What's the oldest thing you've ever eaten?

[Ura-Ki]

I always liked that hockey puck!

 

[jbett98]

My neighbor shot a deer when I was hunting with him that was so old it hardly had any teeth left.
We were glassing a clear cut on Mt. Hood when it stood up less then 25 yards away from him and turned broadside to us.
His rack was a weather beaten grey and at first glance, my neighbor thought an old brush pile had started to move.
He shot him and when we got down to were he fell down, we both came to the same conclusion that the old guy didn't want to go through another cold winter and just stood up to get it over with as quick as possible, since he was perfectly camouflage with the dead fall he was lying in.
You could wear out your molars trying to chew that old buzzard. I think he had the last laugh though.

 

[GWS]

Kamala Harris' answer would be Willie Brown

 

[Stomper]

When I was 18, I dated a woman that was 52, does that count?

I was 22, she was 52. She still looked great.

We're gonna have to see your valid Cougar tags, gentlemen.... and I use that term (gentlemen) VERY loosly!

 

[Cavedweller]

Yesterday I opened an 18-year old can of Van Camps Baked Beans for lunch. Taste and texture were fine.

Rotation of your stocks is a good idea of course, but as long as the can is intact and not swollen, properly canned food should be OK long past the use-by date on the can. Food doesn't expire. The problems I have had with long term storage have most frequently occurred with canned fruit (swollen or leaky cans) and occasionally, but not often, canned meat (swollen cans). And for sure cans that begin to rust should be used ASAP.

 

[JakeWidme]

I don't wanna get banned, so I'll leave this one alone.

Man, this was one that hit me hard. First one must define: Eating

 

[Xrperry]

in 1980 eating C-rations from 1943-44

Me too, in the army, 40s c rations...1980...the only fruitcake I ever liked.

 

[Labradorian]

Mountain House foil packs have a shelf life of 7 years and after about double that and a bit, the flavor of the bacon and eggs about as off as the overall brown color.

 

[Labradorian]

Me too, in the army, 40s c rations...1980...the only fruitcake I ever liked.

If you could warm them up, it'd melt the grease cake at the top of the can. An exhaust manifold works nicely.

 

[trevi]

When I was 18, I dated a woman that was 52, does that count?

I once had a professor who looked no more than 45 but she was actually 56. She was quite a sight for my 22 years old body. All natural, too. I would not have minded!

 

[Cavedweller]

I should have chosen a better title for this thread. Something like, "What's the oldest food item you have ever consumed."

 

[mrblond]

anyone who has had a large sturgeon, those buggers can get a hundred or more.. prob not many left though.

 

[aflineman]

In 1987 I went on a field exercise. We had some c-rats issued to us that were from the late 50s/early 60s. We ate them because it is what we had and we were hungry. I remember some had some really nasty cigarettes in them. Probably the worst tobacco I have ever tasted.

 

[Xrperry]

When I was 17 I ate a 35 year old clam from the Puget sound

 

[JakeWidme]

anyone who has had a large sturgeon, those buggers can get a hundred or more.. prob not many left though.

1200 lbs. Can you imagine the toxins? This was a 1,000 lber

 

[solv3nt]

21 year old scotch

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

42 when i was 18


just sayin

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

I've eaten some of the inner bark from an old growth juniper. The tree was at least 1100 years old.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

Her name was Jo and she was from Alabama. She said I looked like a young Dane Cook. I was 20 she was at least 40. Cantaloupe.

 

[bill1225]

Mountain House foil packs have a shelf life of 7 years and after about double that and a bit, the flavor of the bacon and eggs about as off as the overall brown color.

No longer. Mountain House updated their foil pack procedures and now claim a 30 year life for both foil packs and 10 ounce tins. Having eaten 14 year old 7 year old rated foil packs and gagged at the bubblegum, I'm as pleased as anyone.

https://mountainhouse.com/pages/our-shelf-life-guarantee