Unless it's a dire circumstance of a closed grocery store and a huge craving for a late night bowl of cereal, I will usually not touch a carton of milk that's even one day past its expiry date. Silly? Overcautious? Maybe.
But I'm that way with a lot of foods. If something looks perfectly fine, but has been in my fridge for too long...there's a pretty good chance it will either be thrown out right then and there, or left until there is no doubt that it should not be eaten. Which is usually when it requires a clothespin on the nose and rubber gloves to remove from the fridge.
Yet, there's some things that I have no problem eating when they are clearly past their expiry date. Eggs, salad dressing, mustard. I don't get it either.
I've made it a goal of mine to waste less food from now on. I hate to admit it, but I tend to throw a lot out. I need to get better at using what I have, planing out meals better, and hopefully, reduce the monthly grocery bill tally.
Stilltasty.com is a site I came across about a month ago, and I find it so useful and interesting. They have so many common food questions answered, there's guaranteed to be several that you've asked at one time or another too. Check it out!
In the meantime, I think today might have to be fridge clean-out day :(
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AMAZING.
And whatever you do, don't trust your boyfriend's judgment on such matters. I'm still shuddering about a certain expired yogurt incident last year...
When it comes to expired stuff, my policy is "If it's green, it's gone".
This also applies to broccoli and pickles.
Lindsay - I won't, don't you worry. But that experiment was funny, and actually - yogurt is another one I'm good with when it's past expired. Weird.
Angel - that made me laugh, and a little sad for the poor pickles :(
I'm liking that site. I am the same way as you and toss anything that I think might be remotely questionable. Recently I actually smelled an egg for the first time because I wasn't sure if they would be usable and OMG have you ever smelled just a regular egg? They smell terrible even when they aren't bad! I was very dismayed.
Really? Hmm, I'm going to try that at breakfast time tomorrow. I've come pretty close to eggs as I've been measuring things and never smelled anything. Are you SURE they were useable?? Haha
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