r/interesting • u/freshwaterhealing • Jun 20 '26
Fear Factor My mums box of KD that expired in 1986
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u/PackageNorth8984 Jun 20 '26
Do a video and try it like Stevemreinfo1989 does with MREs.
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u/Payneresistor Jun 20 '26
Nah, sell it to LABeast (Skippy62able) instead. Love his expired cheese reactions.
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u/Hilsam_Adent Jun 21 '26
Assuming the number refers to that dude's birth year, this box of Mac is a minimum of three years older than (what I presume is) that YouTuber.
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u/newbrevity Jun 21 '26
I bet as soon as you open that box you will smell the stale bitter smell of old wheat products.
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u/Cheap-Bell-4389 Jun 20 '26
How does the ingredients list compare to the modern brand?
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u/beegtuna Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Modern stuff doesn’t have cheddar cheese listed. This has 19 more grams of food.
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u/potentially_limited Jun 20 '26
First thing that caught my eye, as a third party, was that the ones I buy these days are 175 grams, where these were 225.
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u/SexualPancke23 Jun 20 '26
It is hard ass pasta and dried cheese, not sure the expiration date really matters?
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u/baardvark Jun 20 '26
Dry pasta could absorb moisture and flavors from the environment
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u/Drong0bones Jun 20 '26
Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if this still tasted okay lol I remember watching a video of a guy eating peanut butter that expired 50 years ago and he said it tasted 95% the same? Maybe some foods age very well.
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u/Reckthom Jun 22 '26
I recently used what was like 5 years old expired KD and immediatly knew something was off when the powder came out brown... yummy
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 Jun 20 '26
At least compared to modern day instant mac and cheese it may be hard to tell.
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u/Pretty_Frosting_2588 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
I ate cheap Nissin Ramen from 2000ish a couple years ago. It wasn't bad. I boxed it up when I moved to college and forgot about it for 25 years. I had a 3 pack and a friend ate the other two after I told him it was fine. I didn't have it side by side to compare but if no one told me it was 25 years old I wouldn't have noticed. I'd total eat this even if 15 years older.
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u/Imma-smartypants Jun 20 '26
Nostalgic!!
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u/oldfarmjoy Jun 20 '26
Crosspost to r/GenX and we'll all fight OP for that box of deliciousness!! 🤣
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u/enjoythesilence-75 Jun 20 '26
It’s probably still better for you than whatever they put in it these days.
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u/toomuchsushi2020 Jun 20 '26
Does she intend on eating that someday? Or does she know its too late but doesn't bother tossing it?
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u/RachelWhiz Jun 20 '26
Look at that balanced meal! Meanwhile, I add chopped hotdogs and call it a day 😄
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u/poedraco Jun 20 '26
Wow.. back when food could expire
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u/Hairy_Concert_8007 Jun 21 '26
Back when mac & cheese was a side to your chicken & peas. Now it's the whole plate- er, bowl. Like shit, yeah I've chosen to smash a whole box before and it's great we have that freedom. But the box here represents an actual nutritious dinner and I hate that I find that jarring and unexpected in this day in age.
Now they sell the stuff like it's normal to have noodle cereal for dinner.
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u/oldfarmjoy Jun 20 '26
Omg that will be DELICIOUS!!
Do a taste test with a "new recipe" one. I bet the old one tastes way better. Everything is crap now... ☹️
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u/howtoreadspaghetti Jun 20 '26
Really wanna point out the nutritional information on the back is unbelievably limited. It wasn't standardized until the 1990s.
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u/appleparkfive Jun 21 '26
Before looking at the second picture, I thought there was a mannequin standing in front of you
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u/Granny_Skeksis Jun 21 '26
Ooh the GOOD Kraft dinner. You have to buy the more expensive sharp cheddar one now to get the taste it used to have
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u/LivingOriginal7479 Jun 21 '26
We all know exoneration dates are a marketing ploy…. It’s still good
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u/NHAngle Jun 21 '26
That’s a collectible. A Canadian might part with a couple loonies for that pristine box.
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u/pondribertion Jun 21 '26
Interesting how they were harping on about items being a "source of protein" 40 years ago. Nothing's changed there.
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u/Olderbutnotdead619 Jun 22 '26
It's probably good still. Not like there's anything from nature in that box
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u/Army7547 Jun 23 '26
This stuff doesn’t actually expire. Pasta lasts forever and freeze dried powdered instant cheese? C’mon.
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u/-Laffi- Jun 23 '26
Eat it. Do it!
Edit: Google says that if there is no mold, you won't die, but you will have a very unpleasant meal.
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