If the recipe says...

[mrs_sweetpeach]

...it seems to taste better the longer you wait, is twelve years too long?

Back in May of 2000, jebra and I canned several cases of rhubarb chutney. Sadly I have almost two full cases left. The seals appear to be fine but ten years is an awfully long time. Should I try it or should I empty the jars and feed the chutney to the compost pile?

Comments

[polly-b.livejournal.com]

Truthfully, I'd be too scared to eat it. But I had a serious case of food poisoning once so I'm gunshy. *shrugs*

[mrs-sweetpeach.livejournal.com]

I can totally understand that. In the end we fed it to the compost pile. I think that was the right choice as after opening the jars I discovered stuff growing in three of them and two or three that had transformed from rhubarb chutney to rather sticky hockey pucks.