american nerd survey

Tell us about the last time you ate something way past its expiration date.

Jay Bauer-Clapp: Well beyond-its-prime Oregon Chai concentrate, roughly a month past expiration. The congealed slurry poured a bit lumpier than I would have preferred, but was prepared per normal practice by (thoroughly) mixing it with milk and warming in the microwave for a minute. The bouquet offered hints of pumpkin, cinnamon, and smoke; the flavor was sweet and rich; the finish was robust and muscular. Totally satisfying.

Joel Jensen: A couple days ago I ate flax seed that I bought about four years ago. But nothing bad can happen to flax seed right? right?

Keith Pille: This isn't the most recent thing (that was some nasty milk, but that's taken), but the foulest past-expiration-date thing I ever ate was some spaghetti that had sat uncovered in my grandmother's refridgerator for over a week. It was floating in nasty spaghetti water, but I was hungry. That was a bad, bad idea.

Simon Riordan: The somewhat metallic taste of the milk in my cereal bowl should have been a tip-off. This question reminds me of "The Law", directed by Benjamin Lang and starring Steven Boyken, which deals with expiration dates in a way that no other film has. Ever.

Jonathan Shipley: It wasn't past its expiration date but it tasted like it. That is, the new "Butterfinger Milk" I tried at the grocery store.

Clint Weathers: Well, I did once date a woman in her fifties.



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