Well, earlier this evening we were eating dinner when I looked into the fridge and saw something absolutely horrifying. I don't even know what it was but it smelled horrible and it had to go.

Anyways, the question is: What has been the oldest piece of leftover food in your fridge, and how long had it been in there before you got rid of it?

I found (not in the fridge) a box of cookies that had fallen behind a pipe in my closet once. They were cookies from the people who owned the house before us. They were about 30 years old. I wouldn't touch the box. I made my sister throw them out.

I had some fresh squeezed orange juice in my fridge so long that it began fermenting somehow. Seriously. It had somehow developed what tasted like alcohol, even though I realize it wouldn't have turned into alcohol. It had a fizz too. And I drank it. It tasted pretty good actually.

Left a 2/3 drank cup of coffee on my table for about 1-2 months. Mould had grown up the side. I thought it would be best to blast it with water from the tap before cleaning... it caused mould spores to fly upwards and everywhere.

I have quite a few other bad stories but it's nearly 3am here and I need to be up for 7 and still have work to do.

It usually end sup being a condiment as when the fridge gets cleaned out (once a week) those are never checked so they could be a good 2 or 3 years past their expiration date.

crimson5pheonix:

xitel:
I had some fresh squeezed orange juice in my fridge so long that it began fermenting somehow. Seriously. It had somehow developed what tasted like alcohol, even though I realize it wouldn't have turned into alcohol. It had a fizz too. And I drank it. It tasted pretty good actually.

Maybe someone poured a beer in there?

It was at my Dad's bouse, and he had a strict no alcohol policy back then. So no. Not a beer. What about your jello?

I had an apple rotting in a sealed container, mostly for my own interest. A sort of science experiment with nothing to prove.

I know a guy who has this black thing in his fridge and it's has been there for probably more than 6-8 years.

crimson5pheonix:
A jiggly understatement.

Did it have a religion yet?

implodingMan:
I had an apple rotting in a sealed container, mostly for my own interest. A sort of science experiment with nothing to prove.

I too did a pointless experiment with an apple once, except what I did was I peeled it, drew a face on it, stuck it on top of a pencil and then I waited...

And waited...

And waited...

Then it was starting to look like a shrunken head, and then I had to throw it away.

I once made a cake for the 2nd birthday of a cup of yogurt. It was very exciting. My roommates mom threw it out, so now we have a Bolthouse Beverage bottle, one of those Perfectly Protein ones, that is a few months past its first. There's also a thing of homemade hummus from 2 summers ago, that is at this point entirely composed of puffy mold, and some baked chicken left in a bowl, uncovered for at least 6 months. It eventually became rock hard, all the way through. It would be very hard to beat my fridge. I'm talking, "Toys in the Attic" level of epicness.

crimson5pheonix:

xitel:

crimson5pheonix:
A jiggly understatement.

Did it have a religion yet?

Not only that, but it had strong convictions against religion. There were militant atheists! I'm using it as a model on humanity. 2079 is going to be ugly by the way.

Are there factions? Organized governments? Protesters? It's not accurate otherwise. Besides, everyone knows the world will end in 2012.

I had a pizza in my fridge for a month

jim_doki:
I had a pizza in my fridge for a month

Ah, yes, leftover pizza the only food that I think tastes good even as leftovers.(But not for a month, thats just gross.)

That, and fajita meat.

crimson5pheonix:

mydogisblue:

jim_doki:
I had a pizza in my fridge for a month

Ah, yes, leftover pizza the only food that I think tastes good even as leftovers.

That, and fajita meat.

And certain breads. Mmmmmm, Hawaiian sweet rolls *drool*. I'm hungry now.

You could always scrape some mold off the bread and eat that.

I have a fish in my fridge that I caught when I was 4. It is a sunfish. But it still looks perfectly ok. Maybe I'll eat it or something someday. Oh, so that would be... 14 years.

crimson5pheonix:
Is the fish prophetic? No? Then it's nothing compared to my Jello! But seriously, 14 year old fish? It's gone, don't eat it. It will make you hallucinate in a bad way.

Oh, I have heard strange voices in the middle of the night. It keeps telling me to do things... bad things.

Varchld:
That's a scary bit of fish, frozen or preserved in any way?

I think it is in the freezer actually, I'm too scared at the moment to check.

I left an apple oustide in the summer.

A week later it looked a little brown, but nothing to bad; I picked it up and it was completely hollow (eaten by ants and hornets).

My sister had so much old food scraps in her room, she actually had an ant colony living in a thing made of LEGOS.

I just restocked my fridge yesterday- The only things that are a month old are things that have been sitting in the freezer. =)

crimson5pheonix:

ChocoCake:

crimson5pheonix:
Is the fish prophetic? No? Then it's nothing compared to my Jello! But seriously, 14 year old fish? It's gone, don't eat it. It will make you hallucinate in a bad way.

Oh, I have heard strange voices in the middle of the night. It keeps telling me to do things... bad things.

Varchld:
That's a scary bit of fish, frozen or preserved in any way?

I think it is in the freezer actually, I'm too scared at the moment to check.

That's funny, the Jello population that believes I exist wish for me to smite those who don't think I exist.

Did you do it? Are you a merciful god, or a vengeful god?

crimson5pheonix:
That's funny, the Jello population that believes I exist wish for me to smite those who don't think I exist.

I cannot utter the things of which the fish(s) (who knows how many there are) wish for me to do. They have far too much time on their...uhh...fins. I have to get out.