Oldest food or drink you have on board?

[LittleSister]

(Inspired by the "How long does tinned food last' thread in the Lounge, and Minn recounting Des Sleightholme asking YM readers to send in old tins for testing)

What's the oldest food and drink you have on board?

Stunning virtual prizes available for submissions in various categories, including;

• Oldest 'Best Before' date
• Oldest 'Use By' date
• Oldest Fray Bentos Pie

 

[interloper]

At the bottom of a locker on a previous boat that I bought was a large rectangular tin can labeled "Emergency Rations". I assume the tin can was bought as a joke for the first owner of the boat. The tin can was probably about thirty years old when one of my friends became curious and opened it. I wish I had photographed the contents. None of it was clearly recognizable as food except for one large dark colored block that I assumed was chocolate. Whether it actually was chocolate will remain a mystery as nobody was willing to try it.

 

[duncan99210]

Sitting out the winds round the edges of the “medicane” it’s been difficult to get ashore, so inventiveness has set in. Had pancakes the other morning. Being into healthy living, I used one of those spray fry things from the back of the locker. The Admiral promptly rejected the pancake as it tasted foul. I then checked the spray to discover it was “best before April 2013”. Remainder of pancakes cooked in fresh oil....

 

[[2574]]

Easy....my bottle of now 27yr old Jura.....though I expect that’s not what you meant!

 

[photodog]

There’s a bottle of “Le piat Dor” white in the wine rack on our table which cannot actually be removed due to the construction of the table... I can only assume that it was put there during build to use up the spot which would otherwise have been inaccessible... though I was told it was a present from the dealer.

The boat is 19 years old and I have no doubt that the bottle will still be there when it goes to that big boat heaven where even plastic boats eventually go... as it cannot possibly be removed, And no one would drink it anyways.

( though sometimes, late at night, when we’ve run out of booze, we wiggle it longingly.....)

 

[LittleSister]

There’s a bottle of “Le piat Dor” white in the wine rack on our table which cannot actually be removed due to the construction of the table...

( though sometimes, late at night, when we’ve run out of booze, we wiggle it longingly.....)

I think that definitely calls for a PBO thread to identify the most cunning means of extracting the wine with the bottle in place, and resealing the bottle again so that your boat doesn't subsequently smell of stale Piat D'Or in perpetuity.

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

And no one would drink it anyways.

( though sometimes, late at night, when we’ve run out of booze, we wiggle it longingly.....)

Oh come on, we've all been desperate for a drink, but you wouldn't stoop that low would you? What was it their ad used to say -'J'abhor le Piat d'Or'?

 

[LittleSister]

Easy....my bottle of now 27yr old Jura.....though I expect that’s not what you meant!

Don't risk it! Send it me and I'll check it's alright for you.

 

[Aja]

There’s a bottle of “Le piat Dor” white in the wine rack on our table which cannot actually be removed due to the construction of the table... I can only assume that it was put there during build to use up the spot which would otherwise have been inaccessible... though I was told it was a present from the dealer.

The boat is 19 years old and I have no doubt that the bottle will still be there when it goes to that big boat heaven where even plastic boats eventually go... as it cannot possibly be removed, And no one would drink it anyways.

( though sometimes, late at night, when we’ve run out of booze, we wiggle it longingly.....)

... the bottle, obviously....

 

[Gwylan]

Tin of Carrefour Tuna - sometime in 2010.

It is the perfect size for holding the forward hatch open at night and getting just the right amount of fresh air. My passengers tell me.

Would be heartless to eat such a faithful and practical tin.
Also I hate tinned tuna, so that is probably why it was chosen in the first place.