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Default Dating Expiration of Refrigerated Foods

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 21:15:29 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/5/2016 12:55 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:00:32 -0400, William > wrote:
>>
>>> What is your method of rotating foods including leftovers into the
>>> refrigerator and out to be eaten or dumped into the garbage?
>>>
>>> William

>>
>> I keep a black marker in my kitchen drawer, and whenever I open
>> something and only use part of it, like a box of chicken stock or a
>> jar of pasata, I write the day I opened it on the top of the
>> container. Boxed stock is supposed to be used within 2 weeks of
>> opening, so this way you don't have to worry about remembering when is
>> has to be used.
>>
>> Doris
>>

>Aren't Sharpies wonderful?! I mark my freezer containers (various
>shapes and sizes, some portioned) for homemade leftovers with date and
>content information. It just makes sense.


Me too. And I also use them to mark my hard-boiled eggs with an
"H".Otherwise, my husband would be attempting to fry them.

Doris