On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 10:24:06 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>William wrote:
>>
>> What is your method of rotating foods including leftovers into the
>> refrigerator and out to be eaten or dumped into the garbage?
>
>Leftovers in fridge are eaten within 3-5 days. After that, tossed.
>That rarely happens though. I often freeze things.
>
>Here's a good one. I bought an 8oz package of Crystal Farms
>cream cheese forever ago. The "use by" date is Sept.10,2015.
>That's almost 7 months ago.
>
>What would Julie do in this case? Same as me...toss it.
>
>Just for the heck of it, I just opened it up to smell.
>hmmmm...it looks and smells perfectly fine but I'll still
>trash it. That amount of time does bother me. I can
>buy another on sale for only $1.50.

I'd have rolled it in bird seed and slapped it on a tree branch. I
never trash any foods the critters can eat.