Use By Dates

Davo · **Posted:** August 12th, 2008, 1:06 pm

The only time I check the dates is when i eat it and it tastes stale or not how it should taste. Or if its in the very back of the cabinet/fridge. Otherwise I eat it if it tastes decent.

Adbot · **Posted:** August 12th, 2008, 1:06 pm

Mr Pink · **Posted:** August 12th, 2008, 6:29 pm

To be honest not at all, my mom always checks them. But if for example the milk tastes like crap, I just throw it out.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** August 13th, 2008, 5:58 am

Shane wrote:

I always follow useby dates. The standards for the dates was put there for a reason so it only seems right to follow it.

Finally, someone who DOES read them. I don't think it matters for some types of things, but for mayo, milk, and eggs, I'm always careful.

skillpure100 · **Posted:** August 14th, 2008, 2:12 pm

Yea it depends how it looks/smells anything that is quite far out of date goes straight in the bin.

fuzzball · **Posted:** August 15th, 2008, 7:57 pm

It's not like there are little gremlins that hide in the fridge and make my food go bad on midnight of the expiration date.The expiration dates are more like estimates,in my mind.
I don't pay much attention to them.If my food is moldy,it's moldy, so I throw it out.

Ret Steel · **Posted:** August 18th, 2008, 10:15 pm

tarter sauce! me grab something, me put in mouth, if it taste bad, me spit out!

Adbot · **Posted:** August 18th, 2008, 10:15 pm

Evelyn · **Posted:** August 19th, 2008, 5:01 pm

I try not to go past one week on expiration dates.

However, if it's milk, I'll just toss it.

jake the cat · **Posted:** August 19th, 2008, 5:38 pm

I just cleaned out the canned shelf of my pantry. I found cans of soup, beans, stews, etc. that ranged from 1998 to 2004. I chucked them all without a tinge of guilt.

Shwa · **Posted:** August 19th, 2008, 10:50 pm

I usually only eat non-perishables, and if I do eat things such as milk, its usually gone well before the date. A good smell is usually my method of determining if it is still edible.

Sev · **Posted:** August 20th, 2008, 1:30 am

Shane wrote:

I always follow useby dates. The standards for the dates was put there for a reason so it only seems right to follow it.

I agree. I always cheack the dates.

Flash · **Posted:** August 20th, 2008, 6:27 am

I normally only use milk by dates, although a lot of foods I throw out if it's like 5 months past the expiration date, because by then it would be stale.

P.S. The milk expiration date is too early! You have to consume all of the milk within 10 days or so.

fuzzball · **Posted:** August 20th, 2008, 7:34 am

Flash wrote:

P.S. The milk expiration date is too early! You have to consume all of the milk within 10 days or so.

That's true.But in my family we finish a gallon in milk within,like,four days.
It's pretty much all I drink. :oops:

Strong bones.

blethorskite · **Posted:** August 20th, 2008, 12:07 pm

Mostly I don't go past the use by dates but do go past the 'use by dates' for eggs, milk or meat but I'll eat stuff like pasta, tinned stuff and other cerials past the stated dates. Especially if they are 'best by' dates rather than use by.

EMS9889 · **Posted:** August 22nd, 2008, 11:35 am

sometimes I smell my milk but thats it