Your current location:HOME >entertainment >Army veteran, 60, tucks into tinned Tesco meatballs 11 years past their use 正文
TIME:2024-04-27 12:18:03 Source: Internet compilationEdit:entertainment
A man who couldn't fight his hunger and decided to tuck into an 11-year-old tin of meatballs has sur
A man who couldn't fight his hunger and decided to tuck into an 11-year-old tin of meatballs has survived to tell the tale.
Jim Hawkins, from Devon, was 'bored and hungry' when he reached for a tin of Tesco Blue Stripe meatballs that passed their use-by date in 2013.
The budget tin, which has seen five UK prime ministers, had been hidden in the back of Jim's cupboard for more than a decade - even surviving a house move - before it finally fulfilled its culinary potential.
Jim, 60, said: 'I was bored and hungry so I delved into the deepest dark recesses of the tin cupboard. It tasted just like I remembered but a lot blander.
'An in-date tin of meatballs would get a rating of 4/10 as it's the ultimate cheap processed food, only brought for camping really, but I would only give this one less: 3/10, despite being 11 years out of date.'
Jim Hawkins, 60, from Devon, was unfazed by the 13-year-old use-by date on a tin of Tesco Blue Stripe meatballs
The Tesco Blue Stripe meatballs (pictured, left and right). which went off in 2013, have survived a house move. Yet, despite being eleven years out of date, Jim said they tasted fine - just slightly blander
Jim added lots of hot chilli sauce and peas to the meatballs and polished off the whole portion with cheese and rice.
He wasn't worried about eating the old food, but he was slightly put off by the 'formation of a circular skin that had jellified on the underside of the removed lid'.
Jim explained that he felt fine after eating the ancient meal adding: 'I would have never known it was that old'.
Jim was, however, put off by the what he described as the 'formation of a circular skin that had jellified on the underside of the removed lid'
Jim added lots of hot chilli sauce and peas to the meatballs and polished off the whole portion with cheese and rice
That said, the engineer, who works for a pharmaceutical company, admitted that eating them was a slightly 'rash decision'.
After serving in the military, Jim is used to eating tinned foods and he classes himself an adventurous eater.
'No one tried to discourage me from eating them, because my beautiful fiancée was on a work trip, so I was home alone; always a recipe for disaster.
'She is a vegetarian so wouldn't even touch real meatballs let alone blue stripe ones and is definitely not daft enough to mess with sell-by or best-before dates.'
Tesco's value brand was originally launched in 1993 with distinctive blue-and-white striped packaging, but it was ditched in 2012 over fears customers were embarrassed to buy it.
Jim added: 'I am a sucker for the yellow sticker section at Tesco. It's like playing Russian roulette with your digestive system; never a dull moment.
'So I quite often eat food that is past its sell-by. Although the dates are usually a few days over not a decade.
'I currently have a 5kg tin of corned beef sitting in the cupboard that's even older, possibly 15 years past its date, enough to make 100 sandwiches, and I'm pretty sure there's a tin of pineapple in there that's over ten years old. I may try them next.'
Owner of exploding Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say2024-04-27 12:01
ULTIMATE GRAND NATIONAL GUIDE: Mail Sport's expert gives his verdict on all 34 runners2024-04-27 11:47
'The wheels have come off!': Steve McManaman delivers scathing assessment of Liverpool's dismal 32024-04-27 11:47
Neymar jokes about his contribution to Al2024-04-27 11:44
Elite female bodyguards reveal the fascinating secrets of protecting A2024-04-27 11:41
Rosie Huntington2024-04-27 11:38
5 arrested at dawn over freak accident at Hong Kong boy band Mirror concert2024-04-27 10:56
Masters stars' adorable children take over the course on the eve of the tournament2024-04-27 10:40
New York to require internet providers to charge low2024-04-27 10:37
Immigration declines nearly half of study visa applications from India so far this year2024-04-27 10:31
Trading Trump: Truth Social's first month of trading has sent investors on a ride2024-04-27 12:02
Man United fan Mark Goldbridge's x2024-04-27 12:01
Lewis Hamilton will begin his Ferrari career at the Australian Grand Prix next year2024-04-27 11:37
Erik ten Hag admits he is relieved Harry Maguire stayed at Man United amid injury crisis2024-04-27 11:32
Outgoing Dutch prime minister visits Turkey's Erdogan in his bid for the NATO chief position2024-04-27 10:59
ULTIMATE GRAND NATIONAL GUIDE: Mail Sport's expert gives his verdict on all 34 runners2024-04-27 10:53
HKFP Lens: Past Macau meets present in Portuguese photographer Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro's images2024-04-27 10:42
5 arrested at dawn over freak accident at Hong Kong boy band Mirror concert2024-04-27 10:25
A British tourist is in a hospital after a shark attack. Tobago closes several beaches2024-04-27 10:16
Football's ultimate big2024-04-27 09:58