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30 People Who Cleaned Their Freezers And Found Shockingly Old Items
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One of the good things that can come out of quarantine is finding time for things that you have been putting off for a long time. Many people out there are using this time wisely. Some do simple home renovations, others are starting art projects, and let's not forget those who finally have the time to organize their closets and cupboards and also get rid of things that haven't been used in a long time. That's the course Michael Patrick's mother decide to take and her cleaning adventure went viral!
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Apparently, the woman decided to get to the bottom of her 30-year-old chest freezer and found something unexpected--25-year-old puff pastry. Her son couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this long-expired pastry and couldn't help but share it with his twitter followers.
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However, his mom had some other idea of what to do with it. So, she decided to eat it and according to herself and Michael, it still tastes good. Well, let's just hope there will be no side effects of this after discovering this hidden 'treasure'.
Image credits: micktheejit
Image credits: micktheejit
Image credits: micktheejit
Image credits: micktheejit
While some people reacted by saying that food items shouldn't be consumed this long after the expiration date, others disagreed and shared their own decades-old groceries that got forgotten in their freezers and shelves, some of which were eaten, too. Scroll below for the list!
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don't throw that out, that's a collector's item and also I don't think it counts, because someone probably purposely kept that AS a collector's item
if it's in the shed, it's been used to hold something else and is not what the label says. It's probably some poisonous weed killer.
Is there any real difference between 25 year old Spam and fresh Spam?
and now Mary's little lamb has jaundice and is no longer white as snow.
LOL, either it held sentimental value to her, or it was gross and she didn't have the heart to trash it. By the way, I was born in 1983. :-)
With the amount of booze that goes into Christmas pudding that may still be edible...I wouldn't risk it though.
since when does potatoes go with bolognese?!? it's meat and tomato and spices. it goes on pasta.
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I guess these people think they are being frugal but they actually are wasteful. Who doesn't clean a freezer or cabinet for 30 years? Ick.
I imagine at least some of these folks survived the Great Depression and WWII (food rationing) - their need to save stuff is really deep-seated.
My grandparents and parents lived thru the Depression but they also spring cleaned. But I get what you're saying.
And I'm just over here being shocked that 1996 is 24 years ago....
I was baking at my grandmother's house about a week before quarantine (she is 94 and when I cook at her house, she sits in the kitchen and tells me how I am doing it wrong - it is my favorite thing in the entire world!) and she told me she had some black walnut flavor in the cabinet so I go get it. It expired in 1968. That is 5 years before I was even born - and she has moved three times since 1968. She had spices and colorings that were even older than that.
Good old!
I guess these people think they are being frugal but they actually are wasteful. Who doesn't clean a freezer or cabinet for 30 years? Ick.
I imagine at least some of these folks survived the Great Depression and WWII (food rationing) - their need to save stuff is really deep-seated.
My grandparents and parents lived thru the Depression but they also spring cleaned. But I get what you're saying.
And I'm just over here being shocked that 1996 is 24 years ago....
I was baking at my grandmother's house about a week before quarantine (she is 94 and when I cook at her house, she sits in the kitchen and tells me how I am doing it wrong - it is my favorite thing in the entire world!) and she told me she had some black walnut flavor in the cabinet so I go get it. It expired in 1968. That is 5 years before I was even born - and she has moved three times since 1968. She had spices and colorings that were even older than that.
Good old!