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Default Hot Dogs - "Use By" date


"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> On Sep 19, 2:42?pm, Bobo Bonobo? > wrote:
>> On Sep 19, 1:25 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:08:10 -0700, tomkanpa wrote:
>> > > I bought a pack of 15 Best's Kosher Deli Beef Franks @ Sam's. I
>> > > vacuum
>> > > seal/freeze them in packages of four. I notice they have a Use By
>> > > date
>> > > of Oct. 27, '07. Will vacuum sealing, freezing extend this date?

>>
>> > Nope. Freezing foods actually makes food expire quicker. You're
>> > wise to distrust all the marketing hype; freezers and FoodSavers
>> > are just gimmicks.

>>
>> What's funny to me is the "Use" by. It's not eat by. What the heck
>> do they expect people to "use" them for? Maybe I shouldn't ask.

>
> Well, sqwertz uses them as generic viagra... every other guy has a
> condom in their wallet, qwertz hangs a string of tube steak around his
> neck. hehe
>


Says the old single man who posts photos of cats in the cooking group.