It expired in June, 2008.
I noticed the expiry date as I was preparing it. Oh, well, it’s what I brought for lunch today, so I ate it anyway. It was a chicken noodle cup with a seasoning packet; just add boiling water. There were dehydrated chicken pieces in there too.
Damn. I just bought it last weekend. I’ll check the grocery store this weekend and tell them if I find more.
It did most definitely taste stale. I think I’ll live though.
Can you see the music yet? 
Just posting to note that this thread title displays as “I just ate a 2.5 year old” on the main board.
I was both relieved and disappointed.
Reminded me of this: The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.
Go towards the light.
go toward the bathroom!
Don’t eat the bowl, eat the noodles!
Depending on which one tastes better.
Can I have your stuff?
Meh, I’ve probably eaten ramen that old, too, I’ve just never made note of it. Doesn’t matter; the stuff never goes bad. Er, worse.
If you were offering (or seeking) recipes for a 2.5-year-old noodle bowl, I’d leave this in Cafe Society; as it is, I think I’ll move it to MPSIMS.
twickster, Cafe Society moderator
Last year, one of my dad’s colleague’s at work brought in a roast chicken TV dinner and, in a moment of absent-mindedness, stuck it in the filing cabinet instead of the office freezer.
He found it there a couple of days later and decided to eat it anyway. Spent 3 days in the hospital.
I would say there’s a lesson to be learned here, but I can’t imagine any other human being ever being that stupid.
The FSM is pleased by your devotion to his noodly appendages.
When you’re looking at the main forum page, and this is the top thread in MPSIMS, the preview displays the topic as "I just ate a 2.5 year old…"
I came in here expecting this to be about California Cheeseburgers, but I guess I’ll just mention that a couple of months ago I ate a box of 6 year old mac & cheese.
ETA: Crap, I just saw that Storyteller already said the exact same thing.
I ate some soup that old that I don’t like in December when I basically had potatoes and more potatoes for two weeks as the main course. After I could buy stuff again I found two year old crackers that I threw out because they were stale.
And I thought it said “I just ate a 2.5 year old noodle bow !”
strange what our minds can see.
4 year old mustard gets lumpy
My friend brought a chicken burger at 10am, she put it in her bag (not in a cooler bag nor with a icepack) and was going to eat it at 4pm. This day had been 37 degrees Celsius. .I had to beg her not to eat it. another time she went to put a fish burger in her bag.
How does someone go through life and not know that? Haven’t their parents ever taught them how to properly store/cook food? I knew when i was little that you have to keep certain things cold/hot. Hell, when I was in primary school, I if I had brought meat to school for lunch, and hadn’t ate it, unless it was still very cold (very unlikely) i would throw it away
This isn’t quite as bad, but I do have a coworker who brought in some chicken that was definitely way past its expiration date…it smelled absolutely rotten. She was very proud of having found the chicken on sale. She ate it; I don’t think it affected her. (For the record, she’s an extremely heavy smoker.)
Anyone have any thoughts on old honey? I’ve used some crystalized honey in hot tea; I couldn’t tell (by taste) that it was old, and I didn’t get sick. I’ve heard that old honey can contain just enough moisture to allow stuff to grow, but I’ve also heard that the stuff pretty much keeps for ages.
I’m not sure about getting mouldy, but I’ve heard honey never goes off.