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gathermewool
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You at that!?
Originally Posted by gathermewool
You at that!?
Nope, I think he ate it. It's best by Jun 19 2008, not expires Jun 19 2008. Probably etable for 100 years if sealed, doesn't mean you would want to though. Soup for breakfast? You'll know by afternoon if it was OK.
You at that!?
Nope, I think he ate it. It's best by Jun 19 2008, not expires Jun 19 2008. Probably etable for 100 years if sealed, doesn't mean you would want to though. Soup for breakfast? You'll know by afternoon if it was OK.
If you ever had a really bad case of food poisoning like I had, you'd toss it in the garbage. Ed
Just heard a bit on ??? that Americans toss a lot of edible food which has greenhouse effects more than car emissions and that best by codes aren't worth much of anything. If the can's not buldging it's probably okay.
???=Probably NPR can't be sure
???=Probably NPR can't be sure
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AZjeff
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Why toss them if you're going to eat them? Think how much is invested with interest?
We'd go through my parents cupboards and fridg and toss old stuff and later on still find stuff 5 years old. Must have had a secret stash.
Having had "minor" food poisoning I'll eat nothing past a date don't care what anyone says. And forget potluck food of unknown origin.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Probably etable for 100 years if sealed, doesn't mean you would want to though. .
Well, probably edible for 100 years,,,,
We'd go through my parents cupboards and fridg and toss old stuff and later on still find stuff 5 years old. Must have had a secret stash.
Having had "minor" food poisoning I'll eat nothing past a date don't care what anyone says. And forget potluck food of unknown origin.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Probably etable for 100 years if sealed, doesn't mean you would want to though. .
Well, probably edible for 100 years,,,,
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Food I'd toss it, engine oil, it would get used in something. LOL
Use a Sharpie Marker and write the Month & Year (of purchase) on all canned foods.
I have canned foods (for Winter EMERGENCYS) to last 2 Weeks.
Then they slowly get eaten in Spring, Summer & Fall.
I have canned foods (for Winter EMERGENCYS) to last 2 Weeks.
Then they slowly get eaten in Spring, Summer & Fall.
Why would you buy so much that you still have it around 11 years after the best/use by date? I can see a couple weeks or maybe even a month or two, but it's not that hard to keep food storage rotated.
Originally Posted by Fawteen
Why would you buy so much that you still have it around 11 years after the best/use by date? I can see a couple weeks or maybe even a month or two, but it's not that hard to keep food storage rotated.
Our cabinets are dark. There's a rotating table in one that doesn't rotate, and occasionally things get knocked off of it and fall
into the deep back region. California has earthquakes every so often and that can knock things around.
That said, my wife does the organizing, and in the past I've cleaned out the cabinets of old/expired stock,
but mainly I was looking for things that come in cardboard boxes, because tiny bugs eat through them and
lay eggs. I haven't hunted for old cans yet. (She threw out maybe 20 more cans because of this.)
My mom was a hoarder; lots of expired things on the shelves. I guess it doesn't surprise me to see expired groceries.
Since this is BITOG, how often do you check greases, glues, adhesives, markers, paint, for expired stock, as well as medicines?
It's hard to keep up.
Oh, there's still unopened bottles of vodka we got when we moved in. I don't drink.
Why would you buy so much that you still have it around 11 years after the best/use by date? I can see a couple weeks or maybe even a month or two, but it's not that hard to keep food storage rotated.
Our cabinets are dark. There's a rotating table in one that doesn't rotate, and occasionally things get knocked off of it and fall
into the deep back region. California has earthquakes every so often and that can knock things around.
That said, my wife does the organizing, and in the past I've cleaned out the cabinets of old/expired stock,
but mainly I was looking for things that come in cardboard boxes, because tiny bugs eat through them and
lay eggs. I haven't hunted for old cans yet. (She threw out maybe 20 more cans because of this.)
My mom was a hoarder; lots of expired things on the shelves. I guess it doesn't surprise me to see expired groceries.
Since this is BITOG, how often do you check greases, glues, adhesives, markers, paint, for expired stock, as well as medicines?
It's hard to keep up.
Oh, there's still unopened bottles of vodka we got when we moved in. I don't drink.
Quote: Since this is BITOG, how often do you check greases, glues, adhesives, markers, paint, for expired stock, as well as medicines?
I write the expiration dates on the 'front' of medication bottles & boxes.
Check medicine cabinet every Fall (start of flu season).
I write the expiration dates on the 'front' of medication bottles & boxes.
Check medicine cabinet every Fall (start of flu season).
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Canned soup is awful enough, I guess old stuff does not taste any worst.
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