Just made OH some custard for his tea, served it up and then went back into the kitchen and went to put the custard powder back in the cupboard when I spied the Best before date, 17th November 2011. Oopsie Daisy. Should I tell him? 
See if he's ill all night. If he's not ill, tell him. If he is ill, don't tell him, and bin the evidence! 
he'll be OK, it can't really go off, like Maggie said it's only cornflour.
custard powder isn't as flavoursome as it used to be either, it's too pale and the vanilla is very sparse.
@calibra101 wrote:"galvanised bucket" that made me chuckle
Me too. 
I used to check for out of date stuff regularly but these days I can't be bothered, so if I find something that I want to use and it's out of date, I just either use it or bin it, depending on what it is. Most things these days seem to have so many preservatives in them that I guess they'll last until the next millenium. 
