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The archaeology of the store cupboard
May. 10th, 2020 11:42 amI was looking for semolina; I'm sure there was an unopenend packet at the back of the supboard, I kept finding it when I was looking for something else. Now I had a recipe in mind for it, of course it wasn't there.
But in a spirit of using up what I can from the store cupboard, and discarding what I can't, I picked up the packet of lasagne which has been lurking at the back of the shelf: time to throw it away, I thought. Investigation revealed a 'best before' date of January '91 (and a price label from Maggie's Farm in New Elvet). Also that the box contains only two broken sheets of the original wholewheat lasagne, and a smaller box, almost full, of Sainsbury's 'no pre-cooking required' lasagne, this one best before end July 2001. So it's probably only 20 years old, and it's 'best before', not 'use by'.
Even so, discretion prevails, and it will be discarded. But mmm, lasagne...
But in a spirit of using up what I can from the store cupboard, and discarding what I can't, I picked up the packet of lasagne which has been lurking at the back of the shelf: time to throw it away, I thought. Investigation revealed a 'best before' date of January '91 (and a price label from Maggie's Farm in New Elvet). Also that the box contains only two broken sheets of the original wholewheat lasagne, and a smaller box, almost full, of Sainsbury's 'no pre-cooking required' lasagne, this one best before end July 2001. So it's probably only 20 years old, and it's 'best before', not 'use by'.
Even so, discretion prevails, and it will be discarded. But mmm, lasagne...
