Koalasfriend Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I've found some pretty old stuff at mine but my mum is the worst. I remember being at my mums house about 7 years ago and asking her if I could open some After Eight mints hat I'd noticed had been there a while. She said that they were there for when she had guest so NO I couldn't eat them. Anyway, I found them at her house a few weeks ago and was so annoyed when I found that they were totally unedible such a waste! I'd say at least 50% of everything in her house is out of date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaw Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 May I ask why? for one thing i was poor and eating mouldy food actually builds up your imune system.i never stomach bugs or the runs while i ate off food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnomi Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 My friend opened and used a carton of uht milk that was 7 years out of date. He also ate some of his mum's homemade jam he found in the back of the pantry, she'd been dead 20 odd years. My parents bought their house before I was born and in the cellar was a rack of homemade wine of unknown vintage. When I was about 16 we opened one for the first time, it was lovely and we soon finished the rest. Recently I was given a 1973 bottle of Moet Champagne that had been saved for a day that never came, on getting the foil off the cork just fell out with no gas behind it, it had long since gone off, shame. I once opened an out of date carton of uht milk as well.It had thickened to a rice pudding consistency and was brown :gag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owdlad Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I always marvel at the water companies who can get their product into bottles a few months before it goes out of date. Even though it has taken thousands of years to filter through rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare85 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 When I was in Portugal last month I was buying a few bottles of alchopops like red square in the nearby shop, took them back to the apartment to drink before going out and they had the most unbelievable twang to them, like you had washed your teeth beforehand. Only to find the best before date was last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 my ex-husband purposely keeps chocolate drops/buttons til they go white and brittle. When I moved earlier this year, as I emptied the loft, I found some with the date 1996...he still ate them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 but they are things like salt, which shouldn't even HAVE a sell-by date. Salt does not go off. ("Formed on the coasts of Essex more than a hundred and fifty million years ago .... warning: use by December '06.") :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndix Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 my ex-husband purposely keeps chocolate drops/buttons til they go white and brittle. When I moved earlier this year, as I emptied the loft, I found some with the date 1996...he still ate them! Thats minging!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I once saw someone in a supermarket open a jar up and took a smell. Decided that he didn't like the smell, put the lid back on and place it back on the shelf. These things go off in 3 days once opened and I wasn't letting him get away with that. So I picked it up and while he wasn't looking I place it inside his trolly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndix Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 wicked, thats well funny! :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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