On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:12:15 -0400, Kate Connally
wrote:

Almost everything I eat is leftovers. I cook a big batch
of something and eat it every day until it's gone - 1-3 weeks.

Sounds like an exciting menu. Too bad we all don't have such variety.

Most things last 1-2 weeks. My Brunswick stew tends to last 3
weeks as I always end up with a huge pot of it.

I sure hope you at least freeze it in portions.

Lou ----hardly ever eats the same thing 2 days in a row.

"The Ranger" wrote

She's _never_ been sick or made someone sick from something she considers
questionable. I'd say that's a pretty admirable track record. Also, if it
worries her, it's not perfectly good food; she wouldn't be able to enjoy
the food "wondering" throughout the entire meal if she was going to get
sick or cause someone to get sick. shrug


"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking is not
a "pretty admirable track record," it is a requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING that is not fresh?

On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:14:09 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:

notbob wrote:

On 2008-06-05, Ken wrote:

How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

If, after eating it, you can shit through the eye of a needle at fifty feet,
you kept it too long.

Wow! It really increases your accuracy that much? Cool!

blinky, blinky, blinky. for a man, accuracy matters only in ****ing.
(assuming while shitting you can at least hit the toilet.)

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:14:09 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:

notbob wrote:

On 2008-06-05, Ken wrote:

How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

If, after eating it, you can shit through the eye of a needle at fifty
feet,
you kept it too long.

Wow! It really increases your accuracy that much? Cool!

blinky, blinky, blinky. for a man, accuracy matters only in ****ing.
(assuming while shitting you can at least hit the toilet.)

This is just precious. You two are clearly soul mates.

blake murphy wrote:



blinky, blinky, blinky. for a man, accuracy matters only in ****ing.
(assuming while shitting you can at least hit the toilet.)


Having had a part time job as janitor in a restaurant when I was a student, I can
speak with some authority that men are much better at hitting the toilet in public
washrooms than women are.

"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking is not
a "pretty admirable track record," it is a requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING that is not fresh?

Sometimes, those of us who are older than dirt, remember our
parents:

"Eat your food! There are children in China who are STARVING!" and
think we can't ever throw food out. LOL.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:
"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking is not
a "pretty admirable track record," it is a requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING that is not fresh?

Sometimes, those of us who are older than dirt, remember our
parents:

"Eat your food! There are children in China who are STARVING!" and
think we can't ever throw food out. LOL.

N.

Is aged cheese "fresh"? How about aged beef?
Many things are improved when prepared and then reheated. Stews and
chili often improve for example. Are they un-fresh?
What exactly *is* the definition of fresh?? A fruit or veg picked off
the plant the same day of eating...does that make one purchased days
after picking "un-fresh"??

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Thu 05 Jun 2008 04:58:21p, Arri London told us...



Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:39:24p, George Shirley told us...

Ken wrote:
What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?

Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared
last Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf
takes a while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The
feral cats outside enjoyed it anyhow.

How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

TIA

Ken


My hard and fast rule is that if it has green fuzz growing on it and
it wasn't originally green toss it.


What if it was originally green and originally had no fuzz? Is that
borderline?

--
Wayne Boatwright

Some years ago my mother came to visit me. She found something mouldy
at the back of my fridge, handed it to me and asked me if I was bringing
my work home with me I was doing microbiological research at the
time.


I have found a few "scientific experiments" in my fridge over the years, a
couple, if fact, that I couldn't even recognize what it was to begin with.
:-)

Hey at least my 'experiment' was recognisable, sort of. Was the last
time I let anything get mouldy in the fridge. For shame for shame

In article , Lou Decruss wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:12:15 -0400, Kate Connally
wrote:

Almost everything I eat is leftovers. I cook a big batch
of something and eat it every day until it's gone - 1-3 weeks.

Sounds like an exciting menu. Too bad we all don't have such variety.

Most things last 1-2 weeks. My Brunswick stew tends to last 3
weeks as I always end up with a huge pot of it.

I sure hope you at least freeze it in portions.

Or you can use the Paki technique of just leaving it on the back of
the stove gently bubbling away forever. (New stuff chucked in when
available and meals ladelled out as required. :-)

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:07:06 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote:


"The Ranger" wrote

She's _never_ been sick or made someone sick from something she considers
questionable. I'd say that's a pretty admirable track record. Also, if it
worries her, it's not perfectly good food; she wouldn't be able to enjoy
the food "wondering" throughout the entire meal if she was going to get
sick or cause someone to get sick. shrug


"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking is not
a "pretty admirable track record," it is a requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING that is not fresh?


you don't eat all the meat you make for sandwiches on the day you cook
it, do you?

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:21:36 -0400, Goomba
wrote:

Nancy2 wrote:
"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking is not
a "pretty admirable track record," it is a requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING that is not fresh?

Sometimes, those of us who are older than dirt, remember our
parents:

"Eat your food! There are children in China who are STARVING!" and
think we can't ever throw food out. LOL.

N.

Is aged cheese "fresh"? How about aged beef?
Many things are improved when prepared and then reheated. Stews and
chili often improve for example. Are they un-fresh?
What exactly *is* the definition of fresh?? A fruit or veg picked off
the plant the same day of eating...does that make one purchased days
after picking "un-fresh"??

you mustn't pick the fruit off the tree, but instead climb the tree
and eat it there. true, it causes the tree excruciating pain, but
them's the breaks if you're a lower life form.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:55:03 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:

blake murphy wrote:



blinky, blinky, blinky. for a man, accuracy matters only in ****ing.
(assuming while shitting you can at least hit the toilet.)


Having had a part time job as janitor in a restaurant when I was a student, I can
speak with some authority that men are much better at hitting the toilet in public
washrooms than women are.


almost every janitor i've heard with an opinion on the subject has
said the same thing.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:41:16 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote:


"blake murphy" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:14:09 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:

notbob wrote:

On 2008-06-05, Ken wrote:

How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

If, after eating it, you can shit through the eye of a needle at fifty
feet,
you kept it too long.

Wow! It really increases your accuracy that much? Cool!

blinky, blinky, blinky. for a man, accuracy matters only in ****ing.
(assuming while shitting you can at least hit the toilet.)

This is just precious. You two are clearly soul mates.


brothers under the sharkskin.

your pal,
blake

[Using Blake's post. -- TR]

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:07:06 -0400, "cybertwit"
wrote:
"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking
is not a "pretty admirable track record," it is a
requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING
that is not fresh?

I should have known cybertwit was the know-nothing idiot that
posted this.

The Ranger

"The Ranger" wrote in message
ndwidth...
[Using Blake's post. -- TR]

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:07:06 -0400, "cybertwit"
wrote:
"Never making someone sick" from one's cooking
is not a "pretty admirable track record," it is a
requirement.

Jesus. Who wants to eat or serve ANYTHING
that is not fresh?

I should have known cybertwit was the know-nothing idiot that posted this.


I love you, too, dickcheese.

Again, why the hell would ANYONE want to eat or serve ANYTHING that is not
fresh? This is not the 3rd ****ing world. Or, maybe it is at your house.