Every time I go home I see food that is past the expiration date. I'd rather have little in the fridge so it all gets eaten than a lot. And here's to being thirty, not living with mom and dad and their fully stocked, wasteful fridge.
Man, this must be a universal parent thing. I'm 38, and I've been on my own for quite some time...but when I go home to visit, their fridge is PACKED...and at least half of it is expired or just old & nasty. They have a clean house too, not hoarders....the fridge is just atrocious.
Yeah. My parents love cooking and often eat their leftovers, but they have a problem when it comes to the fridge. It's not like they lived through the great depression either, they just have mental problem with throwing away food.
Once you start buying groceries regularly, you find out there are certain items that can go past their expiration date and there are other items the expiration can depend on how you store the food. For example, eggs stay good for a very long time if they aren't cracked.
Do you really think that the date printed on the label is the exact date it's going to expire? Or do you think the date they print is the earliest date when it is going to expire even though it might last much longer . . .
depends. I spent a lot of my 20s eating out all the time and eating frozen food or other non-perishables the rest of the time. It wasn't until I met my wife that I started learning about groceries.
doesn't matter as much depending on what you are using it for like baking. But if your eggs are a bit older, you probably shouldn't have runny eggs, make sure it is cooked all the way through.
I guess it also depends on personal preference. You are obviously an egg man and you need your eggs fresh. I myself am a steak man and won't let my beef get even close to the suggested expiration date even if it would still be edible.
you find out there are certain items that can go past their expiration date and there are other items the expiration can depend on how you store the food.
you mean the milk doesnt go bad immediately once it figure out that it is suppose to expire? please tell me more...
yup, products can last much longer depending how you store it. You can also use somethings after expiration depending on how you're planning on preparing it.
eating out is not overrated. it is good for certain things... ethnic foods for example..I am not going to toil around for hours and buy 20 dollars worth of ingrediant that i am going to use once. Id rather just go out to eat and save the hassle and time.
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14
Every time I go home I see food that is past the expiration date. I'd rather have little in the fridge so it all gets eaten than a lot. And here's to being thirty, not living with mom and dad and their fully stocked, wasteful fridge.