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Default Dating Expiration of Refrigerated Foods

On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:57:17 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:55:51 -0400, 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.
>>

>Good idea! I need to get better about marking dates. I try to
>remember to label my baking soda and baking powder because I use them
>so slowly, but often forget.


I get baking soda and baking powder in the bulk section at Winco.
Buying that way makes it so much easier to keep everything fresh and
it is less expensive.
Janet US