Volunteering at a food cupboard, I often eat stale dated food that the needy won’t take. As well as bulging cans or visible mold, powdered Parmesan cheese is one item to beware of; just weeks past the Best Before has made me sick as a dog – Twice!
I’m a bit careful about food, but I still have the jar of Vaseline they sent home with the baby gift package for my first son. He celebrated his 56th birthday last week.
Templo S.U.D. over 6 years ago
Five months of cream cheese? I’d open the box to check anyway. If it’s moldy or in any other way past its prime, I’d throw it away.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 6 years ago
Too true. If it doesn’t smell or look bad, use it. I found some steaks at the bottom of my freezer that were 8 years old, but were still very tasty.
Farside99 over 6 years ago
Reminds me of the old George Carlin routine “Icebox Man”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg3viTvOzhI
Geophyzz over 6 years ago
Volunteering at a food cupboard, I often eat stale dated food that the needy won’t take. As well as bulging cans or visible mold, powdered Parmesan cheese is one item to beware of; just weeks past the Best Before has made me sick as a dog – Twice!
Diane Lee Premium Member over 6 years ago
I’m a bit careful about food, but I still have the jar of Vaseline they sent home with the baby gift package for my first son. He celebrated his 56th birthday last week.
tim over 6 years ago
“If it’s not green, then it’s pristine!”
frogsandravens over 6 years ago
This site is awesome. We keep stuff around for a long time, and it’s nice to know if it’s still safe to eat. stilltasty.com
cats_in_bowties over 6 years ago
Smell test, and it’s far from a plugger thing. Take, for instance, broke college students.