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This man ate ‘expired’ food for a year. Here’s why expiration dates are practically meaningless.
Washington Post ^ | June 17, 2019 | Daron Taylor

Posted on 06/18/2019 3:55:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode

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To: Flag_This

Interesting. Thanks.


81 posted on 06/18/2019 5:58:22 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You know the trout is bad when the raccoons leave it alone


82 posted on 06/18/2019 5:58:49 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Larry Lucido

If bad wine turns into vinegar, what happens when vinegar goes “bad”?


83 posted on 06/18/2019 5:59:40 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: JohnnyP

Hey, thanks for the tips!


84 posted on 06/18/2019 6:02:02 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: tired&retired
“If there is no noticeable vacuum release when you open the can or jar then forget it!”

Bingo... that is a good rule.

Yes, thank you. And for all canned goods not just peppers and tomatoes.
In case anyone thought I meant that. :)

85 posted on 06/18/2019 6:03:12 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

“I have never had the pleasure of drinking raw milk. Someday I will give it a try.”

I grew up on raw milk and have great teeth.

Hadn’t had it in 30-something years until I not long ago bought a quart at the Millennial Food Store (my name).

It tasted very similar to whole milk, which I did not remember.


86 posted on 06/18/2019 6:03:13 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: outofsalt

The initial case report, involving a form of the drug that is no longer used, was published in Annals of Internal Medicine in 1963.

There were a handful of subsequent incidents, leading to a longstanding warning about taking that drug when it is outdated.

A 2004 review of the literature on tetracycline and similar antimicrobials suggested that it might be difficult to determine when the kidney ailment is caused by such a drug.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15113987


87 posted on 06/18/2019 6:05:31 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: EdnaMode

bookmark


88 posted on 06/18/2019 6:17:36 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: EdnaMode

lol, my wife an I were cleaning out cabinets and had a challenge to find the oldest date, I won with 2004


89 posted on 06/18/2019 6:26:36 PM PDT by blitz88
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To: outofsalt

Marked down meat is the way to go. When beef prices were sky high a couple of years ago I was surprised the grocery stores didn’t partner with mortgage companies to put in kiosks at the meat counter.


90 posted on 06/18/2019 6:32:12 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: ExSES

Most of the meat departments I’ve been to will mark down the “use by today” meat if you ask them.


91 posted on 06/18/2019 6:38:25 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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To: EdnaMode

On my 17, 5-tier “Prepper Shelves”, I had some veg soup dating back to 1998, and it was just fine.

Any and all cans bloated, dented or rusty go into the garbage right away, I rotate stock every month.

Everything’s up-to-date now, within a year.


92 posted on 06/18/2019 6:45:50 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: hanamizu

+1.


93 posted on 06/18/2019 6:47:14 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

> I have also noticed that choice beef is not nearly as tender as it used to be either, the cost SHOT UP and the quality is nothing like it used to be!!

I’ve noticed the “new” trend is Grass Fed Beef. I seem to recall in the 70’s or so the big selling point was Grain Fed Beef. Of course before that most beef was grass fed.


94 posted on 06/18/2019 6:47:30 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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To: EdnaMode

Under the sink I have a gallon jug of white vinegar — with an expiration date. If only there were something they could add as a preservative.


95 posted on 06/18/2019 6:55:18 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: max americana
If it was inoculated with the right bacteria it is cheese and is perfectly safe to eat.

My SIL threw a fit over my making salad dressing with expired "Aged Balsamic Vinegar". She refused to eat it. I told her that she was free to make up her own dressing.

96 posted on 06/18/2019 6:56:44 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Human beings don't behave rationally. We rationalize our behavior.)
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To: Larry Lucido
Expired sour cream is......sour?

If you see off colors then it has molded and should be tossed.

97 posted on 06/18/2019 6:58:09 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Human beings don't behave rationally. We rationalize our behavior.)
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To: Jamestown1630
"I think this is true about a lot of medicines, too. I use an allergy medicine very infrequently because I don’t want to be caught in ‘rebound effect’; so I don’t buy a lot of it. It seems to be just as effective when it’s several years ‘expired’.

Same thing with aspirin."

Ha, ha. In the 1990s, I inherited a very large bottle of aspirin that had expired in 1987. I still use it and it still works.

It is a very large bottle and I rarely need aspirin.

98 posted on 06/18/2019 7:02:39 PM PDT by fini
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To: EdnaMode

It depends.. If you have a suppressed immune system, it’s not recommended. Should packaging be bloated, always avoid it. Eggs will last a long time, and the more fat content milk has, the more slowly it spoils. I also crack my eggs into a cup one at a time before it goes into its intended destination.

Tortillas.. If they’re not moldy, they’ll probably be okay. It varies based on your biology, the area you live in (variations in heat and humidity, even elevation), and how quickly the food went from source to market.

Go with your gut. No pun intended.


99 posted on 06/18/2019 7:35:20 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: freedomlover

I made some home made vinegar from a portion of homemade wine. After several years (8?) of living in a basement topping off the bottles in the kitchen every few months with great results/flavour the acid seemed to be getting perceptibly lower. Taking a sample to work revealed less than 1% acid, meaning it had lost 9+% since original testing.

Don’t know where it went, unless someone was drawing off the jug and replacing it with water. No real explanation.


100 posted on 06/18/2019 8:01:19 PM PDT by Oil Object Insp
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