It’s a Waitrose number, with a ‘dash of sherry’ – not sure if that’s enough to have the pickling effect.
I reckon it’s probably OK. I mean they make them 6-12 months in advance anyway right?
Date on it says BBF Jan 22
Normally I’d just pop into a shop and buy another one. But I’m overseas, and another one is a heavy investment and difficult to track down
Thoughts?
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I’d certainly try it – as long as it tastes ok I’d think it’d be fine.
There’s loads of sugar in pudding too which should help.
deffo ok
If it smells OK and hasn’t gone mouldy, it’s probably OK.
It’ll be fine. May well be better! It’s not just the alcohol that preserves them, it’s the sugar etc as well.
They charge more for puddings that have been matured longer!
It’s fine. Years ago Christmas Pudding had no use by date on them and you’d buy them up cheap in January to use the next year.
It’s my conspiracy theory that a date was put on them to stop people doing this.
It’s not “out of date”. It has a ‘Best Before’ date, not a ‘Use By’ date so you’re good
I’ve eaten one which was five years past its best before date and it was absolutely fine.
The alcohol should preserve it. As long as it’s been in the freezer it should be ok.
Just check whether it contains nuts – those could go a bit rancid tasting.
Burn it….with brandy
Prob fine
What’s your address? I’ll come test it. I’ll need to eat at least half of it, to be sure.
I ate one that was 8 months out of date, I’m still alive.
As folk say I’d try carefully. I suspect it does not have enough alcohol to really preserve it. But my 93 year old dad was happily going through the Christmas puddings my mum made years after she passed (as in 11+ years). However, she saturated the fruit in brandy, and added to it periodically.
I ate one a few days ago from 2017 , it tasted fine, just a tiny bit drier that it was supposed to be, a big dollop of cream and sugar soon sorted it.
It didn’t turn me inside out , so all must have been good!
It says ‘best before’, not ‘knackered after’. You’ll be grand…probably?