Would you cook and eat lasagna noodles..

FormerlyKrista555 · January 2013

that have an expiration date of April 11, 2008 (Yeah, it's oddly specific)

My mom likes to force...err... give things to us. She's not a hoarder, I promise, but obviously she had this WAAAAY in the back of her pantry or something.

Would you use them?

ETA: I don't plan to.... they're like $1.25 for pete's sake..... but I'm just curious because my sister said she would since she knows where they came from (clean, dry, pest-free pantry at my mom's house)

Art Teacher · January 2013

No...

ridesbuttons · January 2013

NO.

I was at the cottage a couple of years back. For an irrelevant reason I pulled a box of, ironically, lasagne noodles from the back of the not-to-code anymore lazy susan. It had no nutrition label on it. Must have been back there since the 80s.

You never know what treasures some cottages hold.

ktshoff · January 2013

No ma'am!!!

[Deleted User] · January 2013

Nuh uh.

ThePolishHammer · January 2013

Nope.

Littledeer84 · January 2013

No. They are probably safe to eat, but I would think they might not cook right, or taste as good.

nikip6454 · January 2013

Nope! If they expired sometime in 2012, I wouldn't think twice about it but 2008 is a stretch, even for me!

shadypines · January 2013

Nope

kwitt22 · January 2013

Heck no! That is almost 5 years past exp date!

EVA116 · January 2013

EllaHella:

No.

We have a Freebie Bin at work. I have a coworker who puts old asss expired food in it. Hey jackarse, if you don't want expired food then neither do we.

That's so weird.

Smootchy · January 2013

I too am fairly lax on expiration dates... and something like lasagna noodles, whateve. But 2008 is quite a bit out of date, so even I would toss them.

Also agree with other poster, they are probably safe to eat, but I'd imagine the quality is poor after so many years

kj07 · January 2013

I'm lax with dates, particularly for non-perishable things like dried noodles. If the choice was eat them or jump off a bridge, I'd probably eat them. But if the choice was eat them or go to the store and buy a fresher box, I'd toss 'em and go to the store.

I also agree with PPs that I wouldn't worry about getting sick if I ate them, but that they were poor quality or decreased nutrition.

weberm05 · January 2013

I cooked macaroni once and after it was boiling i saw like maggots or worms or something floating...........then i looked at the expiration date and it was like 2 years expired.................so good chance the lasagna would be buggy