We went grocery shopping this weekend. That event is always preceeded by my husband cleaning the ice box out and throwing away any "questionable" items. He and I don't always see eye to eye on when things should be thrown away. I tend to keep things in the fridge a little longer than him. Now boxed items in the pantry that have been open for say a month, I will toss because to me they start tasting like the pantry. I don't keep milk past the expiration date either. That is due in large part to once when I was younger I grabbed a glass from the cabinet, poured some milk in it and add chocolate syrup, stirred it and took a big gulp. Then I became the girl in the Exorcist. Milk went everywhere...it had chunks in it. I think my brother put a glass back in the cabinet that had milk in the bottom and it sat there for a few days. I don't think the milk in the ice box was bad. Yuck!!!!
Anyway, here is a list for you incase you need assistance in determining if something in your ice box or fridge is past its prime:
EGGS: When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is probably past its prime. DAIRY PRODUCTS: Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt. Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese. Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can't get any more spoiled than it is already. Cheddar cheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese but you realize you've never purchased that kind. EXPIRATION DATES: This is NOT a marketing ploy to encourage you to throw away perfectly good food so that you'll spend more on groceries. Perhaps you'd benefit by having a calendar in your kitchen. MEAT: If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three block radius to congregate outside your house, the meat is spoiled. BREAD: Sesame seeds and Poppy seeds are the only officially acceptable "spots" that should be seen on the surface of any loaf of bread. Fuzzy and hairy looking white or green growth areas are a good indication that your bread has turned into a pharmaceutical laboratory experiment. FLOUR: Flour is spoiled when it wiggles. SALT: It never spoils. CANNED GOODS: Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a softball should be disposed of. Carefully. CARROTS: A carrot that you can tie a clove hitch in is not fresh. RAISINS: Raisins should not be harder than your teeth. CHIP DIP: If you can take it out of its container and bounce it on the floor, it has gone bad. GENERAL RULE OF THUMB: Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster. Keep a hamster nearby your refrigerator to gauge this.
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shelli. 39 and holding, wife, and mother of two. loves country music and going to concerts with friends, we have more fun than should be allowed by law. born in Texas and always has the radio on.
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