"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
>i am ocd or whatever about food waste so it rarely happens to us, it used
>to until i started really watching it, food is one of the few places you
>can actually save money in your budget, its work but it can be done... the
>dh will eat almost anything as i can if needs be.
>
> a small side comment, one of your issues, from your writing seems to be
> the expiri dates on packages, that is a selling gimmick/legal protection
> for the producers/sellers, most foods are fine well past their labeled
> date, you must use your nose/eyes to eat these foods but honestly its
> really not critical to keep by them, if it tastes fresh then it is... bear
> in mind i say this selling food... much of which has these dates and i am
> prohibited from selling it, but i often bring it home and we eat it or
> give it away and its all fine as long as the package is sealed...
>
> the most stunning example of this is yogurt, its good forever and if still
> sealed can be a generational thing, lol, Lee

I don't know about the yogurt. I don't eat it but Angela has had some that
was expired and it was very badly separated. She doesn't eat the kind with
fruit in it so it should all be the same texture. It wasn't.