Best things you've found in coat pocket..

[tp4tissue]

Today.. I found a whole entire chocolate bar in an old coat pockets..

Expired by only 11 months...  I ates yea.. so what... I'm poor...

[inanis]

There are limits, TP. And year old chocolate is beyond the limit. It must have tasted like old cardboard.

Sometimes I find $20, that is always fun. Or a debit card I thought I lost. That is frustrating.

[tp4tissue]

There are limits, TP. And year old chocolate is beyond the limit. It must have tasted like old cardboard.

Sometimes I find $20, that is always fun. Or a debit card I thought I lost. That is frustrating.

I'm pretty sure the design spec is +/- 9 months from expiration (such that it won't be poisonous and kill you)


I feel fine... "for now"

[fohat.digs]

Old chocolate can often be rejuvenated by heating it up and re-cooling it.

[Melvang]

Old chocolate can often be rejuvenated by heating it up and re-cooling it.

I concur with fohats method. 

The wife found car keys that had been missing for 3 days in the fall when the temp was going up and down.

[tp4tissue]

Old chocolate can often be rejuvenated by heating it up and re-cooling it.

wouldn't this change the texture.

[Melvang]

Old chocolate can often be rejuvenated by heating it up and re-cooling it.

wouldn't this change the texture.

Chocolate is pretty delicate to heat on the stove, but if you use a double boiler and are very careful not to let the bottom half boil dry, possibly add a touch of cream, it should be OK.

[digi]

black tar heroin

[tp4tissue]

black tar heroin

was this Demik's jacket ?

Don't steal from Demik,    he a gang banger.

[digi]

black tar heroin

was this Demik's jacket ?

Don't steal from Demik,    he a gang banger.

Of course it was his jacket.

And to top it off, I've heard he's Mexican...legal citizenship hasn't been confirmed either...shhhhh

[tp4tissue]

black tar heroin

was this Demik's jacket ?

Don't steal from Demik,    he a gang banger.

Of course it was his jacket.

And to top it off, I've heard he's Mexican...legal citizenship hasn't been confirmed either...shhhhh

[Findecanor]

Old chocolate can often be rejuvenated by heating it up and re-cooling it.

wouldn't this change the texture.

It would. Chocolate in chocolate bars is tempered to become hard. If you reheat it and cool it without using the to the right temperatures and so on then the chocolate will either be too soft or it will get light streaks.

[baldgye]

My hand

[slip84]

Whoa. You didn't know your hand was missing!? Shocking.

[bocahgundul]

Today.. I found a whole entire chocolate bar in an old coat pockets..

Expired by only 11 months...  I ates yea.. so what... I'm poor...

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YOU WOT M8 you gonna eat chocolate after watermelon curse? 

[fohat.digs]

wouldn't this change the texture.

If it is a bar, you can lay it on a warm surface (perhaps 10-20 degrees warmer than room temperature, like the stove that you turned off half an hour ago) for a little while, then refrigerate it to firm it up again. The texture will be different, and the surface may be a bit oily, but it will taste good again and not have that chalkiness that is unpleasant.

[tp4tissue]

wouldn't this change the texture.

If it is a bar, you can lay it on a warm surface (perhaps 10-20 degrees warmer than room temperature, like the stove that you turned off half an hour ago) for a little while, then refrigerate it to firm it up again. The texture will be different, and the surface may be a bit oily, but it will taste good again and not have that chalkiness that is unpleasant.

Hrrrmmmmmm........  I heards that there is an entire science behind managing the size of microcavities/air pockets during the chocolate formation..

[absyrd]

I found $50 in $2 bills in my grandfather's coat wool coat inside pocket about a year after he passed when I was a kid. Still have 'em.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

lint

[tp4tissue]

I found $50 in $2 bills in my grandfather's coat wool coat inside pocket about a year after he passed when I was a kid. Still have 'em.

those are suppose to be lucky.. prolly..

[romevi]

Keys to an Aston Martin!

Had to hide the body once I found the keys, though.

[njbair]

This sounds really exciting. I'm going to set a calendar reminder for March, to put a Toblerone in each of my winter coats. Come next November, it'll be like winning the candy lottery!

[sth]

$50 bill (weirder to me than  $2 bills for sure). It was 4am at the end of a party so I took my friends out for chicken fried steaks at the 24hr diner nearby

[digi]

$50 bill (weirder to me than  $2 bills for sure). It was 4am at the end of a party so I took my friends out for chicken fried steaks at the 24hr diner nearby

They have chicken friend steaks in Euro-land?

[sth]

nah this was like... wow 6 or 7 years ago

[snarfarlarkus]

Nothing better than finding money youve forgotten in a coat pocket hahaha

[Oobly]

wouldn't this change the texture.

If it is a bar, you can lay it on a warm surface (perhaps 10-20 degrees warmer than room temperature, like the stove that you turned off half an hour ago) for a little while, then refrigerate it to firm it up again. The texture will be different, and the surface may be a bit oily, but it will taste good again and not have that chalkiness that is unpleasant.

Hrrrmmmmmm........  I heards that there is an entire science behind managing the size of microcavities/air pockets during the chocolate formation..

Y, I think that's in the tempering process. It's really fascinating how good chocolate is made and the science behind it all.

I find chocolate that's melted and rehardened loses something of its mojo. Chocolate that's got too cold loses even more IMHO. Store in a cool (but not too cool), dry place. Preferably for less than the advertised shelf life. Pockets do not qualify.

I once found a hole in my pocket.... I guess a 50€ note would qualify as the "best" thing, unless you count the engagement ring I gave to my wife, but that was not forgotten about in between, so perhaps it wasn't "found".

[Elrick]

Nothing better than finding money youve forgotten in a coat pocket hahaha

How about a six year old condom plus using it in with someone in Bali  .

[Carcharocles]

20 dollar bill.


Considering this was during a period of serious financial problems, and it was the first time I had worn the coat since about March of that year (I'm guessing I found it sometime around October), finding a 20 dollar bill made me very, very happy.

I did the logical thing and spent it on some much-needed food.

[demik]

skittles

[jcoffin1981]

There are limits, TP. And year old chocolate is beyond the limit. It must have tasted like old cardboard.

Sometimes I find $20, that is always fun. Or a debit card I thought I lost. That is frustrating.

I'm pretty sure the design spec is +/- 9 months from expiration (such that it won't be poisonous and kill you)




I feel fine... "for now"

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Well hopefully not  "minus 9 months." That would put you a year and a half past the safe to eat date, lol.  I find that the texture and freshness changes right around the exp date, but I'm sure you could safely eat a candy bar a few years after the exp date.  If it was spoiled you would know immediately after opening it.

[noisyturtle]

I once bought a brand new Nautica jacket from Macy's without checking the pockets. Cut to two weeks later and I discover dried up (dog?) **** in a napkin shoved into both of the inner pockets.

Ohh, the best thing we've ever found? Probably my apartment keys after stumbling home drunk and thinking I lost them. I sat on the stoop outside vomiting for about an hour before I realized they were in my pocket the entire time. I was super excited to not sleep in the snow.

Tl;dr Sober or not, I should check my coat pockets more often.

[Evo_Spec]

Old chocolate can often be rejuvenated by heating it up and re-cooling it.

I concur with fohats method. 

The wife found car keys that had been missing for 3 days in the fall when the temp was going up and down.

Hahaha, that reminds me of when i lost my only key to a car that i was storing in my garage. When spring came around i found the keys in the driveway, I had dropped the keys outside and because they were warm from being in my pocket they melted into the ice on the driveway and blended in the ice so i couldn't see it and had stayed there till spring.

I'm really not sure what good things i've found in my pocket, only thing i can think of right now is a $5 bill when i was like 7 so that was awesome.
I once found a $50 bill in front of a change room when i was young waiting for my brother to try on clothes, That was wicked.