Hmmm....I have been caught hording & holding onto spices.... Alas, they look fine in their little glass bottles until the day you read the expiry date.
I recently threw out some "nigella seeds" with a date of 1999. Good job I moved house or they'd still be there I fear ! Can't remember what I cooked that ever needed them. The Safeways jar should have given me a clue...
My Mum has a tendency to hoad things well past their sell by date. Last year I tidied up her herbs and spices shelf for her and binned loads that were up to 2 years out of date. Turns out she had refilled the jars but hadn't written the new dates on them, so I'd binned a load of perfectly good ones lol!
lol, I think one I threw away was 2007 the other day - hey ho it must mean ours lives are so fun we don't have time for years to clear out herbs and spices :-)
I'm so pleased that there are other people like me. I'm always finding out of date stuff in our cupboards. Often just carry on using it as well unless positively off.
I never throw spices out if they're out of date unless they're obviously mouldy or something. There is an old saying about a woman's spices lasting longer than her marriage. ;-)
I wouldn't dare show the labels on mine!! When I tidy my spices it is literally just to wipe the bottles clean. I have many that are several years past their label date. I just make sure they still smell ok and just put extra quantities in to make up for lack of potency!
A few months ago we found a can of carrots at the back of my mother in law's cupboard with a sell by date of June 1994! She was insitant that they'd 'be fine'. Lynda xx
Hmmm....I have been caught hording & holding onto spices.... Alas, they look fine in their little glass bottles until the day you read the expiry date.
ReplyDeleteI recently threw out some "nigella seeds" with a date of 1999. Good job I moved house or they'd still be there I fear ! Can't remember what I cooked that ever needed them. The Safeways jar should have given me a clue...
ReplyDeleteMy Mum has a tendency to hoad things well past their sell by date. Last year I tidied up her herbs and spices shelf for her and binned loads that were up to 2 years out of date. Turns out she had refilled the jars but hadn't written the new dates on them, so I'd binned a load of perfectly good ones lol!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, I found a tin of kidney beans in my cupboard the other week from 2008.
ReplyDelete(Blushing terribly with awful embaressment as I admit to this!)
Love Julia x x x
lol, I think one I threw away was 2007 the other day - hey ho it must mean ours lives are so fun we don't have time for years to clear out herbs and spices :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased that there are other people like me. I'm always finding out of date stuff in our cupboards. Often just carry on using it as well unless positively off.
ReplyDeleteI never throw spices out if they're out of date unless they're obviously mouldy or something.
ReplyDeleteThere is an old saying about a woman's spices lasting longer than her marriage. ;-)
I wouldn't dare show the labels on mine!! When I tidy my spices it is literally just to wipe the bottles clean. I have many that are several years past their label date. I just make sure they still smell ok and just put extra quantities in to make up for lack of potency!
ReplyDeleteA few months ago we found a can of carrots at the back of my mother in law's cupboard with a sell by date of June 1994! She was insitant that they'd 'be fine'. Lynda xx
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