Any food that has passed the expiration date, I toss out right away. I refuse to eat/drink anything that I know is expired.
Expired food
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Milk still smell good after the experation date? Drink it.
Bread have a little bit of mould? Pick it off.
Sausages smell a little off? They're supposed to, they're sausages. They didn't smell that great to begin with.
All in all I'm generally pretty lax when it comes to experation dates.
Bread have a little bit of mould? Pick it off.
Sausages smell a little off? They're supposed to, they're sausages. They didn't smell that great to begin with.
All in all I'm generally pretty lax when it comes to experation dates.
With bread, I can look at it and if there's not mould on it then it's fine for me! Vegtables are almost the same, but I generally inspect them more.. I don't bother with things like spinich leaves or whatnot and throw them away. With other things I'll throw them away, especially milk. I don't really like drinking milk that's about to pass it's date, don't trust it at all.
Your story is pretty gross... but once I picked something off the couch that I thought was a chocolate chip... but it wasn't a chocolate chip. It wasn't animal crap or anything, but it was not food...
But I never eat anything if it's expired... not even by a day. I don't know why, it's just a thing...
But I never eat anything if it's expired... not even by a day. I don't know why, it's just a thing...
I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to expiry dates, unless it's bread or milk. They seem to be virtually indestructible in my fridge. Maybe it's on some super cold setting. Even so, I always sniff the milk and check bread for mould before eating.
Depends how long it stays in date for. If the best before date is a month after purchase, it's probably good for an extra week. If it's a week, probably good for a day or two. If it's like "once open consume within three days" then I usually finish it in 5 days.
Sounds good in theory, but how often do I really check the date before cooking? never.
P.S. oh, and meat I'm generally fairly intolerant with. I always check the date but I'd trust it if it was just the day after the best before.
Sounds good in theory, but how often do I really check the date before cooking? never.
P.S. oh, and meat I'm generally fairly intolerant with. I always check the date but I'd trust it if it was just the day after the best before.
This is a bit of a misnomer, as some highly acidic foods like marinara sauce can smell almost the same after 4 weeks as they can after 4 days, but be crawling with gut-displeasing microbes. Would you eat month-old leftover spaghetti sauce?lostzombies.com said:
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Because I'm bored, I'll share this stuff and pretend I'm being helpful.
Canned vegetables, or so I hear, are good for a very long time, as long as the can isn't bulging or dented. A lot of people confuse "Best taste by" with "Do not eat after." They're still perfectly edible, for several years past the date.
Eggs have a very long shelf life. Eggs can be good for a few weeks past the sell-by, which are generally a couple weeks to begin with.
Even Low-Temp Pasteurized-Process milk that has a slightly tart smell is still technically good, if it's only slightly soured. It's pretty much just buttermilk, and is great for cooking. And probably won't cause discomfort to drink, even if it is slightly unsavory. If it's starting to form larger chunks and smells VERY tart, it's pretty much unpalatable and inedible.
Some people cut the mold off of cheeses and breads and eat the unfruited part. This is not smart. All you see on the surface is the fruiting body of the mold. By the time it is fruiting, pretty much the entire food is infiltrated by almost invisible strands mycelium, which is largely invisible, but still definitely fungal. Some of these can be unpleasant to eat.
...that's all I got on the subject.
I am very disappointed every time I go for a glass of milk or to go eat some bread or other food with an expiration date and find that it is the current date or a past date. Generally, I'll check it over and see if it still seems okay, but generally I'll let my paranoia get the better of me and discard it.
If it smells like crap, into the trash it goes. The last time I threw away something was today, and that was because the milk smelled and looked terrible (that, and the pack of sausages that "inflated" because of the trapped gases within).
In general, I toss away more breakfast items than anything else, because I'm not exactly arsed to eat breakfast every day (too lazy). I should buy stuff I don't eat a lot less...
In general, I toss away more breakfast items than anything else, because I'm not exactly arsed to eat breakfast every day (too lazy). I should buy stuff I don't eat a lot less...
"Best by" means "it's wont turn into booze before..."
Lesson:
Milkbooze.
German Potato Saladbooze.
Pastramibooze.
Lesson:
Milkbooze.
German Potato Saladbooze.
Pastramibooze.
I once worked in a kitchen, and the yogurt was expired.
The guy was my supervisor and he said "Ah it's still good."
I had to interject and say "no, it isn't. It has gone bad. Bacteria is forming and it is unsafe to consume".
He says : "Well, doesn't yogurt have bacteria in it anyway? I eat expired yogurt all the time."
/facepalm
The guy was my supervisor and he said "Ah it's still good."
I had to interject and say "no, it isn't. It has gone bad. Bacteria is forming and it is unsafe to consume".
He says : "Well, doesn't yogurt have bacteria in it anyway? I eat expired yogurt all the time."
/facepalm