to heed or not to heed?

discuss

6/16/2008 10:42:21 PM

depends on the item

6/16/2008 10:43:28 PM

Depends on the kind of food.
Also depends on if it a "use by" or "best buy" kind of date.

6/16/2008 10:43:32 PM

milks the only thing I go by the date with

everything else gets the smell test

6/16/2008 10:43:40 PM

guideline

6/16/2008 10:44:59 PM

MY GF ALWAYS THROWS AWAY GOOD FOOD JUST BECAUSE ITS EXPIRED

6/16/2008 10:45:31 PM

everything gets a smell test from me unless its ridiculously old

6/16/2008 10:45:49 PM

i ate so much expired food when i worked in grocery stores

6/16/2008 10:46:07 PM

Being able to tell what you can eat is one of the most basic elements of survival. If you are not proficient at this, you should probably just die.

6/16/2008 10:46:55 PM

just ignore them, I'm sure they're not important

take that same approach with your car's fuel gauge while you're at it

6/16/2008 10:46:57 PM

I drank some beer last weekend that had a born on date from december 05

You could definitely tell

6/16/2008 10:47:02 PM

haha damn....i had some that was like 5 months old and that shit was gross

6/16/2008 10:47:29 PM

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"depends on if it a "use by" or "best buy" kind of date"

key.

6/16/2008 10:47:53 PM

i gots some jelly that i didnt bother checking the date on because idk how jelly can possibly go bad unless theres mold on it... i just HAD to have a PB & J... i know its full of yummy bacteria tho

i do this with ketchup and other condiments too

6/16/2008 10:49:49 PM

shit i didnt even know ketchup could expire if its in the fridge all the time

6/16/2008 10:50:39 PM

You certainly want to heed the expiration date on dairy products.
Lots of canned and bottles beverages are certainly drinkable after the "best by" date, but you can tell a difference in the freshness.

6/16/2008 10:52:49 PM

my wife yells at me about this all the time - i'm a die hard expiration date guy - if it says a date on it - even on the day of i don't touch it - she has a little more lee-way on expiration dates especially depending on the item

we had a whole discussion of this 2 weeks ago when my whole family was together - both my little brother and i are the exact same way and we can't quite figure out why - both of our parents and grandparents are willing to stretch when it comes to the dates

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"probably because you're spoiled brats who have always been able to afford "not risking it""

i am happy that i am able to throw away food that exists in the fridge but happens to be in there past the date stamped/printed onto it and able to go buy an exact [fresher] replica

6/16/2008 10:58:58 PM

it doesn't magically go to the bad overnight

6/16/2008 10:59:57 PM

your wife sounds kind of promiscuous

I'd look into that further

6/16/2008 11:00:28 PM

its gotta be a ploy just to get us to buy more food

F TEH EXPIRACION

6/16/2008 11:01:44 PM

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""best buy" kind of date"

I chuckled.

6/16/2008 11:05:39 PM

probably because you're spoiled brats who have always been able to afford "not risking it"

6/16/2008 11:07:09 PM

CONDOMS big heed.

6/16/2008 11:07:43 PM

lol

oh ya

i heed those

6/16/2008 11:08:41 PM

btw is it me or have milk expiration dates doubled in the past 10 years or so?

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 11:09 PM. Reason : omfg...like a condom will expire]

6/16/2008 11:08:42 PM

07/08


is that july 2008
or august 2007


i hate this

6/16/2008 11:09:50 PM

those bastards

its good, down whatever it is

6/16/2008 11:10:21 PM

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/cooking4groups/9.htm
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/cooking4groups/8.htm
http://blog.usa.gov/roller/govgab/entry/deciphering_food_expiration_dates

6/16/2008 11:11:04 PM

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"Depends on the kind of food. Also depends on if it a "use by" or "best buy" kind of date."

6/16/2008 11:15:50 PM

its as if the USDA knows ANYTHING

6/16/2008 11:21:12 PM

my current SO is crazy about expiration dates, won't touch it if it's the day of and constantly checking dates before doing anything.

Ok I'm poor and like hand outs so if it's a couple days late don't throw that shit out.

ha he will toss it then have us order in, mmm freshly expired cooked food.

6/16/2008 11:27:11 PM

just microwave/broil/boil/freeze that shit and you're good to go

6/16/2008 11:32:20 PM

I'm really bad at acknowledging expiration dates. I generally will stretch it by about a week. Dairy is the one thing though I'll toss. Just because you can't cover up the foul taste of spoiled milk.

6/16/2008 11:56:24 PM

^^Freezing (to the temp most household freezers reach) does not kill most bacteria, it just inhibits it's growth.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 12:11 AM. Reason : .]

6/17/2008 12:09:25 AM

i gave you other options

6/17/2008 12:10:29 AM

if the milk hasn't been opened, you can open it and drink it a couple of days after the date

once you open milk, no matter the date, its only good for about a week

6/17/2008 12:14:52 AM

how about a steak?

6/17/2008 12:23:28 AM

sautee, grill...

6/17/2008 12:24:29 AM

if milk is unopened it can also go warm and back to cold again and not go old

6/17/2008 12:25:56 AM

You can use milk for about seven days after the sell by date has passed.

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/guide/do-food-expiration-dates-matter?page=2

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 12:44 AM. Reason : .]

6/17/2008 12:38:46 AM

milk always gets the smell test, regardless of expiration date.
I have the habit of always smelling it when i open it, it could be the same day I bought it. I've gotten milk that's gone bad BEFORE the expiration date which is why I think I do this, and yet
I have milk that's over a week old in the fridge right now but it neither smells nor tastes bad so I'm still using it.

meats, fish, and cheeses are a touch, smell test.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 12:48 AM. Reason : ^ yeah that]

6/17/2008 12:48:27 AM

^&

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"milks the only thing I go by the date with everything else gets the smell test"

NEWSFLASH: Milk doesn't have an expiration date. Its a sell by date.

6/17/2008 12:52:00 AM

I love it when those chickens go on sale at HT when they reach the last day of "sell by".

Them things good a week later!

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"omfg...like a condom will expire"

That is the one thing you can't do a smell test by, I don't use expired condoms.
Expired food: you might get food poisoning, last a week, cost maybe $100 in Toilet Paper or Pepto.
Expired condom: you might get her preggers, lasts 18 years, cost maybe $100,000


[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 2:52 AM. Reason : ]

6/17/2008 2:50:07 AM

it'll probably cost a helluva more than $100k

and last a helluva lot longer than 18 years (thought maybe not the financial commitment)

6/17/2008 3:02:57 AM

well the 18years/$100,000 fine are minimum sentences.

6/17/2008 3:08:20 AM

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"depends on if it a "use by" or "best buy" kind of date"

6/17/2008 5:11:43 AM

what about rice?

6/21/2008 8:48:30 PM

i've found that with milk it doesn't really matter what the date is, but more dependent on how long you have it open.


btw moldy bread is nasty.

6/21/2008 9:09:45 PM

I had Coors light that had been sitting in my fridge for less than 2 weeks and it tasted like it'd been sitting in the sun...

maybe i'm just used to it tasting like water

6/21/2008 9:12:07 PM

set em up

6/26/2008 11:16:18 PM