What's the oldest item you've found in your food cupboard?

Former_MSE_Molly

Waste not, want not!
You may have seen that Martin recently ate a packet of crisps from 1989! You can see his chat about it on Twitter here.

So we're throwing out to our Forumites - what's the oldest thing you've found in your cupboard?
And would you eat it? 

Let us know!

- MSE Molly

PollyWollyDoodle

Does the freezer count?  I unearthed some stock labelled Dec 2011 yesterday. It made a very tasty soup 😂

Gers

I posted this up here last year - a spice jar, unopened.

-taff

In my food cupboard/tray under the cupboard, I've found, this morning, a packet of lentils with the expiry of 2014. Just made soup with them, They taste fine....

cornishchick

pasta from 2015, tasted fine. ( i went low carb for a while and it didn't register)

Ellieduval

When my mother in law died in 2015 and we cleared out her pantry we found a bag of flour unopened that was 21 years old.It remarkably didn't have flour weevils in it.It was a bit grey but didn't smell funny or anything.The silliest thing is she must have moved it from her old house as she had only lived in this house for just over two years.
We know she was thrifty but still can't understand why she didn't throw it out when she moved.
Oldest thing I found in the back of mine just recently was a pack of Uncle Bens egg fried rice dated BB 2008.
Needless to say it went straight in the bin along with some Angel Delight sachets dated 2012.
I only bought these for my daughter and since she moved away they got stuffed to the back of the cupboard every time new stuff went in.
I'm going to have a clear out of all the stuff I no longer use,I've went off a lot of the stuff I used to enjoy recently.
This self isolating is the ideal time to clear out our cupboards .

JGB1955

Mustard powder from 1977. It's fine!

Siebrie

Frozen packet of dough for pies bbd sept16. I made a spinach and ricotta pie with it and a 1-apple pie. Everything was very tasty. 

-taff

Ellieduval said:

When my mother in law died in 2015 and we cleared out her pantry we found a bag of flour unopened that was 21 years old.It remarkably didn't have flour weevils in it.It was a bit grey but didn't smell funny or anything.The silliest thing is she must have moved it from her old house as she had only lived in this house for just over two years.
We know she was thrifty but still can't understand why she didn't throw it out when she moved.

You did check nothing was hidden in the flour didn't you?

Luciecat63

Hi, I have spices in my cupboard from the early 2000s, but still use them as they are in glass jars. I have also found a tin of pilchards and a pack of gluten free spaghetti, both dated BB December 2019. Do you think they are okay? - I plan to eat the pilchards myself so will take the risk, but I don't eat pasta (I bought it for a "friend" who then decided she didn't want it so I just popped it in my cupboard and left it there). I would like to offer the spaghetti locally but don't want to cause harm. Thanks in anticipation.

GaleSF63

Marmite - best-before 2007. Not forgotten, being used - slowly.  There's no deterioration in flavour or texture; it's full of salt preserving it, I suppose.
Some of my herbs and spices may be 10-20 years old but they have mostly been decanted so no dates. Herbs do go a bit flavourless though.
December 2019 tinned stuff? No problem! I think it's pretty well accepted that tinned food will be ok way beyond the date on the tin - I mean years - unless it's blown.