Just maybe…
I should clean out my cupboards a bit more often.
We have a tall skinny cabinet in our kitchen. It’s not very wide, which constantly leads to items being pushed to the back to make room for new.
Sometimes they get pushed really far back. Really, really far back…
Like a solid mile and a half back.
For example, this container of chicken broth…
Fat free!
Kudos to me for being healthy, right?
Well, I should have realized this wasn’t going to be good when I saw the label. The last time I bought fat free was when I was dieting……
In 2014.
River's world..... 
The value of hex “A3” in decimal is “163”.
I think this means you are good for 3 years AFTER the 16th year – so essentially 2019.
But don’t take MY word for it.
*** I always take the words “best if used by” with a grain of salt. -but that’s me. ~ymmv
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I don’t mind a few months after the date, but this was a bit extreme.
😉
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I’d avoid fat free foods. They usually add sugar to make up for the lack of fat.
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Well, I’m definitely avoiding this one!
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Fat-free is okay if I just add a half stick of butter to it…
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Defeats the purpose, but definitely tastes better…
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Ha, well you probably bought it in 2013 so …
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So I should have made soup is what you’re saying…?
😉
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Last week when I was having some back issues, I finished off the bottle of generic Aleve I keep handy near my desk. The medication expired sometime in 2016. Nobody can ever accuse me of being hooked on pills….
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That’s one thing I’m a little leery of using past the expiration date…
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I’ve always heard that medication merely loses its potency as it ages. It doesn’t actually become unsafe (I’ve taken meds even more beyond the expiration date than that before).
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Good to know. Lord knows I’ve probably got cough syrup from 2012….
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…………and? It there are no green bits floating…..it should be good yet…..lol!
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I wasn’t taking any chances.
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Live life on the edge woman!
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In some things, maybe. Food poisoning? No thank you.
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OH all right.
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I don’t remember ever having an out dated food product–that’s sacrilegious!!
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Sadly, it happens more times than I care to admit.
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Well at least you didn’t use it, who knows now a days. But maybe you should look in your cabinets more often, lol.
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I should. I know….
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Are you sure your husband didn’t fish it out of the trash and put it in his barn for posterity’s sake? My hoarder dad would have done that. LOL. Mona
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Oh hell… I didn’t check!
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… mmm. Reminds me … I don’t think I have even looked at the rear of my shelf in the fridge since 2014 … Snooks says she wont go there, she just doesn’t want to know …
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Helpful hint… unless it’s blue cheese? It shouldn’t be blue.
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Kudos on keeping items stored in such a way as to know where they are– even years after you should have used them. Well done 🙄
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Well, one doesn’t like to rush recipes…
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😂
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My mum keeps everything. You know, in case there’s a zombie apocalypse or something.
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Well, at least that’s a valid reason.
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A reason, yes. Valid, probably not.
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But still better than my husband’s “because I can”.
🤣
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Haha, can’t argue with that logic!
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In the post-apocalyptic zombie world where we’re all currently headed, someone would be willing to sacrifice an arm for that chicken broth!
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You have a point. It’s too late for the broth…but I’m sure I have other out of date food somewhere.
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I know this isn’t a competition but the friend I’m staying with in the UK can beat that – we recently found a packet of Angel Delight (a powder you add to milk to make the most delightfully tasty and unhealthy mousse) dates 2009…the year he moved in. I was tempted to make it but was grudgingly talked out of it.
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Okay. You win.
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