Found a 30-year-old bag of chips in my grandpa's basement and ate one

Last month I was cleaning out my grandpa's house in Ohio and found an unopened bag of BBQ chips from 1994 stuffed behind a shelf. My cousin dared me to try one, so I opened it up and took a tiny bite, it tasted like cardboard and regret. Has anyone else ever found something ancient and weirdly edible, or am I just dumb for risking my stomach?

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hannahw301mo ago

Used to be one of those people who'd eat anything past the expiration date without a second thought. Visiting my buddy's grandma's place changed my mind when I found some decade old crackers in her pantry and they smelled like a science experiment gone wrong. So yeah, that BBQ chip move was dumb but at least you survived to tell the tale.

luna8917h ago

Oh I actually saw some study a while back about how expiration dates are mostly just suggestions for quality not safety, but then you get stuff like those decade old crackers that probably grew their own ecosystem. The grandma pantry finds are always a gamble because some things last forever and some things turn into science projects you don't wanna touch. Glad you made it out of that chip adventure okay though, definitely a lesson learned about which expiration dates to actually respect.

grace_knight701mo ago

Maybe the crackers were just waiting for the right moment to surprise you, @hannahw30.