History Main / WayPastTheExpirationDate

* ''[[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Tries]]'' is all about the titular host consuming food and drink that's either from exotic countries, or was discontinued decades ago, like [[AnyoneRememberPogs Crystal Pepsi]] from 1993 for example.

* One of the bad endings in ''Twistaplot #12: Journey to Vernico 5'' is the result of earing a package of Choco-Raspberry Lunch Meat that was two years out of date.

* The [[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19991114&id=MdENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xHcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4546,2798282 Mexia Supermarket]] in Fort Worth, Texas. The owners abandoned the store abruptly in July 1999 and left it sitting with all the food still inside. By November, the place was overrun with bugs and animals consuming the now extremely rotten food, and neighbors were complaining about the smell. By year's end, the place was finally cleaned up and fumigated.

* In ''VideGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' duology, it's possible to find spoiled milk as a dropped item. It "expired three years ago". Drinking it unprepared is almost always lethal.

* All Pre-War Food in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}} 3'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is this, since it's aged more than 200 years. No horrible consequences, however, because it was sterilized by intense radiation. Unless you count consuming trace amounts of radioactive isotopes to be horrible consequences.
* In some of the ''{{Castlevania}}'' games, it's possible to find spoiled milk as a dropped item. It "expired three years ago". Drinking it unprepared is almost always lethal.

* In one ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'' episode, Lupin steals a two century old bottle of rare French wine that was laid down by Napoleon, and was to be given as a gift to the President of the United States, swapping it out with a cheap bottle of store bought wine. After a successful heist, Lupin watches the president drinking the cheap wine and calling it "remarkable" on TV. The gang then laugh to themselves, and try a glass of the real wine... but find that it hadn't been aged properly and turned to vinegar.

* In a Knights of the Dinner Table story the group is eating Hackmaster themed snack packs that B.A. picked up to thematically represent their characters eating field rations in game. They eventually discover that the snack packs were made in the early '80s. When Sara expresses her disgust that the guys keep eating them Brian says that they are so full of preservatives that it doesn't matter.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', Mordecai and Rigby find cans of soda from 1984 in their attic. They serve them at a party, though no one gets sick.

---> McGurk: Old fool dies, leaves me a sausage. Not money. A sausage. Because money is something I actually NEED. Now I have to sit here and eat this repugnant sausage. This sausage has to be 18 years old. This sausage could ''vote.'' This sausage could go to war and ''die for its country.''

* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' that was making fun of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', we learn that Apu sells products that are over a decade old. "And the clerk who runs the store, can charge a little more for milk (for milk) and meat (and meat) from 1984!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', Mordecai and Rigby find cans of soda from 1984 in their attic.

* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession11ToysInTheAttic Toys in the Attic]]'' features a monster which spawned from expired Lobster.

* ''Film/TheOddCouple'' gave us this scene. It's poker night in Oscars apartment, cigar smoke fills the air:

'''Oscar Madison:''' What for? I'm gonna bluff anyway. Who gets a Pepsi?\\

'''Oscar Madison:''' My friend Murray the policeman gets a warm Pepsi.\\
'''Roy:''' You still didn't fix the refrigerator. It's been two weeks now - no wonder it stinks in here.\
'''Oscar Madison:''' Temper, temper. If I wanted nagging, I'd go back with my wife. I'm out. Who wants food?\\

'''Oscar Madison:''' (checks plate of pre-made sandwiches) I got, uh, brown sandwiches and, uh, green sandwiches. Which one do you want?\\

'''Oscar Madison:''' It's either very new cheese or very old meat.\\

A comedy trope, in which a character buys, sells, or consumes food products that expired a comically long time ago, years, decades, or even [[UpToEleven centuries]] in the past. For the horrible consequences that usually follow, see TheFoodPoisoningIncident. Contrast IndestructibleEdible.

* In one Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket episode, Lupin steals a two century old bottle of rare French wine that was laid down by Napoleon, and was to be given as a gift to the President of the United States, swapping it out with a cheap bottle of store bought wine. After a successful heist, Lupin watches the president drinking the cheap wine and calling it "remarkable" on TV. The gang then laugh to themselves, and try a glass of the real wine... but find that it hadn't been aged properly and turned to vinegar.

* ''The Odd Couple'' gave us this scene. It's poker night in Oscars apartment, cigar smoke fills the air:

* On ''Carter Country'', the group is accidentally [[LockedInARoom locked in a bank vault overnight]]. The mayor pulls out his SafeDepositBox, where he has stored a bottle of wine for many, many years. After taking a sip he says, "[Vintage year]. A fine year for vinegar."

* A frequent topic of complaining on ''Series/{{Mash}}'' is the food, some of which (it is claimed) came from WWII or even WWI.

* In one episode of ''Manga/LupinIII'', Lupin steals a two century old bottle of rare French wine that was laid down by Napoleon, and was to be given as a gift to the President of the United States, swapping it out with a cheap bottle of store bought wine. After a successful heist, Lupin watches the president drinking the cheap wine and calling it "remarkable" on TV. He then laughs to himself and tries a glass of the real wine... but finds that it hadn't been aged properly and turned to vinegar.

* In ''SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', Arthur returns to his home after years in space, and eats "the three least green furry things" in the fridge for breakfast.

* ''DownPeriscope''
-->'''Pascal:''' Goddammit, Buckman, this tin's been here since Korea!
-->'''Buckman:''' What's the matter, sir? It still tastes like creamed corn...
-->'''Pascal:''' Except, it's DEVILED HAM!

-->'''Oscar Madison:''' I'm in for a quarter.
-->'''Murray:''' Aren't you going to look at your cards first?
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' What for? I'm gonna bluff anyway. Who gets a Pepsi?
-->'''Murray:''' I get a Pepsi.
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' My friend Murray the policeman gets a warm Pepsi.
-->'''Roy:''' You still didn't fix the refrigerator. It's been two weeks now - no wonder it stinks in here.
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' Temper, temper. If I wanted nagging, I'd go back with my wife. I'm out. Who wants food?
-->'''Murray:''' What do you got?
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' (checks plate of pre-made sandwiches) I got, uh, brown sandwiches and, uh, green sandwiches. Which one do you want?
-->'''Murray:''' What's the green?
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' It's either very new cheese or very old meat.
-->'''Murray:''' I'll take the brown.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Kramer eats an ancient hot dog from the concession stand of a really old movie theater, to which the cashier responds "Are you out of your mind? That hot dog's been here since [[SilentMovie the silent era]], you'd have to be insane to eat it." [[TheFoodPoisoningIncident Predictably, Kramer becomes rather ill after tasting it.]]
** Another ''Seinfeld'' example: After developing a craving for eating cake in the afternoon, Elaine consumes a piece of leftover wedding cake ... from the wedding of King Edward VIII ... that's worth $29,000 ... and over 60 years old.
-->'''Peterman:''' Elaine, I have a question for you. Is the item still with you?
-->'''Elaine:''' Umm, as far as I know.
-->'''Peterman:''' Do you know what happens to a butter-based frosting after six decades in a poorly ventilated English basement?
-->'''Elaine:''' Uhh, I guess I hadn't...
-->'''Peterman:''' Well, I have a feeling what you are about to go through is punishment enough.

* A frequent topic of complaining on ''Series/{{MASH}}'' is the food, some of which (it is claimed) came from WWII or even WWI.

* Hal from ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' makes the mistake of eating canned food donated to the family and requires a trip to the ER when Lois checks the can and discovers [[IAteWhat the "olives" he was eating were actually peaches]].

** In the opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Apu is seen doctoring the expiration date of a milk carton, turning the 3 in 2003 into an 8.

* Likewise, [[Creator/StuartAshen Ashens]] has a track record of at least tasting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNtXN3YfdY chocolate]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_2zRwWIug bubblegum]] a decade or two past their expiry dates.

* In ''{{Freefall}}'', Sam loves past expiration date food. His being a scavenger race probably causes this.