Name and age (or carbon-date, if applicable) the oldest food item in your refrigerator.?

a pear once was so old that it had almost turned into jam. It had mold and if you have ever smelled something like this then you know what i am talk about. I almost Barfed.

Skim Milk expires 4/10. I keep current with tossing bad food out.

Alex the Aspergillus has been happily growing on something that was left in our fridge about 7 months ago. He's so fuzzy and gray and cute that I don't have the heart to throw him out!

There is a jar of not very tasty pickled cauliflower that has been there since last summer. Too much rice vinegar and too much garlic. Anyone want it?

ooooh you are sooo intelligent... in fact sooo intelligent you didnt happen to read my questions properly. You are obvoisly american. The stool question was relating to a seating implement made from wood. go back and read it again. Its something called humour that we invented and you bastardised. you really just do not get IT!

Some Chinese five spice paste that I've had for about a year because it wasn't a particularly nice blend. Must throw that away, really...

I have a tube a gralic paste that has been in there for about a year and I have never opened it - I just use real garlic

a jar of pickles. it's been there for 9 months

an almost empty moustard jar. it's been there for about 3 months.