"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>
>> ending up with lots of things being thrown away. I had to make a deal
>> with
>> her about two years into the marriage that if she couldn't tell me the
>> exact
>> day on which the questionable leftover was made, I didn't have to eat it.
>
>> Steve
>
> Can you get her into the habit of slapping a piece of masking tape on
> the cover, with the date marked? It's a pretty easy habit to get into,
> as is marking cans and packages with the date they were purchased. I do
> it all the time. >

My short term memory was severely affected by a traumatic brain injury five
years ago. Since then, I have recovered from a person who could not
remember what two hole cards he folded in seven card stud to a person who
can remember what was cooked two or three days ago. After that, if it
becomes any question at all : I WON'T EAT IT.

Period.

End of discussion.

It's just a me thing. If I have to use tape to tell how old any cooked
leftover is, I'm not interested in it. And, I have found foods in my
refrigerator and cabinets that were three years out of date. The most
recent, a bottle of beer bread mixture sealed in a beer bottle that, when
opened, christened the whole kitchen ceiling, my face, arms, and countertops
with pressurized flour bread mixture.

The more things I find defective in my kitchen, the more adamant I am over
gaining control over it, and just throwing out anything questionable, and
surely anything out of date or just suspicious.

Like Andy, this ain't yo mama's kitchen any more.

Or SWMBO's, either.

When you try to create a meal using week old ingredients, you forfeit any
claim to being a "cook".

Steve