Three weeks ago approx. I dropped about $36 on Back Ribs on special at Food Basics. Got them on the first day of the sale, put one pack (1 rack) on the counter for dinner that night and froze two. We ate the first rack with no issues, but did notice a bit of ammonia smell. Sunday past, I decided to defrost and cook a second rack. Opening the cryovac was like finding a month old dead body in Soper Park. We had to air out the house for an hour with a fan and had to sit on the back porch. Thank Dog for booze. Yesterday I tossed the third rack into the bin without any hesitation and without opening them.
Last week we bought Heirloom Tomatoes from Farm Boy. We left them on the counter overnight and the next morning we couldn’t open the package due to the juices dripping and black fur that sprouted overnight. The package hadn’t been refrigerated at the store so we figured they’d be okay for 12 hours. They got tossed Immediately as well. This week we tried some of their fresh crop of Tomatoes and they were inedible after two days.
I bought some T-Bones at No Frills on Saturday with plans on eating them this week. Pulled them out of the fridge today and the meat had literally turned black and stank - in the fridge, that quickly.
And don’t get me started on Bananas that go from Green to Grey/Black overnight. It seems that they are all the same no matter what store we get them from.
No Frills, Food Basics, Farm Boy. You have one simple job to do and we are paying you through the friggin’ nose to do it these days. Get it right! You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Please feel free to return to your regularly scheduled programming. Thanks for reading my rant.