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| 1. Author: parsmad68 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 17:40 Searching in my cupboard for tea tonight I came across a Patak’s Tikka Massala sauce with a use by date of 2019. I doubt that this will be anywhere near the best so I was interested in your oldest thing in your respective larders and what the offending item is? No prizes except manky kudos. Reply |
| 2. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 18:09 Not me, but a few years ago, probably around 2017 I found spices in my MILs house from 1998. They moved into their current house in 2003 meaning it had been out of date when they moved! Reply |
| 3. Author: red-star-par Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 19:57 I actually did a bit of a cupboard clear out today, some noodles from 2019 got binned. Might have been okay Reply |
| 4. Author: buffy Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 20:01 Not food in my case but a tub of germolene. Summer 2022, I’d stood on a (poor) bee 🐝 and applied a liberal dose of Mither’s “remedy”. Then clocked the date on the underside of the tub - 1986. Me = deid ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Post Edited (Mon 10 Nov 20:02) Reply |
| 5. Author: parsmad68 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 20:19 jake89, Mon 10 Nov 18:09 Chris Kane would have been 4 years old! Reply |
| 6. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 21:06 Me and the mrs done a clear out a few years back and had the same premonition of finding food that was out of date before she had even bought her flat! Luckily I think out worst was only 3 or 4 years old at worst and was maybe a ready meal pasta or something Reply |
| 7. Author: parsmad68 Date: Tue 11th Nov 2025. 05:57 buffy, Mon 10 Nov 20:01 Older than Navid’s Advocaat. 😁 I didn’t know until I looked up the spelling that Advocaat was styled on the use of avocados in drinks in Brazil. The Dutch brought it back to Europe, replaced the Avocados with egg yolk and hey presto! The thing ye learn on dot net! Reply |
| 8. Author: TAFKA_Super_Petrie Date: Tue 11th Nov 2025. 07:36 Clearing out kitchen a few years ago and found a tub of Cadbury`s drinking chocolate fully intact and unopened complete with the promotional competetition stickers on it to win tickets to Euro `88 ---------------------------------------------------------------  [b]"People always talk about Ronaldinho and magic, but I didn't see him today. I saw Henrik Larsson; that's where the magic was."[/b] Reply |
| 9. Author: NMCmassive Date: Wed 12th Nov 2025. 20:09 About 10 years ago we were drinking (proper drinking 😬) while staying at my wife’s parents. Me and my BIL. Back from the pub, scudded a bottle of cognac. I remember looking at it like - that bottle looks old. It was a soviet era bottle that was still unopened until my BIL started hunting for more drink 🤦🏻♂️ if I remember right it had 1987 as a manufactured date on the bottle. In fairness, it still worked COYP Reply |
| 10. Author: red-star-par Date: Wed 12th Nov 2025. 20:19 I remember at a wedding at the Garvock House Hotel a good few years ago being on the bottles of Holsten Pils. I happened to glance at the label and noticed the Best Before was over 14 months ago, as were the other bottles on the table. I took them back to the bar, and the wee smiley faced Portuguese man (who latterly worked in the FSC) apologised profusely. To try and resolve the matter he did offer me my money back or the rest of the out of date bottles. I accepted the latter, tasted fine Reply |
| 11. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Wed 12th Nov 2025. 20:25 Just chucked out an M&S balsamic vinegar with a best before date of 31/10/2016 !  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply |
| 12. Author: twin par Date: Wed 12th Nov 2025. 21:03 Best before dates are ok.Only thing that happens is quality is lost or flavour is slightly impaired.Sell by is totally different,which includes perishable goods,cheeses,meats,eggs etc.Tinned goods ,unless damaged,will keep for years. Post Edited (Wed 12 Nov 21:03) Reply |
| 13. Author: NMCmassive Date: Thu 13th Nov 2025. 11:48 red-star-par, Wed 12 Nov 20:19 I’m trying to mind his name! There was a Portuguese guy who owned it with his wife but they would also get seasonal workers from Portugal - as well as other European countries like. We got married there. I never looked at the use by dates of anything tho COYP Reply |
| 14. Author: Sammy_Must_Die Date: Thu 13th Nov 2025. 15:12 Jose Ferradoza is the guy who worked in FSC, Retro, Apricot running the bars if it`s the same guy.  Reply |
| 15. Author: maradona86 Date: Thu 13th Nov 2025. 16:52 Sammy_Must_Die, Thu 13 Nov 15:12 Now the manager of the World Boofi Reply |
| 16. Author: Luxembourg Par Date: Thu 13th Nov 2025. 17:13 Last week, discovered a Mars bar in an old rucksack - 24/05/2015 Didn’t try it…  Reply |
| 17. Author: NMCmassive Date: Thu 13th Nov 2025. 21:31 Sammy_Must_Die, Thu 13 Nov 15:12 Jose! That’s it, the wee guy with dark hair. He was quite a nice guy tbf. Certainly our wedding there went seamlessly and the food was good. Still married as well 😂 COYP Post Edited (Thu 13 Nov 21:31) Reply |
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