Expiration Dates

RKCNDY

Technically, some foods are still edible after the date. Do you follow them? Or do you go by the 'Look and Smell' test?

:corn:

81

chuck it....

i won't eat anything past code.

rick1zoo2

it's always good until next Tuesday

Leezestarr313

Look and smell :oops: :P

81

the other day, a certain someone that shall remain nameless, ate a strawberry with a little mold on it.

for the next 8 hours, all i heard was, i ate mold....i ate mold.

BinauralJam

I learned the hard way to pay attention to the ones on Drug Bottles, old medicine will get you sick.

MayDay10

It depends on what it is, and how long past.

JK_Livin

depends on the item but mostly stick with the date.

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

the other day, a certain someone that shall remain nameless, ate a strawberry with a little mold on it.

for the next 8 hours, all i heard was, i ate mold....i ate mold.

I hope the nameless person doesn't eat blue cheese, or mushrooms...

MayDay10 wrote:

It depends on what it is, and how long past.

like? Like I have a canister of Lipton tea that expired 2 years ago...there is no mold since it's dried leaves...would you use it or toss it?

MayDay10

tea would probably be fine with me.

Dairy, real perishibles, no.

Condiments like catsup, mustard, etc, probably (within reason)

Things in a jar like jalapenos, pickles would be fine too.

peacefrompaul

I eat expired food all the time... stale it out at work and take it home

It's probably the cheapest thing I do.

RKCNDY

peacefrompaul wrote:

I eat expired food all the time... stale it out at work and take it home

It's probably the cheapest thing I do.

yeah, I was watching some 'investigative report' and grocery stores aren't required to 'rotate stock', they have a right to sell expired food, there aren't any laws against it.

peacefrompaul

RKCNDY wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

I eat expired food all the time... stale it out at work and take it home

It's probably the cheapest thing I do.

yeah, I was watching some 'investigative report' and grocery stores aren't required to 'rotate stock', they have a right to sell expired food, there aren't any laws against it.

Damn those grocery stores I guess.

Leezestarr313

In Germany there are some bigger chain supermarkets that give you 5 euros per find if you spot expired food in their shelves.

I cannot eat lemon yogurt anymore because I once had an expired one. The mould looked so disgusting that it is forever engrained in my brain. So yeah, I do go by smell and looks, but I am very critical. No mold. No stinky sea stuff. Pickles and tea are fine.

Digital Twilight

By look, feel and smell. Expiration dates often mean nothing and most foods are OK to eat past the dates, it just gets you buying more food and saves them from frivolous law suits.

Pap

Leezestarr313 wrote:

Look and smell

+1


I once watched a documentary about a big chain supermarket in Japan (can't remember names) that every two hours has its personnel throw food products away because - according to them - of the expiration date. So don't believe these things. I guess all these things are related to population and the ingredients of some products (they use to put a lot of preservatives in our food these days).

F Me In The Brain

I pay little attention to them and just go by the look/smell and then taste.

Good examples:
Condiments
Almost anything in a can that was put there this century
My dad (sorry, couldn't resist, I used to tell him he outlived his expiration date when he made it more than a year past the doctor's estimate)

Bad examples:
A number of things that have made me retch when I looked closely at them and then sniffed.
(Milk being the primary)

Enkidu

F Me In The Brain wrote:

I pay little attention to them and just go by the look/smell and then taste.

Good examples:
Condiments
Almost anything in a can that was put there this century
My dad (sorry, couldn't resist, I used to tell him he outlived his expiration date when he made it more than a year past the doctor's estimate)

Bad examples:
A number of things that have made me retch when I looked closely at them and then sniffed.
(Milk being the primary)

I'm paranoid about milk. After pouring a glass and taking a big gulp - only to realize it had gone bad. And yeah, it was past the expiration date.

F Me In The Brain

Enkidu wrote:

F Me In The Brain wrote:

I pay little attention to them and just go by the look/smell and then taste.

Good examples:
Condiments
Almost anything in a can that was put there this century
My dad (sorry, couldn't resist, I used to tell him he outlived his expiration date when he made it more than a year past the doctor's estimate)

Bad examples:
A number of things that have made me retch when I looked closely at them and then sniffed.
(Milk being the primary)

I'm paranoid about milk. After pouring a glass and taking a big gulp - only to realize it had gone bad. And yeah, it was past the expiration date.

I watched my brother one time pour a bunch of expired milk onto his cereal and get the spoon to his mouth before he smelled it. Looked like cottage cheese. I laughed so hard I cried.
(We were teenagers, I would tell him not to eat it now. )

81

F Me In The Brain wrote:

I watched my brother one time pour a bunch of expired milk onto his cereal and get the spoon to his mouth before he smelled it. Looked like cottage cheese. I laughed so hard I cried.
(We were teenagers, I would tell him not to eat it now. )

i'd still let him eat it.

supersonicyears

Cottage cheese today best by: May 10. It was still fresh. Milk,even if the date is good, I still smell it first. It only takes one time for that to happen.
I once bought a pizza from a grocery store took it off the cardboard bottom to place in the oven and the whole bottom was covered in mold.
Chips and pretzels etc. last way past the expiration date listed.