A dad tucking into his children’s Halloween trick-or-treat haul was shocked to discover the biscuit he just bit into was 18 years out of date.
Adrian Johnson’s daughters, five-year-old Eidy and Poppy, seven, were given the McVitie’s chocolate digestives by a neighbour – but they had a 1999 best-before date.
Sniffing the biscuit, which was made well before his children were born, Adrian turned it over to find the biscuit was whiter than its usual brownish hue – then he checked the best-before date.
“That second bit ended up in the sink,” said Adrian. “And I had to rinse my mouth and brush my teeth.
“I can’t really describe the taste. Just an awful, gone-off, long-lingering bad taste.”
“It was late on so I didn’t go back to the neighbours but I might pop round tonight when I get back home – more for their sake than to complain, as who knows what else they’re keeping in their cupboards,” said Adrian.
“My kids, Poppy and Eidy, found it hilarious this morning when I told them the story as they were asleep when it all happened.
“They did point out that I shouldn’t have been pinching their Halloween treats in the first place.”
Think I’ve just eaten a biscuit (from a packet given to our kids while trick or treating) that went out of date 18 years ago. Not joking. pic.twitter.com/JTj9adVlKY
— Adrian Johnson (@adrian_johnson) October 31, 2017
A Halloween horror story.
