old food (frozen pie)

[decay]

I bought a 99¢ frozen mince pie at a grocery outlet yesterday. I didn't read the "best before" date carefully. It was April 2015.

I can tell you that it baked up fine and tasted delicious. No freezer burn on the crust and no weird taste at all.

I'm pretty sure it was this one:
http://saraleedesserts.com/products/pies...mince-pie/

[Paul F.]

Mmmm... Mince Pie...
Haven't had one of those in a long time!

[jdc]

well, theres "best" and "use" by -- which are two totally different things... =)

[Paul F.]

jdc wrote:
well, theres "best" and "use" by -- which are two totally different things... =)

I've been saying that for years... people never listen ;-)

[OWC Jamie]

sufficient preservatives and packaging


you can't win if you don't play

[Grateful11]

billb wrote:
sufficient preservatives and packaging

Exactly!

[fauch]

It's frozen, it can potentially last forever.... Might taste like crap though.

[JoeH]

Not forever, even frozen food kept at the zero degree F point can deteriorate for a variety reasons, including bacterial spoilage. But it is slowed down quite a bit. More damaging is cycling through a temperature range even if it does not reach a thawing point.