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I was reading about these folks who were forced to do this to economize, but I figure that some cheapskates here are probably already doing this.  (As for myself, this "badassity" would be a bridge too far to save a few bucks.)

https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/04/i-still-shop-from-the-damaged-food-section/479169/

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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2018, 10:57:36 AM »
Occasionally I see meat that is nearing the expiration date marked down drastically.  I snatch that shit up and freeze it when I see it.

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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2018, 11:00:15 AM »
Definitely! Why would it would be a bridge to far? The food is not expired. It's just close to expiration, so I buy it and freeze it.

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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2018, 11:02:31 AM »
I did just this last week.  I have been craving boiled dinner (aka corned beef and cabbage), which is stupid expensive from the grocery store here, and butchers don't corn their own like they do out in the Maritimes, so I saw that the entire store's stock had a BBF date of the following Friday, so I waiting until the Monday before, and sure enough, it was all marked down 30%.  I got three packs, boiled one up last week and froze the rest. 

This is the first time I have done this, I need to make it a regular event. 


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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2018, 11:04:22 AM »
Heck yeah I do. I'll buy meat that is on sale because the expiration date is soon. If I'm not going to eat it that day, I'll just freeze it and thaw it out the day I want to use it. Great way to get quality meat at a steal.

Here's some T-Bones I got the other week, at $3.97/lb. Tasted great FYI :)

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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2018, 11:04:58 AM »
My husband gets annoyed at my enthusiasm for DISCOUNT FRUIT as I call it.

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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2018, 11:10:28 AM »
Absolutely I buy the bumped fruit and the close to sell by date meat. Why is that even an issue? Look past the cosmetic and you have a great deal. Freeze the meat and you save money.

The "bridge too far" for me is going into the grocery store dumpsters for good food that had bene thrown out. But I've heard of some people doing it. Fine for them, but not my thing.

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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2018, 11:11:50 AM »
I do it with meat all the time.
Over the years I got friendly with manager of meat department and he marks everything down 50% with next day "sell by" date.
I get duck, lamb chops, good cuts of steak etc half price.
I freeze what I cant eat that week and use rest of the meat same day.

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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2018, 11:21:45 AM »
It's also important to note that (at least at my US grocery stores) that the meat "expiration date" is actually a "sell by date" and would be good in your refrigerator for several days.  Freeze if you need to keep longer.

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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2018, 11:22:42 AM »
I prefer to buy most of our meat from local suppliers, the scratch & dent produce bin is my first stop when I enter the store. This morning I got an ugly spaghetti squash for $.99 total instead of $2.99/lb! I do occasionally pick up discounted chicken breasts/thighs or beef roasts to stock the freezer as well.

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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2018, 11:28:04 AM »
I buy the meat all the time and stick it in the freezer.  I don't go through milk fast enough to make it worthwhile.

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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2018, 11:30:10 AM »
I have done it.  Certain days I know to go in and see what they have.  The food isn't bad so why not?

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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2018, 11:30:16 AM »
We have a place here called Town Talk that only sells either short code date or rejection type of foods. I've never been there but I own part of a glass company and it is by where the guys pick up our discount glass. It is not a great neighborhood. Seems to do well. It was in been business for decades and then it closed but I see it is open again.

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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2018, 12:02:38 PM »
whats the big deal? I wouldn't make tartar with it or only cook it rare. Fully cooking kills all the germs.

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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2018, 12:24:22 PM »
whats the big deal? I wouldn't make tartar with it or only cook it rare. Fully cooking kills all the germs.

Germs aren't the problem with spoiled or expired food, it's the toxic byproducts of germs (which don't get cooked away).  Once food is spoiled, it's garbage. 

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« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2018, 12:32:07 PM »
I'll buy stuff that's about to expire if I can freeze it or eat it the same day. If I can already see mold or huge bruises, I'll pass. I don't care what it looks like, as long as it's still safe and tasty to eat.

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« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2018, 12:43:36 PM »
I will happily buy and freeze close to date meats. Not so much other perishables.

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« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2018, 12:46:13 PM »
I'll buy sell-by-today meats for cheap if I stumble upon them, definitely.  I don't fuck with dairy.

Only one grocery store near me ever seems to have an "imperfect produce" rack and it's usually empty.

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« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2018, 01:01:49 PM »
Sure; meat, veg, fruit, dairy. It's the best way to get fancy-ass cheese for cheap!
And we have a little chest freezer full of day-old bread. Only have to go to the 'used bread' store 1/mo now ;)

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« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2018, 01:05:26 PM »
Someone posted here before about taking it to another level and basically "dumpster diving" for food that grocery stores were throwing away.

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« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2018, 01:20:16 PM »
I was reading about these folks who were forced to do this to economize

I'm sure it feels far different to buy the marked down stuff when it's not a choice.  I'll buy the meat, yogurt, cheese, bagged salads, breads, and meat pies on sale close to or at their best before date.  Some get eaten right away, some we freeze.  I'll buy the DISCOUNT FRUIT (@KMMK :) and vegetables if I am going to bake with it or cook it that day.  None of it is spoiled so I don't see why this is bad.  It is inventory management (they mistimed supply, I am timing our consumption to take advantage of the discounts).

I get that we all have a "line", though.  I won't take food out of a dumpster (even if it's just "placed there nicely, not covered in slime or anything").

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« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2018, 01:28:35 PM »
We do with the meat. Either freeze it or change what we're eating for dinner and use that up first instead.

Not so much with veggies/fruits b/c once it's bad, it's bad.

There is a rack here for leftover baked goods. Donuts and breads specifically go onto that rack after one day (and often later in the day on the same day). We snatch that stuff up and put in the freezer or use the breads for sandwiches for lunches ect

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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2018, 01:31:04 PM »
(As for myself, this "badassity" would be a bridge too far to save a few bucks.)https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/04/i-still-shop-from-the-damaged-food-section/479169/

Why?  Most grocery stores slap a "special" sticker on meat that is going to hit its expiration date soon and mark it down.  Why NOT buy it and stick it in the freezer?  It's no different from any other meat.  It's just that it would cost the store if people didn't choose *that* particular package, and it ended up expiring and having to be thrown out, so they add the incentive to buy that package first.  Just a means for the store to practice FIFO.

Maybe they bought too much, sliced too much, or maybe the weight of that particular package wasn't most people's first choice. (I know I tend to buy smaller weight packages of meat since I'm only buying for two people, and two small chicken breasts will serve us both for less $$ than two fat chicken breasts, and we're not going to notice the difference of an ounce or two).  For whatever reason *that* package didn't get chosen in its first few days in the meat case, so they incentivize people to buy it.

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« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2018, 01:46:27 PM »
Do it all the time here.
Meat, most fruit and veggies can all be frozen if you don't have an option to use them right away. Frozen fruit is wonderful in smoothies. Veggies are great in soups even if they are somewhat soggy as they thaw.

Really don't understand why this would be a problem.

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« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2018, 01:58:21 PM »
The dead space in my freezer is padded out with cheap bread, scones and muffins from the reduced-for-quick-sale shelf, and I'm also happy to buy reduced meat, fish, cheese, yogurt, and ready meals that can be frozen. And fruit and vegetables, if they look in good condition and I know we'll eat them quickly.

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« Reply #25 on: March 05, 2018, 02:04:06 PM »
Sealed milk products like sour cream, cottage cheese, and yogurt are often good for weeks past the expiration date . . . so yeah, totally on board there.  I don't often pick up the discount meat or damaged fruit, but probably should pay more attention to them.

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« Reply #26 on: March 05, 2018, 02:09:09 PM »
Not usuallly for meat as I buy locally produced grass fed stuff...BUT our Walmart has “dollar bags” of fruits and veg and they are generally amazing.  I swear no one who puts them together knows what a mango is...last summer I was getting bags of perfectly good mangoes for $1, huge pineapples, the other day a got at least a three pound bags of oranges (all different varieties) for $1.  My veggie tray is full...beautiful,peppers, cauliflower, broccoli (this from today...at least two pounds of perfect broccoli that was bagged together with some greens (those go to the deer)).They always half price their bagged salads a day before the best before day.  Same with yogurt...but they give you four days on that!  Apples are about the only thing I don’t buy as they are generally yucky.
Since this store is on my way home from the gym I check often.  Last week or so they seem to have cracked down on the super great deals....really have to pay attention these days.

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« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2018, 04:03:32 PM »
whats the big deal? I wouldn't make tartar with it or only cook it rare. Fully cooking kills all the germs.

Germs aren't the problem with spoiled or expired food, it's the toxic byproducts of germs (which don't get cooked away).  Once food is spoiled, it's garbage.

woa, we aren't talking about spoiled food. just about expired. Or a day past expiration with no visible/sellable spoilage? There is always going to be surface ecoli from the processing plant that should be cooked away.

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« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2018, 04:11:48 PM »
Oh, yes.  Definitely.

The gateway moment was when our grocery store ordered 3 cases of b/s chicken breasts -- and the warehouse mistakenly sent 13 cases.  (I asked the meat dept why the crazy good markdowns).  So, of course I bought and froze about 10 packages.  And told my friends about the sale.

Recently, at a major grocery chain:
  • celery hearts, 2 per pkg, usually $1.99, marked down to 10 cents. sell by the next few days.  I guess they had a fresher shipment arrive. Celery lasts a long time. I splurged and bought 2 packages.
  • 2 lb bags of pre-bagged red pears, sticky outer packaging. (My guess is that an overripe pear in the crate had dripped onto other packages), $0.59/package
  • 12-oz packages of frozen shrimp and salmon $2 apiece -- I think they were preparing to feature different brands/flavors for Lent?  You couldn't fit a stick of gum in my freezers after I found that sale.
  • bacon.  Normally around $7/lb.  Marked down to $3/lb, with a sell-by date 2 weeks away.  Bought 13 lbs and smoked it.  Then vacuum-sealed and froze most of it.  Once we found the $9/lb bacon marked down to $3/lb.  That smoked up really well!

And doesn't everybody celebrate the day after Valentine's Day as Cheap Chocolate Day?


Sometimes I see the workers pulling items off the shelf, checking the dates, and applying the markdown stickers.  So, if I'd been shopping 10 minutes earlier, I could have bought the same item at full price. 

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« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2018, 04:45:13 PM »
Yeah, I get this stuff all the time. Dented cans, day-old bread, holiday surplus chocolate...my favorite is when they have whole pies for $3. Yum.

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« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2018, 06:51:56 PM »
Sometimes I see the workers pulling items off the shelf, checking the dates, and applying the markdown stickers.  So, if I'd been shopping 10 minutes earlier, I could have bought the same item at full price.

If something doesn't have a markdown sticker I will pull a few units (some from the back of the shelf) and compare expiry dates, then buy the one with the latest date.

Actually I do that if a few identical items are all marked down.  Sometimes some are older than others, even though they're all discounted.

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« Reply #31 on: March 05, 2018, 06:54:29 PM »
Absolutely, but I am picky about meat/dairy quality (grass fed ruminants, etc - not age).

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« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2018, 06:57:48 PM »
Meat, dairy, produce, bread yes. dented cans? HELL NO.

In general I am wary of freezing short dated meat be I have found some spoiled before. I generally cook it, then freeze it.

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« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2018, 10:46:27 PM »
I've cut back on my red meat, but the discount for meat that is within 1-2 days of the "best by" date will definitely be purchased by me for cooking that night or immediate freezing.
Just bought a 1/2 price gallon of milk because it is dated to expire on 3/12.  That works for us, we'll consume it before then.

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« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2018, 11:41:03 PM »
Absolutely! Here in Hong Kong we have expensive supermarkets where I buy foreign items at 50%+ off, typically most of my cart is foreign food on sale because it's a week or two from expiration: buffalo mozzarella, salmon, salamis, yogurt from western countries (safer than that from China next door), cream cheese, expensive cheeses etc. For fresh food, I support small shops by buying produce on my walk home from work.

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« Reply #35 on: March 06, 2018, 01:23:04 AM »
I buy milk up to the day of expiry, then make cheese. It's a great way to get the expensive specialty milks for cheap. :)

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« Reply #36 on: March 06, 2018, 03:57:38 AM »
Mrs UK picked up a bargain this weekend. 

Fancy melting-middle chocolate cakes reduced from £4.00 to £0.50, that's nearly 90% off!

These things don't expire until November 2018 but they've been reduced because they say 'Christmas' on the packaging, like it matters!

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« Reply #37 on: March 06, 2018, 04:28:11 AM »
I'm so conditioned to look for the marked-down stuff that I find it really difficult to know what to cook if there's nothing marked down.  Finding meat, or other key ingredients, marked down gets me thinking 'what can I make with this?' which leads to a delicious dinner.  Without that cue I have to face a whole supermarket full of different options leading to decisional paralysis.

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« Reply #38 on: March 06, 2018, 05:41:47 AM »
I started doing this a couple months ago. Fish, steak, chicken, kabobs!  We’ve cut the grocery bill significantly!  We put it in the freezer and thaw t the day before we eat it. Tie that to sale items that we stock up on and we might actually be able to put a significant dent in our “family of 4” grocery bill.  It’s funny, my single brother thinks I’m cheap shopping like this, truth is, he has no clue what it’s like to pay 4x as much monthly for food!

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« Reply #39 on: March 06, 2018, 05:51:14 AM »
One store I shop at has a rack with marked down fruit and veggies. I usually see what it has on it. Sometimes packages of tomatoes or red bell peppers which are both pricey so if they aren't wrinkled or black spotted I will pick them up. I have picked up other stuff too. I get too greedy and pick up too much of it sometimes and I have to figure out what to do with it. I have also picked up marked down meat too. About a month ago I saw turkeys for around 29 cents a lb but my freezer was full so didn't pick up any.

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« Reply #40 on: March 06, 2018, 06:11:13 AM »
I hate throwing out bad meat, don't you?  If no one buys the marked meat it will be thrown in the trash, it is not like you are stealing the discount from the needy.  If it turns out to be spoiled, just save the price tag or receipt and ask for a refund next time you are there.  I have never had trouble getting my money back.

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« Reply #41 on: March 06, 2018, 12:17:01 PM »
I hate throwing out bad meat, don't you?  If no one buys the marked meat it will be thrown in the trash, it is not like you are stealing the discount from the needy.  If it turns out to be spoiled, just save the price tag or receipt and ask for a refund next time you are there.  I have never had trouble getting my money back.

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Have done this with milk that came out "chunky" when initially poured and a loaf of bread that turned 3/4 green overnight.  Grocery stores aren't usually difficult to deal with for bad food swap outs.

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« Reply #42 on: March 06, 2018, 06:08:06 PM »
I hate throwing out bad meat, don't you?  If no one buys the marked meat it will be thrown in the trash, it is not like you are stealing the discount from the needy.  If it turns out to be spoiled, just save the price tag or receipt and ask for a refund next time you are there.  I have never had trouble getting my money back.

While I'm all for buying the marked down meat, I volunteer at a large regional food bank.  Most of the local grocery chains near me donate the marked down meat  that doesn't sell to the food bank.  They pull it the last day of sale and stick it in their freezers and it's donated frozen.  The food bank distributes it frozen to local food pantries.

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« Reply #43 on: March 06, 2018, 06:44:06 PM »
I hate throwing out bad meat, don't you?  If no one buys the marked meat it will be thrown in the trash, it is not like you are stealing the discount from the needy.  If it turns out to be spoiled, just save the price tag or receipt and ask for a refund next time you are there.  I have never had trouble getting my money back.

While I'm all for buying the marked down meat, I volunteer at a large regional food bank.  Most of the local grocery chains near me donate the marked down meat  that doesn't sell to the food bank.  They pull it the last day of sale and stick it in their freezers and it's donated frozen.  The food bank distributes it frozen to local food pantries.

Depends entirely on the store and the food bank. Both in Florida and in Texas - due to the intense heat and the fact that many people have their AC cut off - poor people often live without power at least intermittently - there are many places that ask for meat and fish that is canned instead of frozen.
A lot of the churches have food pantries, but no freezers either.

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« Reply #44 on: March 06, 2018, 09:27:37 PM »
I love the marked down section, and my favorite grocery store is Grocery Outlet, where many things are sold because they are closer to the expiration date, or the box may have changed ("regular" stores don't want to keep selling the Christmas package in March, even if the food doesn't expire for a year).

Recently I found pints of cream for 25 cents each.  I bought 5 and wish I'd bought more (I put some in the freezer and made butter with some).  A week ago I got half gallons of milk for 80 cents (good for a week after the date if unopened).  After Christmas, the same store was getting rid of eggnog, so that was down to $1 for a half gallon.

I don't do dented cans though.

At one time, a lot of it was necessity.  I no longer have the need to purchase food this way, but why not enjoy the savings if I can use the food and not waste it, especially if it is something I'm going to buy anyway?

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« Reply #45 on: March 06, 2018, 10:02:27 PM »
Another member of the cheapskates club here! I always look in the "reduced to clear" section, and buy if its something I like or need. I don't know why you feel that this is a "bridge too far". Seems to me its a perfectly sensible way of buying delicious food. Is it on health grounds you object, or do you think it is a shameful thing to do?

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« Reply #46 on: March 07, 2018, 03:17:55 AM »
Another member of the cheapskates club here! I always look in the "reduced to clear" section, and buy if its something I like or need. I don't know why you feel that this is a "bridge too far". Seems to me its a perfectly sensible way of buying delicious food. Is it on health grounds you object, or do you think it is a shameful thing to do?

It's on health grounds that I object.

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« Reply #47 on: March 07, 2018, 03:39:39 AM »
Another member of the cheapskates club here! I always look in the "reduced to clear" section, and buy if its something I like or need. I don't know why you feel that this is a "bridge too far". Seems to me its a perfectly sensible way of buying delicious food. Is it on health grounds you object, or do you think it is a shameful thing to do?

It's on health grounds that I object.

Use your nose and tastebuds.  Believe it or not, before there were grocery stores and expiration dates, millions of years of evolution refined senses to help us avoid eating things that will make us sick.
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Re: Anyone buy food from the damaged rack or quick-sale meat/milk?
« Reply #48 on: March 07, 2018, 04:22:25 AM »
I have heard in famous restaurants they let beef hang for long periods of time in refrigeration and let it mold. Then after so much time they scrape off the mold then cook the beef. This isn't something that should be done at home by non experts. Here is an article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/11/extreme-aged-steak-meat-with-mould-on-gourmet

This is just to point out that steak is not rotten the day the expiration date occurs.

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Re: Anyone buy food from the damaged rack or quick-sale meat/milk?
« Reply #49 on: March 07, 2018, 06:17:58 AM »
I have heard in famous restaurants they let beef hang for long periods of time in refrigeration and let it mold. Then after so much time they scrape off the mold then cook the beef. This isn't something that should be done at home by non experts. Here is an article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/11/extreme-aged-steak-meat-with-mould-on-gourmet

This is just to point out that steak is not rotten the day the expiration date occurs.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinhua_ham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangikj%C3%B6t
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam%C3%B3n_ib%C3%A9rico

Consuming super old meat is a human tradition.