trifle

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ok... mums given me a trifle to make for tomorrow.. it was out of date in august.. is it still ok to use...

huh? what was out of date?

the box of birds trifle....

how can you have a box of trifle? surely a trifle is made of lots of diff layers... i think if you dont know that much you will have trouble putting one together by dawn

should be fine, it's mostly sugar anyway

Those things have very long use by dates I imagine, so I would think it would be ok

your all mad!

it comes with a jelly you have to make with water...
blamonge you add milk to (ok I can't spell it)
and a cream topping and hundreds and thousands...
and ... it was out of date in August...

is it this?

yes thats the one...

If it is, ingredients are

Strawberry Flavour Jelly Crystals:
Sugar, Gelling Agen (Carageenan),
Coulours, (Beetroot Red, Annatto), Adipic Acid, Cream of Tartar, Thickener (Carboxymethyl Cellulose), Flavouring, Sweetner (Sodium Saccharin).
Custard Powder:
Cornflour, Salt, Colour (Annatto), Flavouring.
Trifle Topping Mix
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Emulsifiers (Propane-I, 2-diol esters of Fatty Acids, Soya Lecithins), Modified Starch, Whey Powder (from milk), Lactose (from milk), Milk Proteins, Thickener (Carboxymethyl Cellulose),Flavourings, Colour (Beta-Carotene)
Sponge FIngers:
Sugar, Wheat flour, Egg, Glucose Syrup, Raising Agent (Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate), Flavouring.

Really think it would take years for most of that lot to go off. So I'd use it.

well blow me.

who knew?

ok. i say make it and see... (too late to go and buy alternative now anyway...)

it should be fine, really!

if you're still worried, make a normal jelly and leave it to set, then make normal custard (tinned stuff won't work as it doesn't set) and add a layer of that. Top with whipped cream.
(NB for the record this will be nicer than the Bird's one from a box)

Of course it will be actually edible but it won't be actually nice, by that I mean if I remember them correctly from my childhood visits to my mums friend house they were rank. I wouldn't bother tbh.

thank you.....

I'm making a home made cheese cake as well [smug emoticon] and I really wanted something to go with it... a box of trifle was all mother could come up with.. and that was bloody out of date! I'm afraid I haven't got anything to make a proper trifle with.. I'm sure they'll survive...

Thanks everyone... though I'm sure some of you have been on the wine already judging by the earlier responses..