how old is TOO old???

CHANGEinWAVES

with food:D

I'm hungry so i went investigating the empty fridge only to find crescent rolls from last christmas that were never baked. I decided in MY mind that they are STILL good.... apparently almost a year old is NOT TOO old for me:)

*they are a little dry... but still tasty, we'll see if I survive the night:p

So how old is too old when it comes to food for YOU?? will you eat something after it has expired, or at least give it a try to see if it's edible? Or do u toss things are close to the expiration date?



**edit*** these are really gross and dry, I'm gonna toss them. I think a year may be a bit too long for me now.... maybe 8-9 months considering what it is;)

Danimal

683 Days

norm

if it keeps running away from me and i can't catch it, i'll consider if it should be thrown away......i know, i know i'm picky but hey, this is my well being we're talkin' about here

CHANGEinWAVES

cutback wrote:

if it keeps running away from me and i can't catch it, i'll consider if it should be thrown away......i know, i know i'm picky but hey, this is my well being we're talkin' about here

well with cheese u can just cut off the part with the legs:)
the rest is STILL good!!

AndyManderson

If it's not turning weird colors and smells okay I'll eat it.

norm

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

well with cheese u can just cut off the part with the legs:)
the rest is STILL good!!

cheese is great! it's bad milk that we've conditioned ourselves to think is edible and when it turns green we stll think is good as long as we get rid of the green stuff....out of sight out of mind....LOVE IT!!!

Thorns2010

Wait....were they in the freezer or in the refrigerator?

Freezer I would have tried them, not in the fridge though, bleh!

CHANGEinWAVES

Thorns2010 wrote:

Wait....were they in the freezer or in the refrigerator?

Freezer I would have tried them, not in the fridge though, bleh!

yeah... fridge...and you're right!!! BLEH!!!

the wolf

wow. the fridge? Krissy would actually vomit right now if she were reading this. she is a freak about exp. dates. until i met her , i had know idea whatsoever that ketsup and mustard and salad dressing even had exp. dates. a month or two b4 she "officially" moved in here, but had stayed here every night for two months , she cleaned out my fridge, and threw damn near everything away. i had about 20 different kinds of BBQ sauce and most had never even been openend, and she tossed them all !!!

canned goods too ! i had never even looked at the exp. date on a canned good. i just figured they lasted a damn long time cause people stock their bomb shelters with canned goods. Nuclear winter lasts about , what, two years or so? so i figured canned goods would last at least that long

i was wrong.

CHANGEinWAVES

the wolf wrote:

wow. the fridge? Krissy would actually vomit right now if she were reading this. she is a freak about exp. dates. until i met her , i had know idea whatsoever that ketsup and mustard and salad dressing even had exp. dates. a month or two b4 she "officially" moved in here, but had stayed here every night for two months , she cleaned out my fridge, and threw damn near everything away. i had about 20 different kinds of BBQ sauce and most had never even been openend, and she tossed them all !!!

canned goods too ! i had never even looked at the exp. date on a canned good. i just figured they lasted a damn long time cause people stock their bomb shelters with canned goods. Nuclear winter lasts about , what, two years or so? so i figured canned goods would last at least that long

i was wrong.

Oh i'm sure they were still "technically" edible


I used to be that way..... then I became lazy and hungry, NOT a good combo!;)

the wolf

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

Oh i'm sure they were still "technically" edible

thats what i say. how fucked up can a bottle of BBQ sauce get? really?

anyway, she will throw something out days b4 the exp. date. i keep telling her that im 100% sure that they give you a bit of a "grace period" on the dates.

she aint having it.

CHANGEinWAVES

the wolf wrote:

thats what i say. how fucked up can a bottle of BBQ sauce get? really?

anyway, she will throw something out days b4 the exp. date. i keep telling her that im 100% sure that they give you a bit of a "grace period" on the dates.

she aint having it.

hey I was that way....I wouldn't drink milk that expired later that week...Now I smell it to see if it's STILL good!

South of Seattle

Everything you need to know is here.

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/guide/do-food-expiration-dates-matter

It's rather confusing. I guess grocery stores need to sell stuff though.

CHANGEinWAVES

South of Seattle wrote:

Everything you need to know is here.

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/guide/do-food-expiration-dates-matter

It's rather confusing. I guess grocery stores need to sell stuff though.

thanks..but yeah that's confusing!!!

and this is how it was done here;)
'You open the fridge, drag out the cottage cheese, check for fur, and if there isn't any, you say, "Honey? Will you sniff this?" '

iluvcats

to the OP, where do you live? stuff has dates on it...

do a search on food's expiration date vs. sell by date. there's a diffeence. I looked it up once when I had a question on eggs. You can use food past the sell by date. The stores do it that way b/c they know you will keep it in your fridge for a while after buying. but if you question a particular food, you can find charts online.

do not use past exp. date.

CHANGEinWAVES

iluvcats wrote:

to the OP, where do you live? stuff has dates on it...

do a search on food's expiration date vs. sell by date. there's a diffeence. I looked it up once when I had a question on eggs. You can use food past the sell by date. The stores do it that way b/c they know you will keep it in your fridge for a while after buying. but if you question a particular food, you can find charts online.

do not use past exp. date.

It only had the "packaged" date on it... figured I'd give em a try!

iluvcats

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

It only had the "packaged" date on it... figured I'd give em a try!

ugh so you are saying it was 12/07? I you need some money, I can send you some coupons. I know you've been through alot.

CHANGEinWAVES

iluvcats wrote:

ugh so you are saying it was 12/07? I you need some money, I can send you some coupons. I know you've been through alot.

I'm ok... it's all good! I was just hungry and they looked yummy. (they weren't but that's another story). we'll call it an experiment!

eMMI

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

So how old is too old when it comes to food for YOU?? will you eat something after it has expired, or at least give it a try to see if it'[s edible? Or do u toss things are close to the expiration date?

with me, it depends on what food it is. any meat I will NOT touch past expiration date and very reluctantly ON the day too. :eek:

stuff like milk, veggie things, canned stuff.. if it smells and/or looks off, I'll toss it. if not, I'll give it a go.

especially with milk, if it's a day or two past expiration and nothing's happened to it, it's good. or if I feel the slightest bit queasy about it, I'll probably bake something and use it there.

I hate throwing food away!!

iluvcats

you have to be careful with leftovers. my mom's friend ate something 4 days old that her daughter prepared and got very ill. some ppl think, "well it was kept really cold"

not so, i read that each day a leftover breaks down more and more (what ever that means)

urbanhippie

A sell by date is usually a guide, a use by date is usually an instruction. Canned and dried goods would probably be ok, but I'd take care with 'fresh' or chilled food. But hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained