Any of you collect vintage food?

[Brian Austin]

The Wayside Country Store I mentioned above is interesting in that it, along with some other historical properties, was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it moved to its present location by oxen and reassembled. The store does have some interesting old knickknacks on display, and they do sell actual present-day penny candy.  The antique candy is not for sale. ?

[johnyrotten]

14 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

One of my favourite vids of "vintage" "food" 

Enjoying A 20 Year Old CRYSTAL PEPSI (WARNING:VOMIT ALERT)

Was that an "L.A. Beast" video?

[von Zipper]

When the sad day came that we had to clear my grandmothers house out to sell ,I took cans of Campbells soup out of the pantry that had a price tag of .12 cents  made long before bar codes or best by dates . I never thought to save them to sell on e bay .

[Brian Austin]

Here's the package of Jello that touched off this thread.  The funny thing is, as a vintage object with graphics, the cover art doesn't grab me.  The flavor (artificial, even!) doesn't excite me either.  ?

Sadly it's not worth the big bucks in this condition.  It's also not worth my time to consider listing it on eBay.  ?

Instant pudding?  I don't have time for that....

Edited November 7, 2024 by Brian Austin

[Brian Austin]

I also found this can in the same cabinet.  I like the graphics.  I don't know how often they changed their copyright, but the date shown on the can is just a few years after my family moved into our home (now mine).

I wonder how much it's worth.  Is there a collectors guide somewhere?  ?

Can says it's cultured.  The buttermilk must have gone to the opera, taken in some art exhibits and studied classical music.

Edited November 7, 2024 by Brian Austin

[bobss396]

I had an altercation with some ghost pepper wings at a taco place last Friday. Yesterday was the first day where I could eat normally. I am taking it easy however.

Normally I have a cast iron stomach. Lately.. not so much. Goes with aging I suppose. I am turning into my dad.

I had to take food safety classes when I was outdoor-trained for scouting. And we stuck to the guidelines, as a few times we cooked for 100+ people.

My girlfriend had a party at her house after this past New Year's. She had it catered and anyone who had the chicken Marseilles hero, including me were "intestinally indisposed". I was lucky it was only from one end.

[peteski]

On 11/5/2024 at 10:53 PM, Brutalform said:

IMO, Most, but not all food and products have date codes, because the manufacturers know that certain people will think they might become poisoned if they consume it. Hoping that you toss perfectly good food, and go buy more. 

Not all that long ago (at least in my "years") most food packaging did not have any human-readable date codes and we survived.  You might be onto something with your conspirative (is that a word?) explanation. Sort of like we are conditioned that we must take shower every day (that is not the case in many other countries, and BO is not an issue there either). Amuricans are conditioned to do what they are told in ads or word of mouth without really thinking about why.

Most semi-perishable foods (vacuum-sealed bags or jars/cans have a "best by" date, not "throw out by" date.  It is the date manufacturer determined that the food will still  retain 100% of its original flavor.  It remains edible and non-sickness-inducing for log time after "best by" date. It just might not have the "like fresh" flavor.  Canned goods, even meats can still edible for decades.  If that SPAM is still tightly sealed, it will still be edible.

Edited November 8, 2024 by peteski

[Brian Austin]

Stores do use the Sell By dates to make sure products are properly rotated on the shelf.

I do wonder if manufacturers would like to be considered liable for outdated food.

Do food banks accept outdated foods?

[Brutalform]

3 hours ago, peteski said:

Not all that long ago (at least in my "years") most food packaging did not have any human-readable date codes and we survived.  You might be onto something with your conspirative (is that a word?) explanation. Sort of like we are conditioned that we must take shower every day (that is not the case in many other countries, and BO is not an issue there either). Amuricans are conditioned to do what they are told in ads or word of mouth without really thinking about why.

Most semi-perishable foods (vacuum-sealed bags or jars/cans have a "best by" date, not "throw out by" date.  It is the date manufacturer determined that the food will still  retain 100% of its original flavor.  It remains edible and non-sickness-inducing for log time after "best by" date. It just might not have the "like fresh" flavor.  Canned goods, even meats can still edible for decades.  If that SPAM is still tightly sealed, it will still be edible.

Funny that you mentioned this, as I was just discussing a similar topic with my wife. The conversation consisted of how people are most definitely programmed, and pretty much do what they are told. I wouldn’t call it brainwashed, even though we all are brainwashed to a certain extent. When an online shopping site sets a day aside for their customers to log on and shop, and like good, little, obedient shoppers, they obey, and shop. Also, most holidays probably wouldn’t exist, if there was no money to be made. As far as SOME of the dates, they can be a waste of time. I’ve had bread go moldy before the date, and had drinks taste stale while still within the date. Sometimes I wonder why should I trust a corporation just because they put a date on the product? Years ago they didn’t even want consumers to know what ingredients were actually in the product. Frequently the company will take a hit because of the dates expiring before a product sells, and having to give the stores credit. Creating waste. Not trying to be a grumpy old man, but I question things more than ever now. 

[peteski]

14 minutes ago, Brutalform said:

Not trying to be a grumpy old man, but I question things more than ever now.

I can relate . . . I don't call l that being grumpy old man. I call that "life experience".

[bobss396]

9 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

Stores do use the Sell By dates to make sure products are properly rotated on the shelf.

I do wonder if manufacturers would like to be considered liable for outdated food.

Do food banks accept outdated foods?

We do a food bank at where our model meetings take place. They don't accept expired items.

Even my kids won't take expired things for free. I had stocked up a few years ago during the pandemic. All of that is gone, either consumed or chucked out.

[1930fordpickup]

Back in fhe 80s the gas station I worked at started carring food.  My boss would buy food from a guy in a truck to make better profit. Turned out it was candy bars that were past the best by code. The codes you could not read the real dates. Lol The rep found the old candy in our store and gave my boss a good reasonable speech about fresh food sales being better on his bottom line. Turns out they were stolen from a shipment headed over seas as they were used to not having fresh candy. 

Edited November 10, 2024 by 1930fordpickup
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[1930fordpickup]

A friend's step mother never cleaned out her late parents house. When she passed they had to use pry bars to remove a few of the canned goods on the shelf. They were guessing some had been there sense the late 70s. 

After they cleaned out the place,  I found out that my nieces science teacher would take old food to look at for research. 

[1930fordpickup]

On 11/7/2024 at 7:00 PM, peteski said:

Sort of like we are conditioned that we must take shower every day (that is not the case in many other countries, and BO is not an issue there either).

I have been shopping at a few toy shows by some of those people that think BO is fine.  Not a pleasent day when you can't get around them. 

[Falcon Ranchero]

not sure if this counts but there's a gully on my grandparent's property that was filled with junk during the 50s-70s and I did find a closed jar with mystery food in it that I can imagine hadn't been opened since at least 1975. Left it down there.

[Brian Austin]

15 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

not sure if this counts but there's a gully on my grandparent's property that was filled with junk during the 50s-70s and I did find a closed jar with mystery food in it that I can imagine hadn't been opened since at least 1975. Left it down there.

Sounds like a setup for some old B-Movie.

[slusher]

On 11/10/2024 at 2:03 AM, 1930fordpickup said:

A friend's step mother never cleaned out her late parents house. When she passed they had to use pry bars to remove a few of the canned goods on the shelf. They were guessing some had been there sense the late 70s. 

After they cleaned out the place,  I found out that my nieces science teacher would take old food to look at for research. 

Many older people believed if it was out of date can food was still good.  We found can in my grandmothers kitchen way out of date to throw out in 79""

[peteski]

15 hours ago, slusher said:

Many older people believed if it was out of date can food was still good.  We found can in my grandmothers kitchen way out of date to throw out in 79""

Back in the '70s I don't recall any cans showing "best by" or "expiration" dates on them. Back in those day food was good until the can was opened and consumed. Seriously, if the can is hermetically sealed, it will not spoil, even many years after it was canned.  It might not taste as flavorful as when it was not as old, but it will not make you sick.  If it smells ok, it's still good.

[Falcon Ranchero]

15 hours ago, peteski said:

If it smells ok, it's still good.

Wise words one can live by

[StevenGuthmiller]

I’m sure that there’s plenty of “vintage food” in the back of my refrigerator. ?

 

 

 

Steve

[Bucky]

Most of the vintage food around this house ends up in the dog bowl. He enjoyed some vintage spaghetti and meatballs today. 

Edited November 14, 2024 by Bucky

[Brian Austin]

On 11/12/2024 at 9:08 PM, peteski said:

Back in the '70s I don't recall any cans showing "best by" or "expiration" dates on them. Back in those day food was good until the can was opened and consumed. Seriously, if the can is hermetically sealed, it will not spoil, even many years after it was canned.  It might not taste as flavorful as when it was not as old, but it will not make you sick.  If it smells ok, it's still good.

I was prompted to double check my pantry when cans started spontaneously self-destructing or oozing black goo.  Good thing I did take a closer look, as I found some fairly recent cans I have started using up, including a tin of SPAM. 

 

[peteski]

5 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

 Good thing I did take a closer look, as I found some fairly recent cans I have started using up, including a tin of SPAM. 

 

Yum - SPAM!  I have been eating SPAM Lite for some years now.  Many Americans turn their noses up at SPAM, but it is a very well liked meat product in Hawaii and many other Asian countries. I like it!

[JollySipper]

I think before spam, there was this meat product called Treet....... My Mom used to cut the Treet up into chunks and brown it, then mix it into an egg noodle and cream-of-chicken soup mixture for us kids..... It was quite good!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just opened a jar of nuclear tuong ot toi Vietnamese chili-garlic sauce that's well past its use-by date. 

So far it hasn't killed me, but the stuff is so hot it practically glows in the dark, and I doubt any Earth bacteria could live in it.