Old powder

Since I moved last summer and am now living on the other side of Paris's suburb (West side), I come to my mother and partner's house from time to time on the weekend. This morning, I felt like baking pancakes, I looked up for a recipe on the Internet - there are sooooo many different recipes, don't know why - and starting to see if there was everything I needed here, but when I looked for baking powder, I found plenty of old little bags near the flour.

My mom's partner has been living on his own for about fifteen years - don't remember exactly - as a widower. And many things have been left as they were before. Since my mother moved in last summer, she begun to put in order some places and for example the kitchen, where there are lots of things that need to be thrown away, kitchen utensils but also old food!

So when, I found the bags of baking powder, plenty of dust, I looked at the expiry date and Ô shocking! but also "ahahahahahahahaha" or "no wayyyyyyyyy": some of the bags were to be consumed before 1995... OK.... but on the other ones, there was no date, just an address about a game and it was written that one should answer before..... 1985!!!!

-"hum... yes, I've found backing powder, but you won't have pancakes today!..."