Michel Boucher wrote:
> My wife throws things out after the date has passed without checking to see
> if the product is still good or not. But then again even after 22 years of
> my cooking and not a single instance of poisoning, she maintains that a
> date, stamped by an industry trying to get you to buy their wares quickly
> so as to maximize profits, has profound significance. I have called her a
> food paranoid. She gave away canned cat food because the date she saw on
> the can was passed. Of course it was, it was the date it was canned.
>
> Yogurt is an example of a fictitious expiry date. It can be eaten some
> weeks after purchase if it looks good (no mould). The mould can be removed
> from most hard cheeses without harm.
>
> I will admit that meat and bakery goods spoil fairly quickly (and I am
> careful with those) but there are hundreds of products with fake expiry
> dates out there.
>
Oh gee. One can use some common sense here. Some things last a
really long time--years after the expiration date.

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Jean B.