miab16•2d ago

Found a jar of homemade salsa verde from May 2023 hidden behind my dill pickles

I was in my kitchen last Saturday trying to find space for a pack of ground turkey when I dug to the back of the bottom shelf. There it was, a mason jar with my sister's handwriting on a piece of masking tape that said 'salsa verde - made 5/14/23'. I opened it and it smelled like a science experiment gone wrong, with this weird fizzy smell and mold floating on top. I had to hold my breath while dumping it in the trash and then scrubbed the jar with bleach for like 10 minutes. My sister came over the next day and I told her, and she just laughed and said 'I wondered where that went, I bet it could have won a contest for oldest condiment.' Has anyone else found a food item that old in their fridge?

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angelafisher2d ago

Hold up, you really just poured it down the drain without even a hazmat suit? I mean, maybe I overreacted a bit, but that fizzy smell was enough to make my eyes water. You're braver than me, that's for sure.

skylerm552d ago

I mean, you're acting like you found a dead body in there or something. It's just old salsa verde from a year ago, not exactly a biohazard situation. People find old pickles and jams in their fridges all the time without needing bleach therapy. Your sister is right, it's more of a funny story than a crisis. Honestly, if it was sealed tight and not growing anything scary, you probably could have just poured it down the drain and moved on. Unless you're one of those people who treats their fridge like a sterile lab, in which case, you do you.