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I 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...

Crossposts: https://shewhomust.livejournal.com/720924.html

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From:

cmcmck

We found a pack of Bulghar wheat long past its best by date but still perfectly good so it got used last night!

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shewhomust

I'm pretty relaxed in these matters - but I think this might be a step too far!

From:

anef

What could go wrong with pasta? It might be a bit chewy, but if you don't mind that I'd give it a go (says the woman who has recently used a BB May 2004 packet of split peas that she found in the cupboard. And yes, they were a bit chewy.)

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shewhomust

There's a jar of split peas that might well be next for the high jump: they don't have a fate, because I tipped them into a jar long ago, but they were bullet-like the last two times I used them (which is why they haven't already been used up).

But it's good to know I'm not alone in this!

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cellio

If, once every 20 years, you have to buy a new box of noodles, that's probably not a hardship. :-)

We had something kind of similar when Dani and I combined households. He had, by then, been in the US some 16 years or so, from Canada. When I found spice bottles *labeled in French*, I told him No.