Ok, so i just went and made some pasta, which I think might be older than I am. Oh well, it tastes pretty good, and I haven't died yet, but i got to thinking...

Is everyone like me? Are there people out there who eat things they find in the cupboard, read the expiration date, and cringe? How old is acceptable with food? And most importantly, what's the oldest food you can remember ever eating?

I would appreciate some humourous responses, as well aas some serious ones

theres a year old packet of fairly floss that has gone stiff that i think i will open up in 6 months time

We didn't eat it, but last month me and my girlfriend got a pepperoni pizza from the back of my grandmas kitchen.

We took it home and put it in the oven. Bored we checked out the front of the box and it said "Win a trip to the 2002 Winter Olympics"

We were pretty disappointed.

Your grandma

But, I don't usually eat anything more than a few days past expiration, and most things are trash as soon as they hit the date.

i had a friend in highschool once ate a 30 year old gum that came with a baseball card pack, was hard like rock lol

The more important question is...


Did you win?

I don't know, I was too disappointed about the pizza to care.

That's stupid, the expiration is just an estimate that errs on the side of caution. Something like milk, yea, its only really good for a couple more. Something like a pack of crisps, that's easily good for another couple months at the least. Some stuff is good for years longer than the date. Even if it's not, most of the time it won't harm you in the slightest, it'll just be a bit chewy or hard or whatever.

use by: you should probably use it by then.

best before: doens't really matter.

I eat a lot of old candy.