On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:05:35 -0700, Maverick wrote:

> "Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:03:37 -0700, "Maverick"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>*shamefully* It's pretty simple really. The store bought eggs come in the
>>>cardboard crates with expiration/best by/use by/whatever-the-hell-it-is
>>>date. Once the eggs go past that date, they're in the trash. Of course,
>>>they are way past that date before I get around to checking them if we
>>>haven't been using eggs a whole lot.
>>
>> You must waste a lot of eggs that way. I use the water test, it works fine
>> and I don't have to give in to the supermarket paranoia and waste eggs.
>>
> Yeah, I sure have wasted a lot of eggs. I wish I had a book of these little
> food "tips". I wouldn't waste so much food. I gave up buying milk for
> everyday use. Nobody in the house drinks it. Now, if I'm going to make
> something that needs milk, I buy the smallest size I can that will give me
> double what the recipe calls for in case I do something stupid like drop the
> only cup of milk I had *inno* and then had to run to the store real quick
> like...

I use dried milk.


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