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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: Janet Darling-Roden on 27/09/2011 20:30:03
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Janet Darling-Roden asked the Naked Scientists:
My friend and I found a cake in the freezer today. The label on the cover of it had a date of August 08, 2000. It smells and looks fine, if a bit dry. Is it safe to eat something with preservatives that kept it from molding for this long? Not that I want to, but I'm curious!
What do you think?
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I'd eat it.
But, then again, I might eat some things that others wouldn't eat.
If it has been continuously frozen, then there would be little chance of decay. Even chemical reactions would be inhibited at freezer temperatures. Modern Frost-free freezers, however, will tend to dry out many substances though.
If in doubt, taste a little, then wait a few days before eating the rest.
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I have eaten rich fruit cake that was almost that old that hadnt been frozen (top tier of a wedding cake eaten upon third child's christening about 7 years later)! As long as it has proper royal icing and is regularly laced with brandy then it keeps marvellously - the icing becomes incredibly hard and discoloured, but chip it off and re-ice and it is ready to eat
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So long as it hasn't been defrosted a few times, when defrosting the freezer, I see no reason not to scoff it.
DISCLAMER
The opinion above is the opinion of a greedy guts, who would eat the pattern off a plate, and should not be taken as an informed scientific estimation.
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As a firm believer in empirical study I have today frozen a cakey......on 4th October 2022..I will eat cakey and report here....Please stand by for answer !
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I have made calender event in Google Calendar with link to this page for 4th Oct 2022.
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Lol...cant wait... We ate our wedding top teir of our cake on our 25th anniversary... The cake was fine..good really, but I can't say the same about the 25 year marriage.....
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I have made calender event in Google Calendar with link to this page for 4th Oct 2022.
where is your link neily?
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I have made calender event in Google Calendar with link to this page for 4th Oct 2022.
where is your link neily?
The link is in my own Calendar Kareny Mam..... [:)]
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Lol...i knew I was reading that incorrectly...!!! Thanks for pointing that out....x
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it may be little dangerours [;)]
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The Chinese have a delicacy known as the 1000 year old egg or Pidan. They are preserved duck eggs and in reality are rarely more than 100 days old.
They are coated in a mixture of red earth, lime, salt, and ash blended together with tea and stored in airtight containers in rice husks.
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Sounds nasty...ewwwweeeee...lol...
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I have made calender event in Google Calendar with link to this page for 4th Oct 2022.
STAND BY FOR RESULTS.
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Photos to follow of 11 year old frozen cake ! And the consequences of consumption thereof ! Xx
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Photos to follow of 11 year old frozen cake ! And the consequences of consumption thereof ! Xx
LoL!
Can't Believe You Really did it...GosH.
P.S. - Amazing Nasty feats, in the name of Sciences.
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Photos to follow of 11 year old frozen cake ! And the consequences of consumption thereof ! Xx
Thank ewe Zer0 ☺️
I DID receive the reminder on my phone from Google calendar , I was just away when I received it. Will dig it out the freezer tomorrow.
“ gulp “ lol
LoL!
Can't Believe You Really did it...GosH.
P.S. - Amazing Nasty feats, in the name of Sciences.
🎂
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Photos to follow of 11 year old frozen cake ! And the consequences of consumption thereof ! Xx
Please let it thaw first ;D
Unless it’s a fruitcake, most have a lot of fat eg sponge cake, which can go rancid and not taste nice.
Let us know what sort of cake and what it’s like
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Photos to follow of 11 year old frozen cake ! And the consequences of consumption thereof ! Xx
Please let it thaw first ;D
Unless it’s a fruitcake, most have a lot of fat eg sponge cake, which can go rancid and not taste nice.
Let us know what sort of cake and what it’s like
Thanks Colin, I have let it thaw.
I purposely did not use a fruit cake as I know they last very well forever.
It's a slice of spongey cake with fruity jam stuff inside !
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Yuk !! yukky !!
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stand by please x
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DEFROSTING
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Well there ewe have it.......disgusting !!.....i think it received a little water damage as some of it was very saturated......still sweet but the texture of the cake sponge was all soft. Probably a preparation error from 2011.
Edible.....but not agreeable...... I am not in hospital and no stomach pump required........which is nice !! ;D
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But it seems to have turned you into a sheep.
The experiment has been conducted under better controlled conditions. Captain Scott's stores have been found, including tinned puddings nearly 100 years old and perfectly edible.
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Wasn't the honey that was sealed in the pyramids with the pharoahs deemed to still be edible?
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Quite likely. Honey has been used as a preservative and even an antibiotic dressing in many cultures.
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stand by please x
ROFL!
🤣
You are Really Something.
P.S. - On a Serious Note, Please Do Not do stuff like this again.
Curiosities can lead to Fatalities.
🤞
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Quite likely. Honey has been used as a preservative and even an antibiotic dressing in many cultures.
Well, yes it has.
But it's not guaranteed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism#Infant_botulism
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Maybe you can take a decision
1. after looking at the texture (If it looks normal then fine)
2. Smell (do you smell anything odd?)
3. Do you find any mouldy or any unwated growth on the cake?
4. Was it defrosted once or twice or many times? (If not defrosted then fine.)
5. Was the fridge opened for many times.
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I'm Hoping & Wishing the OP is still Alive n Kickin?
P.S. - 🐑
baa baa!
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Well there ewe have it.......disgusting !!.....i think it received a little water damage as some of it was very saturated......still sweet but the texture of the cake sponge was all soft. Probably a preparation error from 2011.
Edible.....but not agreeable...... I am not in hospital and no stomach pump required........which is nice !! ;D
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LOL I wondered about this...LOL Does not look very appetizing Kind Sir!
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Sponge cake, whether fresh or 10years old is NOT suitable food for a sheep. By the way, when did neilep cease to be human and become a sheep? I'm sure trawling through old posts would tell me but I don't have the necessary motivation.
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when did neilep cease to be human and become a sheep?
'Twas ever thus, methinks.
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Sponge cake, whether fresh or 10years old is NOT suitable food for a sheep. By the way, when did neilep cease to be human and become a sheep? I'm sure trawling through old posts would tell me but I don't have the necessary motivation.
[/quotSponge cake, whether fresh or 10years old is NOT suitable food for a sheep. By the way, when did neilep cease to be human and become a sheep? I'm sure trawling through old posts would tell me but I don't have the necessary motivation.
I "identify" as both a wooly four legged hooved ruminant and a Hooman !! ;D ;D ;D
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when did neilep cease to be human and become a sheep?
'Twas ever thus, methinks.
Yep, that's right...I'm a sheep that occasionally identifies as a human ! ;D ;D ;D
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LOL...LOL ..BAA RAM EWE.... BAA RAM EWE..What does that mean in sheepy talk? LOL