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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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Pretty much all I think about is food and the crappy weather, and I'm sick of weather, so food it is. I could probably start a "Food Question of the Day" series. I LOVE FOOD. Anyway...

Do you ever eat food past it's expiration? Do you just trust that it's fine? The sniff test first? Or do you take no chances?

I'm a take no chances type. If that date is even close, it goes in the trash. Wasteful, maybe, but the last thing I have time for is throwing up. :giggle
 
I am the same way and it drives my husband nuts. He was raised in a house w/ 6 kids, so if cheese had mold on it, they chopped that part off.....(makes me want to throw up in my mouth thinking about it). I am paranoid about getting food poisoning...
 
Depends on the food. Most stuff gets tossed, but yogurt I'll fudge on. I put our eggs into another container so I have no idea what the actual expiration date is. And for the longest time, I had no idea that salad dressing even had an expiration date!
 
Depends. If it is growing pink fuzzy stuff, then I toss it. :giggle

My DH is pretty anal regarding expiration dates, but for me it depends on the item. I am also pretty resourceful and freeze anything that is getting close to expiring.
 
When in doubt, I throw it out. It skeeves me out when food is past the expiration date. Also, leftovers get tossed after 2-3 days.
 
Depends. Dairy + meat --- out de doo', foo'. Other things --- not so much. Like anyone in my house would even know what an expiration date looks like. :)
 
oh ya'll are all gonna cringe, we have a Thrift Store that sell past due date foods, and I buy it! Hamb Helper, can foods, and cereal! 1/2 off! woot
 
I toss anything that's close. Bread, I go by sight and feel...if it still feels soft and isn't moldy, I'll eat it. But bread lasts forever at our house so I'd waste whole loaves if we didn't. Anything else, yuck! I've worked in retail FOREVER, so if your box of cereal expires this month, it's been on the shelf of that store (or in a warehouse) for close to 2 years!! Ew! I just can't do it, lol! My husband on the other hand, will bring home left over pizza, leave it on the counter all night and then eat it in the morning. He has an iron stomach or something, lol!
 
stampin_rachel said:
Depends. If it is growing pink fuzzy stuff, then I toss it. :giggle

My DH is pretty anal regarding expiration dates, but for me it depends on the item. I am also pretty resourceful and freeze anything that is getting close to expiring.
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this is me!!!!! pretty sure if it smells good, it's good LOL! DH NO WAY!!!!!! some things he will be ok with, but very very very FEW!~
 
It depends... LOL!!! We did have a bad experience about 2 months ago. I was cooking and apparently a BBQ sauce got hidden in the fridge and I never saw it while cleaning and hubby moved stuff around and I grab that one instead of the new one. I didn't even look at the expiration date, because I had just bought a new one the previous day and put it in the fridge and this one was still closed.... well, it had expired a year ago! I KNOW... I had to toss my perfectly good MEAT in the trash!!!!!!
 
Well maybe on some things... (fish, shellfish, eggs, and surprisingly rice... )

but mostly I buy reduced to clear meat etc anyway and freeze it... often buy reduced to clear veg etc which has a best buy date a couple of days away and use or process into something else that we can then have during winter months when fresh veg etc is really expensive... sliced bread gets shoved in the freezer when bought and only bought out as needed or if it goes a little stale I blitz it and make breadcrumbs... have frozen milk before as well...

I have super limited funds though so will make from scratch or freeze reduced or cheap in season items... it all helps vary our diet... so for me yeah I guess the answer is yes I do...
 
I try to get better, because we throw so much food away it's awful. I heard just recently that at least here in Norway, we throw away about 50% of our food. I don't buy in bulk anymore, except for meat and then I portion it and freeze. Eggs, cereal, dry stuff I easily eat if they are expired. If the egg sink, it's good. If the milk is expired by a day, and smells good, I use it in cooking or baking. Expiration date is just a precaution. Meat could go bad before then if it's not sealed properly, smell is the way to go for me.
 
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