Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoWhat's the greatest extent (as in the most amount of time) to which you've eaten something past its expiration date with the food still being enjoyable?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the greatest extent (as in the most amount of time) to which you've eaten something past its expiration date with the food still being enjoyable?Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoI’m impressed in a way that anything could be good up to twelve years past the expiration date.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoDry and sealed, it can last decades. Honey can last centuries but will usually expire after 1 year for legal reasons.
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 hours agoI believe they have recovered honey from Egyptian tombs that was thousands of years old and still edible. From recollection the syrup is too viscous for bacteria to colonise.
I’m impressed in a way that anything could be good up to twelve years past the expiration date.
Dry and sealed, it can last decades. Honey can last centuries but will usually expire after 1 year for legal reasons.
I believe they have recovered honey from Egyptian tombs that was thousands of years old and still edible. From recollection the syrup is too viscous for bacteria to colonise.