Do you have any food in storage that is past it's expiration date?

[Guest]

i thought i don't have them but i do....a bbq sauce from 2010 ._.

Oooo, use it

[RyomaSJibenG]

Oooo, use it

if i end up in hospital, i blame you

[KingKeith55]

I have some kool aid packets that expired in like 2007 

[Guest]

if i end up in hospital, i blame you

Oh okay then don't

[Delusional Phil]

Not as much as you think!

Much better term would be : " Best before date is confusing . " 

[Guest]

I have some kool aid packets that expired in like 2007

Probably still fine to use.

Jk, don't.

[Guest]

Much better term would be : " Best before date is confusing . "

Of course something like raw meat or milk isn't very trustworthy anymore after that date. But junk foods of course are fine.

[Delusional Phil]

Of course something like raw meat or milk isn't very trustworthy anymore after that date. But junk foods of course are fine.

Not if you preserve it well ... Milk is the only thing I can agree on ... But meat has its exceptions ... You can salt it , marinade it with soy sauce , etc. 

[MblaZe7run]

I have like 500 expired twinkies, most of them are in the freezer.

Those things expire? Damn.. I didn't think they could!

 

/jk

[AlwaysFSX]

No, but I know someone with Nilla wafers that expired in 2006.

[george357]

Have a ham that I opened this month with a December 2013 expiration date on it. Still tastes great!

[Suika]

Those things expire? Damn.. I didn't think they could!

/jk

That's why I bought 500 of them lol

[KingKeith55]

Probably still fine to use.

Jk, don't.

actually they're fine because i few months ago i used one and it was still good.

[gcubed]

Last thing I had that was out of date, slipped out of my fridge late one night, stole my car and I haven't seen either in over two years.

 

Seriously, some expiration dates are meaningless, others are important. Even the important ones can be taken with a grain of salt since they have a built in buffer in addition to erring on the side of caution.

 

Packaging and treatment will determine the shelf life more than anythng else. As an example, milk can remain safe to drink for over a decade while stored in a non-refrigerated desert warehouse if it is packaged properly. It should be noted, that most perishables you buy at your local grocer are NOT packaged for long term storage.

[Dezz]

Yes, but I think it's alive now, so that's why I don't throw it away.

I hate when I forgot some meal in the fridge and it goes bad. Neither me or my roommates want to throw it because it's probably alive (but eventually someone throws it out), maybe we can wait till it grows legs and escapes from fridge on its own?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Not readily right now... but.

 

I had some 4 month PAST old Yoghurt the other day...

I'm still kickin.

[LegacyStijncat]

I hate when I forgot some meal in the fridge and it goes bad. Neither me or my roommates want to throw it because it's probably alive (but eventually someone throws it out), maybe we can wait till it grows legs and escapes from fridge on its own?

In case of food reincarnation, use guns

[DildorTheDecent]

spices and things from like mid '90s

 

not really food. 

[Trik'Stari]

What it's like to open our fridge.

[RatedBlam]

Some very rancid and old beers, but probably no food.

[simson0606]

we have some olive oil that expired in 2011, and it looks just fine so we use it

[CM7]

I don't have any pictures, but when I cleared out my grandmas house. There was so much it would take days to sort what's "edible" and what's considered a new organism.

[Wauthar]

We had a pack of... gravy? (Dutch: jus) that expired in 2004 in one of the food drawers...

 

yeah