def remember(self, key, minutes, callback):
        """
        Get an item from the cache, or store the default value.

        :param key: The cache key
        :type key: str

        :param minutes: The lifetime in minutes of the cached value
        :type minutes: int or datetime

        :param callback: The default function
        :type callback: mixed

        :rtype: mixed
        """
        # If the item exists in the cache we will just return this immediately
        # otherwise we will execute the given callback and cache the result
        # of that execution for the given number of minutes in storage.
        val = self.get(key)
        if val is not None:
            return val

        val = value(callback)

        self.put(key, val, minutes)

        return val