fussy about those sort of things too. But those two kept hiding.
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Post by palesa on Feb 9, 2009 12:04:30 GMT
You mean the aliens keep invading and putting old stuff in your cupboards.
I should be totally honest and say that I probably do have old stuff in my cupboards, just whenI discover it, I normally throw it away.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2009 12:11:56 GMT
Most of the dates are illegible on the stuff in my cupboard...
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Post by Paikea on Feb 9, 2009 12:14:14 GMT
Of course!!! It's those aliens. Dammit. Note to self; must buy traps.
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Post by palesa on Feb 9, 2009 14:38:43 GMT
Oh, my dear, it is you the aliens are after. They want to install a microchip in your brain and see what happens when you eat expired food stuffs!
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Post by happytraveller on Feb 9, 2009 16:30:40 GMT
That happens to us a lot in our old house in the mountains. Everybody buys a few things like pasta or cans, leaves them there because "oh next time we can use some of it or someone else might" and it gets pushed further and further back in the cupboard. The oldest item I've once found was a can of custard that was expired for 16 years... (and we only noticed after we tasted it. Not that it tasted bad but still... ewww...)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2009 19:02:17 GMT
I think you could probably eat the pasta with no problem 100 years later (well, probably not you but your descendents).
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 9, 2009 19:27:19 GMT
Y'all are gonna die.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 9, 2009 19:28:58 GMT
Unless it is egg pasta, though it might have been because the lasagna sheets were in an (unopened) cardboard box. I opened the box, and the lasagne were lacy with little holes made by bugs. No, I didn't try serving it as an exotic pasta shape.
I moved two years ago, so I doubt there is too much ancient stuff in my cupboards right now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2009 19:30:33 GMT
You're not supposed to store pasta with bugs, didn't anybody ever tell you that, lagatta?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2009 20:03:44 GMT
There is no equivalent to YC here, Geeky. Bollocks must be retained in their proper storage area.
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Post by grecian on Feb 9, 2009 20:07:41 GMT
Which is where?
If there is no place to post said 'Bollocks' then you certainly won't see much of my postings and the site will wither and die due to the same old posters just posting "Great post there!"....
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Post by grecian on Feb 9, 2009 20:24:36 GMT
I have posted on the foodie before, Jazz...
I have made a promise with myself that I will never bore people with my posts on the Grub Branch....
Like "I'm having salad leaves and fresh garlic and tofu"...just to get my post count up...
You have 2 branches on the Free Trade Zone??
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Post by rikita on Feb 10, 2009 23:19:19 GMT
i have some coconut powder that i discovered was bad a few years ago, and was too lazy to throw away. it is still there. i don't use it, i just keep it in my shelves...
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 10, 2009 23:54:58 GMT
Ha -- I have a large package of yeast -- opened -- that's been expired since 2006. It is held closed with a slight rusty paper clip, and has been moved to two different houses. This is in spite of the fact that I am ruthless about getting rid of stuff when I move.
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Post by mockchoc on Feb 11, 2009 5:14:34 GMT
bixa, chuck the yeast.
It's not much good if it won't do it's job properly.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2009 5:41:09 GMT
I tried to go throw it in the compost bin right after I wrote that post. Why can't I part with this worthless crap?
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Post by mockchoc on Feb 11, 2009 6:57:30 GMT
Get a friend to do it for you then. You have to do it.
You will end up wasting food if you use it in it!
Not sensible to do that money wise.
Now you can come help me throw out my clothes I haven't worn in ten years please!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2009 7:14:58 GMT
Mockchoc ~~ tomorrow: the compost heap.
There is an ancient school of thought that says one should occasionally put yeast down the toilet if on a septic tank. True?
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Post by mockchoc on Feb 11, 2009 7:15:55 GMT
I've never had nor heard about that one bixa but I think it's worth a try.
Hope it doesn't bubble up though! lol
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2009 7:19:01 GMT
Erk! I think I'd be bol -- barfing out loud.
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Post by mockchoc on Feb 11, 2009 7:22:20 GMT
Just throw it out. Safer that way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2009 7:30:14 GMT
I've just gift-wrapped it, carefully packed it, & inked your name & address on the outside, ready to be put in the mail tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2009 11:43:15 GMT
Maybe you can use it in one of your experiments brewing beer (refer to that piece in the New Yorker food issue:the Perfect Brew)
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Post by rikita on Feb 11, 2009 14:03:00 GMT
hm i just found a tin can with cocoa powder... has no expiry date on it, as i had refilled it into there from the original package... can cocoa powder go bad?
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Post by palesa on Feb 11, 2009 14:05:23 GMT
Not sure about cocoa powder, how old can it be? Or what is the oldest it can be.
I would imagine if there are no weavels or insects it would be fine still.
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Post by Paikea on Feb 11, 2009 14:10:58 GMT
Some of that insect stuff is invisible...
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