Thanks OB. I'm not going to risk it. I expect if I was starving I would eat it, after all it has been in an airtight bag. Ah well ...

I look at stuff but more importantly smell it too. Fridges are a relatively recent innovation and food would have simply been left in a pantry for centuries before their invention

Yeah - I had that thought too Tup, when I got home and finally found the chicken after much searching through the cupboards.

Even I wouldn't eat it if it had been left for centuries.

I would have eaten it cold if it smelt OK, but I wouldn't advise anyone else to do likewise.

Eats shoots and leaves

Don't the Chinese have something called 1000 year old eggs?

I think my local's got 1000 year old eggs. They're up behind the bar in a big, half-empty, jar marked "Pickled Eggs".

The biggest mystery is how it got to be half empty!

Spag Bol.