Do you eat expired food?
For how long after the expiration date do you find consumption acceptable?
Are men or women more accepting of old food? Or is it a personality differential more so than gender?
I've always had a weak stomach. I can't handle suspicious meat or things like chicken on the bone. I particularly can't get over my mental block when I see an expiration date on a food item.
Last night, I poured myself a bowl of cereal at my beau's house. I sat down next to him and, after my first bite, exclaimed, "Is your milk expired? It tastes funny." He assured me it was not and I kept on eating, all the while thinking, "Man, it must be this cereal that is bad - this tastes weird." He asked me how it was afterwards and I said that I certainly wouldn't be buying it again.
Flash forward to this afternoon. My beau has picked up on my lack of ability to take lunch breaks lately (the past three months), so invited me over for a delicious black bean burger. How could I refuse?
I pull out the ketchup and mustard. None of us like mustard or ketchup pee, so I shook the bottles...and something wasn't quite right...I could just tell the liquid inside wasn't shaking correctly at the consistency of which I'd experienced in the past. One look at the expiration date and the mystery was solved - the mustard was more than two years past the date. The ketchup? More than three years past the date.
Now, you may be thinking the same thing I was..."Oh no...the milk." Sure enough, a week past the expiration date. I knew it didn't taste right!
Yes, I am still alive. Did it hurt me? No, but it certainly grossed me out and certainly prompted him to tell me I'm too picky. I admit, I'm a picky eater in regards to what I eat. Do I care if he eats expired food? Nope, not at all - kudos to anyone who has a stronger stomach than I.
I digress back to my original question - do you eat expired food? How expired is too expired?
For how long after the expiration date do you find consumption acceptable?
Are men or women more accepting of old food? Or is it a personality differential more so than gender?
I've always had a weak stomach. I can't handle suspicious meat or things like chicken on the bone. I particularly can't get over my mental block when I see an expiration date on a food item.
Last night, I poured myself a bowl of cereal at my beau's house. I sat down next to him and, after my first bite, exclaimed, "Is your milk expired? It tastes funny." He assured me it was not and I kept on eating, all the while thinking, "Man, it must be this cereal that is bad - this tastes weird." He asked me how it was afterwards and I said that I certainly wouldn't be buying it again.
Flash forward to this afternoon. My beau has picked up on my lack of ability to take lunch breaks lately (the past three months), so invited me over for a delicious black bean burger. How could I refuse?
I pull out the ketchup and mustard. None of us like mustard or ketchup pee, so I shook the bottles...and something wasn't quite right...I could just tell the liquid inside wasn't shaking correctly at the consistency of which I'd experienced in the past. One look at the expiration date and the mystery was solved - the mustard was more than two years past the date. The ketchup? More than three years past the date.
Now, you may be thinking the same thing I was..."Oh no...the milk." Sure enough, a week past the expiration date. I knew it didn't taste right!
Yes, I am still alive. Did it hurt me? No, but it certainly grossed me out and certainly prompted him to tell me I'm too picky. I admit, I'm a picky eater in regards to what I eat. Do I care if he eats expired food? Nope, not at all - kudos to anyone who has a stronger stomach than I.
I digress back to my original question - do you eat expired food? How expired is too expired?
