Army 退役軍人, 60, tucks into tinned Tesco meatballs 11 years past their use-by date for dinner - and gives the meal a '3 out of 10'

By Monique Rubins For Mailonline

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A man who couldn't fight his hunger and decided to tuck into an 11-year-old tin of meatballs has 生き残るd to tell the tale.

Jim Hawkins, from Devon, was 'bored and hungry' when he reached for a tin of??Tesco Blue （土地などの）細長い一片 meatballs that passed their use-by date in 2013.?

The 予算 tin, which has seen five UK 首相s, had been hidden in the 支援する of Jim's cupboard for more than a １０年間 - even 生き残るing a house move - before it finally 実行するd its culinary 可能性のある.?

Jim, 60, said: 'I was bored and hungry so I delved into the deepest dark 休会s of the tin cupboard. It tasted just like I remembered but a lot blander.?

'An in-date tin of meatballs would get a 率ing of 4/10 as it's the ultimate cheap 過程d food, only brought for （軍の）野営地，陣営ing really, but I would only give this one いっそう少なく: 3/10, にもかかわらず 存在 11 years out of date.'

Jim Hawkins, 60, from Devon, was unfazed by the 13-year-old use-by date on a tin of Tesco Blue Stripe meatballs

Jim Hawkins, 60, from Devon, was unfazed by the 13-year-old use-by date on a tin of Tesco Blue （土地などの）細長い一片 meatballs?

The meatballs, which survived a house move, went off in 2013
Jim said they tasted slightly blander than regular, in-date meatballs

The Tesco Blue （土地などの）細長い一片 meatballs (pictured, left and 権利). which went off in 2013, have 生き残るd a house move. Yet, にもかかわらず 存在 eleven years out of d ate, Jim said they tasted 罰金 - just わずかに blander?

Jim 追加するd lots of hot chilli sauce and peas to the meatballs and polished off the whole 部分 with cheese and rice.?

He wasn't worried about eating the old food, but he was わずかに put off by the '形式 of a circular 肌 that had jellified on the underside of the 除去するd lid'.?

Jim explained that he felt 罰金 after eating the 古代の meal 追加するing: 'I would have never known it was that old'.

Jim was, however, put off by the what he described as the 'formation of a circular skin that had jellified on the underside of the removed lid'

Jim was, however, put off by the what he 述べるd as the '形式 of a circular 肌 that had jellified on the underside of the 除去するd lid'

Jim added lots of hot ch illi sauce and peas to the meatballs and polished off the whole portion with cheese and rice

Jim 追加するd lots of hot chilli sauce and peas to the meatballs and polished off the whole 部分 with cheese and rice

That said, the engineer, who 作品 for a 製薬の company, 認める that eating them was a わずかに '無分別な 決定／判定勝ち（する）'.?

After serving in the 軍の, Jim is used to eating tinned foods and he classes himself an adventurous eater.?

'No one tried to discourage me from eating them, because my beautiful fianc?e was on a work trip, so I was home alone; always a recipe for 災害.?

'She is a vegetarian so wouldn't even touch real meatballs let alone blue （土地などの）細長い一片 ones and is definitely not daft enough to mess with sell-by or best-before dates.'

Tesco's value brand was 初めは 開始する，打ち上げるd in 1993 with 独特の blue-and-white （土地などの）細長い一片d 一括ing, but it was 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd in 2012 over 恐れるs 顧客s were embarrassed to buy it.?

Jim 追加するd: 'I am a sucker for the yellow sticker section at Tesco. It's like playing ロシアの roulette with your digestive system; never a dull moment.?

'So I やめる often eat food that is past its sell-by. Although the dates are usually a few days over not a １０年間.?

'I 現在／一般に have a 5kg tin of corned beef sitting in the cupboard that's even older, かもしれない 15 years past its date, enough to make 100 挟むs, and I'm pretty sure there's a tin of pineapple in there that's over ten years old. I may try them next.'

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