Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days 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-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145message-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@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 days agoImagine a bag of minute pasta saying “warning, after expiration, pasta may cook in 59 seconds”.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days ago“Reduce cooking time by 2 seconds for each month past expiration.”
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days 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.
Imagine a bag of minute pasta saying “warning, after expiration, pasta may cook in 59 seconds”.
“Reduce cooking time by 2 seconds for each month past expiration.”
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.