Call me Lenny/Leni to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years 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-square67fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-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 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LeniOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoImagine a bag of minute pasta saying “warning, after expiration, pasta may cook in 59 seconds”.
minus-square@howrar@lemmy.calinkfedilink2•2 years agoI’ve had the opposite experience. The older the pasta, the longer it takes to cook. If it cooks faster, that suggests to me that it has absorbed water during storage, which allows harmful bacteria to grow and the pasta might actually be expired.
minus-square@blackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilink2•2 years ago“Reduce cooking time by 2 seconds for each month past expiration.”
Imagine a bag of minute pasta saying “warning, after expiration, pasta may cook in 59 seconds”.
I’ve had the opposite experience. The older the pasta, the longer it takes to cook. If it cooks faster, that suggests to me that it has absorbed water during storage, which allows harmful bacteria to grow and the pasta might actually be expired.
“Reduce cooking time by 2 seconds for each month past expiration.”