What’s the oldest (and probably mouldiest) item of food you have found in a house? You might have been clearing out a relative’s kitchen cupboard who has sadly passed away or even your own in the run-up to moving house. Perhaps you just came across a tin from the 80s in the middle of a general clear-out you’ve been putting off. Well, it seems plenty of people have found some rather old but foodie treasures recently, according to some Facebook users on the Everything Student group.
An original post that included a picture of a Tesco Value Coco Pops box with the original white and blue packaging has sparked a huge conversation about ancient finds in a kitchen cupboard, with more than 1,000 comments. The image showed the Tesco Value cereal had a best-before end date of January 2003. It was captioned: “You wouldn’t believe what I’ve just found in my nans cupboard!” In response to this, someone joked “this should be considered a family heirloom now.
Give it to your first born!!” while others were shocked to realise the best-before date was before they were born. This person wrote: “If it passes the smell test it’ll be fine..
..” “Wish they still did that and they only cost like 30p and still taste as good,” said another.
One Facebook account replied: “Vintage coco snaps, take them on antiques road show.” But what else did the members of the Everything Student group on Facebook confess to finding? Let’s take a look. This user shared: “I once found.
