Last Saturday I decided to throw away anything that had been in our pantry for more than a year. I think a very good idea. It was during this forage that I discovered something worse than a pantry item not used for a year=a pantry item that has been in there since we moved here in November of 2006 and has never been used. Yes, that’s the sad tale I am about to tell.
It’s a dinner in a box type scenario where you add chicken and it includes the seasonings, sauce and rice. Okay, sounds fine to me. Why was it never used? It wasn’t mine and there seemed to be some confusion as to whose it actually was. For a while I thought it was Meghans. Then Meghan thought it was Zaks. Then Zak thought it was Meghans. Then Zak thought it was his. All of this confusion led to no one feeling like they could eat it.
So, I explain all of this to Lisa on Saturday and we decide to live on the edge and eat it. That’s right, the two people who have lived here to whom it most definately does not belong, are the two who ate it.
The problem with this scenario occurred after we put it into the oven when I noted the expiration date on the box. “Best if used by January 2008″.
Yes, that was January. As in 7 long months ago. Ah well, we gave it a go nonetheless and seem to have survived. Most importantly, it’s out of the pantry. I don’t have to look at it everyday for the next year and nine months!! Yes!!! Thanks for braving the possibly questionable expired food with gusto, Lisa! And thanks to either Meghan or Zak for buying us dinner!
