Ex's genius moment packing my things...

[Jolleigh]

When I left the ex, he packed up most of my things, basically to make sure he got to keep what he wanted. Now, I've just opened the last small box. It was labelled 'misc'. One of the things inside is my biscuit barrel. It's ceramic with a clear top and I can see it still has all the digestive biscuits inside that I put in there the morning before I decided enough was enough. I left him 6 months ago (delay in opening boxes due to finding somewhere to live and having to fit unpacking around the baby!). The knob could have put it in with the kitchen things like a normal person. .

Am I going to be greeted with mould or general nastiness when I open it? It is an airtight barrel.

Not looking forward to this.

I'm sure it will be fine. 6 months isn't that long in biscuit terms.

Digestives have the radioactive half-life of uranium.

Digestives last forever. My mother has them in her 'war cupboard'.

They will probably be very soft but I would definitely be binning them and possibly chucking the biscuit barrel as well.

Normal person? I suspect the clue is in the fact you aren't with him any more..

Would you really bin the barrel too itsfab? It's only a cheap barrel but I'm quite fond of it

Good to hear people have a bit more confidence in them not being mouldy than I do!

I'm not understanding the issue here. Surely you just open the barrel and bin the biscuits? Why so angry?

I'm with Catsarebastards here. First I thought it was a joke post, but a joke I wasn't getting, then I tried to read more into it. And in the end all I could come to was that you are mad about some poorly packed biscuits.

Take the biscuits out, eat them if they aren't soft, throw them if they are, wash the biscuit tin... :/

Not angry Cats just nervous. Mould and stuff makes me squeamish!

I imagine they're still edible

Oh ok so just open the barrel over the bin and tip it out. No touching or even looking. Still confused why this is in relationships though if its just about mould nerves.

They will not be mouldy, in fact, if the barrel is airtight, it's entirely possible they are still edible.

It's air tight they'll probably be still edible

You don't have to bin it .

I am just very cautious at times with food hygiene and I guess it depends where it has been for six months and the state of the biscuits in terms of mould.

I can understand you are angry with your ex as it was perfectly sensible to put it in the kitchen bits and he didn't to make a point maybe? Hence your upset.

Open it now. Worst thing is it will pong a bit but be prepared for full on mould in which case anything else might be a bonus.

Pottering - if you hear a case on the news about someone dying of a biscuit mould related illness, think of me! .

He did loads of things to make a point itsfab, like distributing our engagement cards throughout my books, between pages. And emptying boxes of tampons into bags of clothes. Unscrewing lids off toiletries.

But biscuit mould is a fresh hell I didn't expect!

I'd say the biscuits being mouldy is just unfortunate. Theres no way he could have known it would take 6 months for you to unpack that box. The rest though- he's an immature knob.

I am fairly sure my mother has biscuits in her cupboard that are several years old. They won't be mouldy just soft. And you should be able to tell if the lid is clear.
Having said that, given how your ex packed the rest of your stuff I'd be chucking the biscuits straight in the bin and giving the barrel a good wash just in case he'd spat on them or something.

They won't be mouldy. Mould needs air and moisture to grow. At school we used to rotate between different types of technology, in one year the entire module of Food Tech we just made rock cakes, again and again and again. We must have got totally sick of them, because when I started my Food Tech module the next year and got down the cake tin, it felt strangely heavy. Inside were some 10 month old rock cakes which were rather more aptly named than when they'd gone in there They were just hard, though, not mouldy at all.

The deed is done. The twat emptied an ashtray into it and put clean biscuits on top. I'm guessing he thought I'd just start eating them and not check. Could smell it as soon as I opened the barrel. .

But look on the bright side you no longer have to live with the bastard!

The most important thing in all this, to remember and hang on to, and celebrate, is that he is your EX.

His life is a pile of shitty mouldy crumbs. Your life without him will be so much better. There are plenty more biscuits in the shop. He can (hob) nob off.

Throw the tin, or keep it, doesn't matter. You're on a (fig) roll, keep smiling!

Waiting your biscuit puns have made my day .

Wow - can't imagine why you ever left him!