What's the oldest item in your pantry? Be honest!

[eleny]

I found a giant plastic jar of 15 year old (at least) zinc cold lozenges.

And some boxed Casbah hummus mix that has to be about 5+ years old. :scared:

[kikiek]

1. I have bread mixes for a bread maker that I don't know how to work

anymore that are about 10 years old.

[AlCzervik]

2. I went to a pampered chef party

about 6 years ago, i hate those things but i couldnt bring myself to say no, anyhow, i bought some pizza crust mix, it's still in my pantry and whats worse is that i bought it in Texas and then i moved to california and i actually took it with me.

[eleny]

5. Now *that's* devotion!

[AlCzervik]

6. i really do need to throw it out

i may just get around to it in another couple of years after i move to another state.

[eleny]

7. And ruin a tradition?

[Tellurian]

3. I have a box of cornstarch...

that must be old enough to vote! <g>

[flamingyouth]

4. When we moved, we found some spices that were from Canada

My husband moved here from Canada in 1993! :P

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. My male par......

oh wait.... it says pantry... nevermind. ;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. Hershey's Cocoa (unsweetened)

about 10 years old. But my understanding is the stuff doesn't go bad. It doesn't have bugs in it or anything.

[Placebo]

10. 3 year old cereal...

rice krispies no less! and there's only like 1 spoonful left why the hell are we saving it???

then numerous 1/4 filled bags of cereal (missing the boxes) from god knows when...

ew, and a can of campbells soup that went bad LONG ago! :puke:

[Mrs_Beastman]

11. Mr Beastman brought to our marriage

a can of spinach that has survive 3 moves.:eyes:

[eyesroll]

13. You do realize that the spinach can can't possibly be thrown out now?

It's going to move with you forever, and then will be left with your children.

[Mrs_Beastman]

15. good idea...I always thought it was important to leave

something for your children...sort of a legacy if you will.

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. I'm saving it for our first nuclear winter

So we can have Spam Florentine. :bounce:

[eyesroll]

12. There is a jar of epsom salts in our basement

It was here when we moved in. We haven't removed it (it's on top of a rafter).
We bought the house in 1999. I'm pretty sure these epsom salts didn't belong to the previous owner (they were a young couple with a child), who moved in in 1996 or so. Judging by the label...it probably pre-dates the previous previous owner, who lived here for 20 years.


I really don't want to touch the epsom salts.

As for our pantry proper, there are probably some hot sauces that we brought here with us. But they last forever, if they're in glass, so no big deal.

[eleny]

16. Yeah - You can't toss the epsom salts now!

Feels like one of those chain letters that brings bad luck if you break the chain.

My husband's folks had a very old can of Glamoreen (sp?)in the cellar. I asked him to bring it home and he did. Drove home to Colorado from NYC with that in the trunk. Tradition is all!

[jmowreader]

14. There's a 12-year-old cat sleeping in mine. Does that count?

[eleny]

18. Sure!

[MisterP]

17. cereal from the Clinton administration

[gmoney]

19. Ancient SPAM

It had to be at least 15 years ago when they changed the SPAM logo from the round fat letters (similar to Frankfurter font) to thinner serif font. So, I bought and held onto one of the cans with the old logo. It's still in there somewhere.

Brand loyalty to a product I never use? What the hell is wrong with me?

I've also kept one of the old style Listerine packages (the paper tube that goes around the glass bottle)... why? I have no clue.

[eleny]

20. I bet that Spam would be mighty tasty fried up with an egg

NOT!

[vetwife]

21. Ya'll talk like Republicans..what food in what pantry?

LOL...I think it would be a box of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda spilled in the pantry. Or maybe an old can of beets.

[DemWitch]

23. a can of juilenned beets

that I bought to make a salad for my folks 30th anniversary, which was in July of 1999. Who knows, I might make it again for thier 40th and have it handy...

[shanti]

24. *gulp*

a 20 yr old bottle of dried dill weed.

*running from this thread*

[Demonaut]

25. eight year old flour

[BiggJawn]

26. I got rid of it all last month

I reached up there to get a jar of mayo and found several cans of fruit laying on their sides because the ends of the cans were dome-shaped....These were cans of pinapple and peaches that I brought from Indianapolis in 1998...Cans of tomato juice, green beans, the fruit....All of it bulging.

I was SO afraid one was gonna "go off" in my face before I got it bagged and outside!

[udeligv]

27. rowl

My cat.

Seriously. Can't seem to stop her from crawling in there to sleep. I have no idea what she gets out of it.