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HillStreetBlues
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edited 16 July 2024 at 9:48AM in Old style MoneySaving
What products have you bought that never got around to using?
This is my oldest (I think)

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  • Katiehound
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    Not exactly a pantry item, but I recently finished a bottle of Amaretto disaronno which had the price label on it in Deutsche Marks! certainly pre 2002. Of course it was ... fine.
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  • Brie
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    Fortunately we did a thorough cull when our kitchen was redone in January.  Amazing how much empty cupboard space we have now.  
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  • LinLui
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    Brie said:
    Fortunately we did a thorough cull when our kitchen was redone in January.  Amazing how much empty cupboard space we have now.  
    I did a clear out last month. Apparently I panic bought a load of stuff in March 2020. Can't think why? I still had some of it left. 
  • otb666
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    I have an old asda table salt that I keep in my cupboard at least 14 years old. Cant seem to ever finish it I think its like the magic porridge pot 
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  • YoungBlueEyes
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    Last week I finished a bottle of ketchup that was 11 years out of date., and it was fine. I only use it on bacon butties.
    I removed the shell from my racing snail, but now it's more sluggish than ever.
  • FreeBear
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    edited 16 July 2024 at 7:23AM
    A bottle of grape juice dated 1963. Also have a couple from 1994 which I'm saving for a rainy day.


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  • Floss
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    I binned the last bit of a bottle of Lea & Perrins from 2013 the other day. I still have an unopened one from 2019 though 😊
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  • TMSG
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    Asked my wife and she produced a BBE MAY 03: a pack of (then) pretty hot chillies... have cooled down considerably :wink: and still are used occasionally.


  • MrsStepford
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    I was just being nosey. I don't have anything past its Best Before or Use By date. The freezer however, needs a thorough clear out. I still have a shoulder of venison from 2020, (too big for fridge or oven)but I wouldn't eat ten year old strawberries, unlike my mother. 
  • DullGreyGuy
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    I have a tin of chicken curry whose BB is something like 1975, so several years before I was born. Was given to me as part of a ration pack in the mid 90s for a CCF exercise. Others did eat theirs and by all accounts it was fine but kept mine. The other contents of the pack had a similar date (biscuits brown, biscuits fruit, porridge etc) and were ok to eat at 20 years beyond the BB date.

    Has travelled with me since for emergency use. The tin is in good condition, not bloated at all etc and so in principle the content is still fine. 
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