Decided tonight's the night to eat the M and S pudding in the cupboard. Only 2 years out of date.
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[Food] Christmas Pud
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Months? Years? Number of puddings?
I'll pray you're with us in the morning my son!
Out of date…sure it was M&S and not a Wetherspoons pud?
- Oct 17, 2008
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Do they sell takeaway Christmas puddings?
Whoislloydy
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Decades
dejavuatbtn
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Wonderful. I normally stock up after Christmas when they’re cheaper. M&S - fine but I have to watch out for any with pecans (allergy issues).
‘spoons are on Uber Eats.
GT49er
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This. Sometime back a while (maybe the 1980s?) some tinned Christmas Puds from Scott's 1912 Antarctic expedition were found, opened and eaten. They were fine.
- Oct 17, 2008
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You’re obsessed…
Knowledgeable is the term you’re looking for
Christmas pud is traditionally prepared in the first week of January. With a silver sixpence. And stored till the end of the year.
There's some footage of Peter Scott (Scott's son) eating some of the tinned food from that expedition in 1957, so 45 years later at the time.
tinned food opened by son of Captain Scott; INT Close shot of tins of...
tinned food opened by son of Captain Scott; INT Close shot of tins of canned food / Peter Scott speaking / Portrait of Captain Scott PAN DOWN to Peter Scott / Scott piercing tin - opens and smells...
www.gettyimages.co.uk
Daily Herald Photograph: Excavated Tin from Captain Scott's Expedition | Science Museum Group Collection
One photograph titled 'Scott's Emergency Food Opened after 45 Years'. The photograph shows Peter Scott, the son of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, sniffing a tin Heinz Baked Beans. The tin had been retrieved from Cape Evans where supplies were stored for Scott's return journey from the South Pole...
collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk
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Boroseagull
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A deep delve into the larder and my collection of Christmas puddings are uncovered. Only 3 of them at the moment with eat by dates of 2016, 2020 and fresh as a daisy - 2026. This comes about as my daughter used to receive a Christmas hamper at work. Daughter doesn't like them, Mrs BS doesn't like them so it's just down to me and there's too much for just me so I have to wait for visitors to arrive. Trouble is when they do it's summer, and who wants Christmas pudding then!
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I'm afraid that you have in fact joined us on the Spectral Plane.
I'm not sure what you were expecting, but this is all there is unfortunately.
If you're hungry, I think we've got some old Christmas puddings lying around somewhere.
Thunder Bolt
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The brandy preserves them.
Shropshire Seagull
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Dates on food come in 3 forms:
Use by
Best before
Display until
If your pud was a best before date, this is just the manufacturer saying their product is still safe to eat, but might not be as they would like you to enjoy.
Crisps are a good example of this. They don't go off in terms of not safe to eat, but they do go off in terms of not so nice to eat (unless you particularly like soft crisps)