A question

[mamajoan]

If you had a chocolate bar that was wrapped fairly tightly in paper, and underneath the paper it was wrapped fairly tightly in foil, and had been stored in a fairly cool dry place, but had an expiration date of December 2001, and the current date was January 2005 ... would you eat it?

Comments

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

I would open it up,. see how it looked, and give it a taste. If it looked or tasted a bit funny, but not awful, I would probably melt it down for chocolate sauce over ice cream or something instead of just eating it. If it were awful, I would throw it away.

[skreeky]

I'd take a bite, and if it wasn't vile, I'd eat it.

Most common thing to happen to really old chocolate is that it separates and the brown part gets really hard and crumbly and not sweet anymore, while the white (oils) covers the surface and then dries out so the bar looks powdered. It's vile.

Not that I would know. Okay, yes, I would know.

Anyway, if it wasn't vile, I'd eat it. And I'm not dead yet.

[thedivinegoat.livejournal.com]

It would depend on how close I was to my period. :-)

[ismenia.livejournal.com]

I think I would taste it just to see

[glamsith.livejournal.com]

I'd certainly start eating it. Whether or not I finished would depend on how time had treated it.

Hmm....

[munoz.livejournal.com]

I don't know... I mean, the acceptable level of roach parts may have rotted by now...

Then again, it's chocolate. Hell yeah I'd eat it.

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Embarrassingly, yes.

I mean, I would refrain from eating it if it proves to be disgusting, but I'd definitely unwrap it with intent to consume.

[xochiquetzl]

Yes, unless it was yucky. If it was gross, I'd stop eating it.

I just asked d_and_cats and he said no, and gave me his standard, "OMGFOODPOISONINGDEATHOMG!!!!!11!!1!" look.

I think chocolate just gets kind of stale rather than, you know, induces botulism. But I'm not an expert or anything.

[pickinguproses.livejournal.com]

Um, no. Only if it'd been in the freezer the whole time. Mostly because I'm a freak about stuff like that. I'm always thinking things are "off" and throwing them away. The other day, I tossed a 3 dollar can of organic apricots because they felt too soft, and were therefore "questionable" (although to be fair, I've never had canned apricots, so maybe they were supposed to be soft). My husband dispairs of me and our health food store bill. I blame my mom. She wouldn't even let us eat leftovers.

[bodacia.livejournal.com]

gaROSS! No way!!!!!

But then, I'm squeamish like that. I toss any edible item that's expired -- even if it's only one day. And I smell *everything* before I put it in my mouth. Well, except for maybe something like cereal that I know is fresh. But produce, dairy products, canned goods, you name it...if it smells or looks the least bit off, it's totally in the trash. And if I cook something like meat or vegies...those leftovers are only good for 24 hours. After that, it's trash city.

Think about it...is saving a few pennies really worth the risk of a stomach ache (or worse, a full-fledged case of food poisoning)???

[azurelunatic]

I'd give it a try. I have the Paternal Line Digestive System of Doom, and can handle most anything.