"I am Tosk" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> "Bigbazza" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > An Australian friend sent me this tonight......Very helpful web
>> > site.....Thought I would pass it on....
>> >
>> > http://www.stilltasty.com/
>> >
>> >
>> > Remember when the con was "Use by date"
>> >
>> > They must have got caught on that one and it became "Best before" Now
>> > we
>> > find it is meant for the retailer and not the buyer. I knew we were
>> > being
>> > conned and I know of one woman who throws everything out as soon as
>> > that
>> > date is reached.
>> >
>> > Remember when we had enough sense to use our nose or our taste buds to
>> > determine when something was past its use by date?
>> >
>> > We are being conned all the way from Global warming to the
>> > pharmaceutical
>> > companies, politicians and etc.
>> > .
>> >
>> >
>> > How long can a bottle of ketchup stay in your fridge before it goes
>> > bad?
>> > I'm thinking 5 or 10 years, but if you want an expert opinion, go to
>> > the
>> > web site below. This site lists all kind of foods and how to keep them
>> > fresh longer as well as when to get rid of them. If you have a
>> > question
>> > click on the particular picture, and a whole list of stuff
>> > appears...............WHAT A GREAT SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> >
>> > Bigbazza (Barry) Oz
>>
>> My wife and MIL believe that as long as it has been in the refrigerator
>> you
>> can disregard the dates.
>>
>> "Oh, it's okay. It's been in the refrigerator." Even if you can't tell
>> what it is by looking at it. "Here, taste this and tell me if it's
>> spoiled."
>>
>> Steve
>
> I dunno.. I can remember as a kid my dad picking small amounts of mold
> off the bread before making breakfast. We just didn't tell mom
>
> We just use our eyes and noses and common sense.
>
>
>
> Scotty


LOL....I do the same, as long as it is not too extensive!....I would only
ever cook it though, as toast!... My philosophy is what the eyes do not see,
the heart will not grieve about with many foods... Provided I use common
sense though!

My late MIL used to crack an egg into a cup first and see if there were any
'specks' of blood, etc, and would throw it out unused for the smallest piece
of contamination.... So saying, it would cost her around 3-4 eggs at a time
to find one 'spotless' one.....

Many a time I was there when she would pull a leg of lamb, or a beef roast
from the fridge/ freezer and would feed it to the dogs, or else, straight
into the garbage!

I still laugh whenever I remember in her earlier days of enjoying a
'Strawberry' milk shake that had pieces of the strawberries still in pieces
big enough to chase around the near empty deep glass mugs with a 'Drinking
Straw'...Apparently she had chased and squashed this piece in the bottom of
the glass so much that she jusr sucked it up and it stuck into the end of
her straw, that she went to turn the straw upside down and suck it off the
straw.....LO and Behold....What she had been playing with in the bottom of
her glass was a once 'Big Juicy Blowfly' !!...,... She never had another
Strawberry Milk snake again in her life!!....LOL
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Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

"Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we choose
wisely from life's great stores"