package design varies in 14 years 
1997 crust
What happens when you eat 14 year old pizza crust from Betty Crocker? We found out.
On January 1, 2011, in a short series of unfortunate events, my husband prepared a Betty Crocker pizza crust from a mix. It turned out terribly. We couldn’t figure out why. It was paper thin, and stuck so badly to the pan that it seemed to only come off in stamp-sized pieces, not to mention being brittle and tasteless.
I forced it down, and after the kids bemoaned their meal, I, being a proper mom, I had them finish most of it–by decree. It was only after I saw the varying package design of some just-bought Betty Crocker pizza crust, did suspect something was amiss. That little wave of electric panic fear went around on my back. This could be a long night in the bathroom, I thought.
Soon, it seemed clear that we ingested 14 year old crust mix from 1997. There was no expiration date visable on any package, but there were copyright dates. The new ones said ©2009. [Obviously the old one read ©1997.] Gulp. This was bad news. Really bad news. This is nearly double the age of my daughter. Who eats food twice their age, and gets away with it? Okay, babies. But who else?
The thought was sickening, but oddly the meal wasn’t, in a true sense. We were all fine. No harm done.
4 Proposals:
1. Betty Crocker Pizza crust is not food.
2. God spared us (because sometimes he’s wacky like that.)
3. Pizza crust couldn’t hurt us, even if it was 50 years old…’cause that’s how p.c. rolls.
4. We’ve just realized we are the real life version of “No Ordinary Family”
Do you have any ideas?
It was a mysterious way to start the new year, and things have only gotten stranger since.
What the oldest thing you’ve eaten recently?
Or…What’s the strangest thing that’s happened to you so far this year?
You found the fruit-cakes of pizza crusts! It was the sixth day of Christmas. Leftovers? Food not eaten in my fridge? You don’t know our family.
Stay blessed…john
I seem to remember seeing a 1990s copyright date myself recently, but can’t think what it could have been. Surely I threw it out. (???…) Awhile back I did extensive research on the wiggle room regarding the purchase-by dates on eggs (Googled it, of course), and it seems that as long as they’re kept cold, they’re good for years, though the contents shrink. (I assume no responsibility for anyone else’s at-home experiments.) Hey, I hate to throw out food.
Okay…that info on eggs just made me throw up a little in my mouth. That does not sound appealing. I’d say 1 month, max…but that’s just me.