Expiration dates...

[eeboater]

So, I went shopping last night at about 10:30 PM. Mrs. EEboater did up a nice shopping list that she emailed me at work -- I was at work doing a little computer training with EEboater version 2.0 (my little brother).<br /><br />She asked for these Yoplait Whipped Yogurt things. As I was going through the dairy section they had a deal (which should have been my first signal) 10 for $4.00.<br /><br />I thought, sweet, thats a great deal so I grabbed up 10 of em. Mrs. EEboater grabbed one for breakfast this morning and as she was sitting at her desk, she notices that the sell by date was April 19th. That was 8 days ago!!<br /><br />I understand maybe selling it by the day of, or maybe one day over. But to sell it over a week after the manufacturer suggests that it be sold by, yikes!!! I mean, there has to be a reason the manufacturer put that date on there! And if you are going to make it a sale (which really, they were only 15 cents cheaper per container) tell people, we're selling expired food at a discount.<br /><br />Sean

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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I hear ya Sean. Most dairy products will stay good from 7 to 10 days in a good fridge after the sell by date.<br />I said most and I also mean most of the time. hehehe.<br />I know I can keep milk up to 10 days before it starts getting bad.<br />Don't know about yogurt, never eat the stuff.

 

[ndemge]

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Most places, sell by date is just that, sell it by that date or chuck it.<br /><br />It's the only way I buy chicken now.<br />My local store, on the sell by date, everything out there will be taken back, re-labeled as "manager special".... Usually get leg quarters for $.29 a lb. Look at the package, if it's still fresh looking, buy it, take it home and strait into the freezer it goes.<br /><br />Dairy though, that sell by date is usually really close the the "gone sour" date.

 

[achris]

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Here's a trick. Most dairy products are stack with the freshest at the back. I take from the back. Usually 3-5 days more on the 'use by'.<br /><br />Chris..........

 

[NYMINUTE]

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Watch over the counter meds too. Got some Rolaids that were expired one month earlier. The store had them on sale but "Didn't know?" Super Glue, and many items from Permetex also tend to be sold beyond the ex. date.

 

[TilliamWe]

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ee, I would not have hestiated for a second to eat that yogurt. I have eaten yogurt that was(refridgerated the whole time), over 1 year expired! It actually became a game where I used to work, "see how old something has to be before tilliamwe won't eat it." They never came up with anything that was still sealed & properly stored that was too old. <br />That said, aren't there LAWS against retailers selling stuff past the manufacturers expiration date??

 

[eeboater]

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TilliamWe:<br /><br />Yikes!!!!<br /><br />Sean

 

[TilliamWe]

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Hey, I just ate yogurt yesterday that was expired on April 18th. Yummy for my tummy! No ill effects today, either, in case you were wondering!

 

[roscoe]

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nyminute, how can a piece of chalk have an expiration date?

 

[KaGee]

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Hmmmm... Sounds like Mrs. EE feels threatened by Jessica... she must be trying to get into those Daisy Dukes so you'll post her picture!

 

[ndemge]

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When we moved into our warehouse, there was a CASE of 1liter watter bottles. Still sealed. Had an "experation" date of 6 years prior. We drank them, they quenched our thirst, and ya know what, That there water wasn't spoiled!<br /><br />On a lot of items I think they just put a date on there in hope someone will throw it out and buy new.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Hey I have some of that silly glue from 1995, yep, still works.

 

[kenimpzoom]

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How do you know when sour cream expires?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Ken

 

[aspeck]

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In college that was how we lived! Dumpster diving for expired foods! Man, you could make a haul! Expired food never bothered me - Guess Tilliamwe and I are in the same category. But then, I will eat about anything on a dare or bet.

 

[briannh1234]

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I try to check the dates b4 I buy stuff, but sometimes I still get burned.<br /><br />The stores should encode the sell by date right into the UPC bar code. Then the checkout could flag any expired products b4 you took them home.<br /><br />But then the stores wouldn't make as much money as they do now...

 

[Bondo]

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Originally posted by KenImpZoom:<br /> How do you know when sour cream expires?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Ken

It's Green,+ ALIVE.............<br /><br /><br />BTW,... It's the Sell by date,.... Not the Consume by date........

 

[NYMINUTE]

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Originally posted by roscoe:<br /> nyminute, how can a piece of chalk have an expiration date?

HUH? Maybe caulk

 

[dolluper]

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If you take it back the manu will just re-stamp the date and we'll end up with it here in Canada, two weeks later and fresh Bondo has it right GREEN DON"T EAT

 

[KaGee]

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Originally posted by KenImpZoom:<br /> How do you know when sour cream expires?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Ken

Oh brother! You know!

 

[roscoe]

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Rolaids = chalk = calcium carbonate with flavoring.<br /><br />Calcium carbonate 550 mg ............................ Antacid<br />Magnesium hydroxide 110 mg ....................... Antacid<br /><br /><br />Chalk - Oxford dictionary. a soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.