Disposing of marmalade?

[Mojooo]

I have a large pot of marmalade to get rid of. It is well past its best before date - but I need to keep the pot.

Stick in in the bin loose or pour it down the sink?

I am thinking sink because at leats it will be diluted, whereas in the bin it may well attract insect.

[Cheese Mechanic]

Carrier bags and the bin. . You may well block the sink otherwise.

[calibrax]

Stick it in another container and in the bin. Milk carton or similar would work. Or empty fabric conditioner bottle (the Comfort ones have a very wide neck)

[marksx]

Stick it in the bin before collection day. No insects.

[pacman1]

Mix it up with warm water and flush perhaps?

Or bake a marmalade cake. A large one.

[Mojooo]

Thanks

We also have 4 pots of honey - only one of them is opened and 2 of them are also out of date (bearing in mind honey usually has best before dates of well over a year!)

[HowMuchLonger]

Does your house have a toilet? I know that some modern houses have these facilities, and that they can be used for just such a purpose.

[majordad]

Eat it, likely they will taste grand if you have not opened them yet.

I would, and have.

[RichB]

Is someone really asking pistonheads how to empty a jar or marmalade

[Simpo Two]

majordad said:

Eat it, likely they will taste grand if you have not opened them yet.

RichB said:

Is someone really asking pistonheads how to empty a jar or marmalade

I confess this does rather summarise my own thoughts! How far from reality we've come.

[Mojooo]

I am sure I could have managed, just wanted to see if there was a better way but it seems opinion is split on the bin or the drainage.

[Chicarito]

Not really sure that honey actually has an expiry date.

I know some EU legislation will say it has to have one - but an unopened jar of honey, in theory, should last indefinitely.

[Mojooo]

(If you really want to know) foods do have to have a use by or best before, but its actually upto the manufacturer how long they want the date to last for - so not one to blame on the EU, IMO.

Honey does generally have very long dates on it - its just for some reason we have obviously bought some and not opened it for years.

[Simpo Two]

Honey gets better with age. It's only sugar (high sugar concentrations kill microorganisms by osmotic pressure) and will gradually crystallise and get stiffer. Eat it

[Hugo a Gogo]

honey in a closed jar will last for CENTURIES, it won't go out of date

[Chicarito]

My point is that the EU legislate that a date has to be applied - even if the date is decided on by the manufacturer.

However, honey can last centuries without spoiling, due to the high natural sugar content.

If you have honey in a sealed jar, there's no reason to apply any kind of best before date to it.

[HowMuchLonger]

Honey is irrelevant, the poor soul has marmalade not honey.

OP, make up a new label saying "alcoholic marmalade" and ask your OH to try it.

[Chicarito]

HowMuchLonger said:

Honey is irrelevant, the poor soul has marmalade not honey.

If you read the whole thread, you'l see he also has honey.

[HowMuchLonger]

Chicarito said:

If you read the whole thread, you'l see he also has honey.

Sorry!
Not just honey though, 4 jars of honey.

Maybe he wants to empty the marmalade jar so that he can consolidate the 4 jars of honey into a single manageable jar?

[Mojooo]

What happens when you mix marmalade and honey? Dare I try?

I have never actualy had marmalade, maybe I should try it.....