If you found a bag of dried fruit in the cupboard a year out of date

[stinkycheeseman]

Would you feed it to the birds?

No

I'd eat it myself ....

I'd be using it for my own breakfasts 🤷🏼‍♀️

Surely that's a best before not a use by.

I would eat

I'd use it myself

I'd eat it myself.

I'm not shy about out of date food, but if I haven't eaten it in two years 🤷‍♀️

I’d have a nibble and use it myself. If it’s properly dried out and beyond being soaked in tea for baking then I’d probably bin it.

It will be fine for either you or the birds

Can I give it to the birds? I won't do it all in one go, but over the rest of the winter. Only in my garden so no dogs.

Yes you can.

Yes I would definitely feed to birds but if it tastes ok then it's safe anyway

I'd use it to make a boiled fruit cake.

Simmer it in tea and whiskey and make Christmas cake. Cheer up March.

I'm actually always doing this. No idea why dried fruit gets lost in the cupboard. Never had any ill effects from eating it. I've just finished a bag that was best before August 2020.