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Chicken tastes supreme after 50 years in a tinBy Nigel Bunyan and Amy IgguldenLast Updated: 12:01am GMT 08/02/2006It was the height of post-war luxury: a hamper crammed with delicacies, topped by a whole roast chicken preserved in its own jelly and sealed in a tin.The year was 1956 and the hamper was bought by Les and Beryl Lailey for the guests at their wedding reception. By the end of the day, they had polished off the sandwiches, the hams, the cheeses and the luxury shortbread biscuits.All that was left, resplendent in its Buxted packaging, was the chicken.And it remained untouched for 50 years until, finally, Mr Lailey, 73, plucked up the courage to eat it on the couple's golden wedding anniversary."It was really quite tasty,"he said yesterday at his home in Denton, near Manchester. "Maybe a bit salty, but then I didn't follow the instructions to the letter."Perhaps distracted by a crowd of disbelieving relatives, Mr Lailey, a one-time corporal in the Argyll and Southern Highlanders, had omitted to heat his 50-year-old skinless chicken in the oven for the 10-15 minutes the instructions advised. "I just broke off a leg, smelled it, drained the jelly off it and then bit into it. The flesh was white with a few pinky bits."Our grandchildren were appalled, begging me not to eat any more, but I knew that if it smelled OK, it wouldn't do me any harm."Mrs Lailey, 70, a retired machinist, declined to taste the 3lb chicken on the ground that she was recovering from flu.
Quote Chicken tastes supreme after 50 years in a tinBy Nigel Bunyan and Amy IgguldenLast Updated: 12:01am GMT 08/02/2006It was the height of post-war luxury: a hamper crammed with delicacies, topped by a whole roast chicken preserved in its own jelly and sealed in a tin.The year was 1956 and the hamper was bought by Les and Beryl Lailey for the guests at their wedding reception. By the end of the day, they had polished off the sandwiches, the hams, the cheeses and the luxury shortbread biscuits.All that was left, resplendent in its Buxted packaging, was the chicken.And it remained untouched for 50 years until, finally, Mr Lailey, 73, plucked up the courage to eat it on the couple's golden wedding anniversary."It was really quite tasty,"he said yesterday at his home in Denton, near Manchester. "Maybe a bit salty, but then I didn't follow the instructions to the letter."Perhaps distracted by a crowd of disbelieving relatives, Mr Lailey, a one-time corporal in the Argyll and Southern Highlanders, had omitted to heat his 50-year-old skinless chicken in the oven for the 10-15 minutes the instructions advised. "I just broke off a leg, smelled it, drained the jelly off it and then bit into it. The flesh was white with a few pinky bits."Our grandchildren were appalled, begging me not to eat any more, but I knew that if it smelled OK, it wouldn't do me any harm."Mrs Lailey, 70, a retired machinist, declined to taste the 3lb chicken on the ground that she was recovering from flu.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2006/02/08/nchick08.xmlDON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
we have the 10-year clear out, so I'm not due for another one for just over 5 years! Last time revealed something in a packet from 1991, so that would be about 10 years old I think! its usually things like cup-a-soups and those packet dried foods for rehydration. no wonder they stay in the cupboard!
In Egypt you might find your great great great great great great great great great granddad in the cupboard all rapped up and now where to go []