My mother broke a previous record over thanksgiving. I don't know how we never caught this growing up but we found a can of baking powder that expired 04/2002. So more than likely that powder was made in the last century.

Clean out ya pantries!

Did she have a more recent can of baking powder or was that one the going concern?

It'll happen to all you young whippersnappers.

Old bread in the pantry and hotdogs in the fridge….intentionally. Use them for bait in a trap for small perch for catching catfish.

What's left of the chipotle chilies in the back of the fridge would probably take down Godzilla.

I did a good job of cleaning mine out when I moved in August. Now, if I looked in my mom's pantry, if I found something from 2020, I would not be surprised. In her defense, if she found something that old, she would throw it in the trash and buy a replacement.

I made a Clamato once with a beer. While drinking I felt a loogie textured substance in my mouth. I checked the Clamato expiration date: it was 4 years past. Not my fridge.

General Jack D. Ripper said:

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I made a Clamato once with a beer. While drinking I felt a loogie textured substance in my mouth. I checked the Clamato expiration date: it was 4 years past. Not my fridge.

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So....mold?

Found a Siracha Mayo bottle in the back of the fridge last night with a 10/22 date. Prompted a search and found a couple early 2024 things & was reminded that my Mom always asked "Is it puffy?" when we would clean out her fridge/pantry.

We always figured it probably helped our immunity system by building resistance - LOL.

I have a bottle of poppy seeds that were best by 01-15-2006.

Backyard Gator said:

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General Jack D. Ripper said:

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I made a Clamato once with a beer. While drinking I felt a loogie textured substance in my mouth. I checked the Clamato expiration date: it was 4 years past.
Not my fridge.

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So....mold?

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No idea, but I haven't had a Clamato in 20 years

Quinn said:

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During COVID when we did a big pantry sweep, I found a can of beans that expired in 2011. This means that my wife bought in in College Station, then it moved with us to New York, made it to multiple apartments there, came back with us to Texas, and made two moves in Texas, before finally being tossed.

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Isn't it part of the family at that point?

I are a can of split pea soup last night. Best by August 2021.

If you have any McCormick spice tins, they're at least 30 years old now

I was thinking of that earlier thread, just this week. I need to review my salad dressing inventory again. Probably will just throw it all out, but I'll look for dates as I go through them