How brave are you?

When we bought my wife's grandparents house from the estate, we had to clean it out. Back then I thought we hauled all of ancient canning out. The oldest we found was home canned cherries from 1967. Well there was this box in the basement, maybe half the size of a shoe box, and last weekend I finally opened this small box up. One pint jar had rusted through and had rotted and then dried up. The other appears sealed and is sauerkraut from 1981. Would you dare eat it? In a way I hate to just crack it open just to dump it because it is the last jar of anything we have that grandma made, but I don't think I'll be trying it. Once again, would you dare eat it?

 

I would save the (empty) jar.


It might actually still be safe to eat, but likely won't be great to eat.
But hey, ya never know.
Color doesn't look quite right to me and based on that I'd dump it without even smelling or tasting it. But that could be the camera/light/dust on the jar.

 

No. When Im not sure it goes in the trash.

 

Is the jar top dimpled in?

I wouldn't eat any. But it might say something if it's still sealed after all these years

 

Color is washed out but tough to tell being in an old blue Ball jar, flash and dust definitely don't help. Seal button is still down. I'm just not that brave.

 

I pour out milk if its a day or two past expiration date, i wouldn't eat it

 

I've found a tiny spot of mold in a old jar of jam that the seal was still good. The mold supposedly grows in the tiny bit of moisture in the top of the jar and why you're supposed to be real careful with filling to the recommended level(s). I wasn't going to try to scrape that little tiny dot off, as mold has 'roots'. Can happen with a not-so-old jar too supposedly.

If in that jar the vinegar still looks clear I might open it, to smell it and to see if the contents were still "intact", otherwise I probably wouldn't even open it.
I've opened ten year old bottles of fruit wine. They were still "safe" to drink but one taste and I wasn't going to test every single one. Shame to toss as when they were young and fresh they were damm good.

I doubt anything in that jar is going to taste "good".

 

Would not eat it even if I was on the show 'Fear Factor. Lol

 

You gotta be cray cray to put that in your mouth!!

 

Don't like sauerkraut so wouldn't even be a temptation for me. We found old canned good in my grandmas house..beets, pickles and some other unidentified stuff. And never good to confuse brave with stupid.

 

Oh come on guys. With cheese, you cut the mold off and eat the remaining portion. I'd have to open it up, smell it and take at least a little taste, curiosity would get the best of me.
But thats just me......trying that kind of stuff keeps your immune system good and strong.

 

Yeah...uh huh...

 

You can have my portion!

 

I didn't say I would actually eat it but would have to try a nibble just to see. Thanks, though!!

 

Thats a double dog!

 

Here's a little reading. I wouldn't eat it. Does Sauerkraut Go Bad - Does It Go Bad?

 

I hate sauerkraut but I’d be inclined to try a nibble just cause! I hate throwing food away and always push the limits of how old is too old...knock on wood- hasn’t burned me yet!

 

An elder friend of mine relayed to me he had found some green beans that he and his wife had canned 25 years earlier. He said they were still good. He was still living. But... at 25 years I'd be okay with not eating them. I forgot to mention he was a very frugal yankee. At approaching 40 years old I'd be curious to taste it but realizing that even if the vacuum held there has to be some type of decomposition that would have occurred I'd have to say it should be a very small taste.

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Nope. Generally, I am happy to eat stuff past expiration if it seems good. That one is too far gone.