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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: TootsNYC Date: April 21, 2020, 10:33 am
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I can totally see a busybody niece deciding her older/elderly
aunt and uncle are too senile to take care of themselves, and
tossing stuff out.
And that might make an aunt or uncle refer to her as "a guest"
instead of "a relative."
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: Pattycake Date: April 21, 2020, 10:51 am
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I have a friend whose daughter does this to her when she visits.
She's in the medical field (not sure what - some sort of nurse I
think) and if she sees anything at or near, or heaven forbid
past! the date, she will toss it! I don't know why people can't
understand the difference between Best Before and Use By. I also
don't know why my friend lets her daughter get away with it.
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: Chez Miriam Date: April 21, 2020, 10:59 am
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[quote author=Rho link=topic=1686.msg50633#msg50633
date=1587351783]
This reminded me that Mom always put a month on packages she
stored in the basement freezer. The family joke was that we
never knew what YEAR. As a result I always label both month and
year on whatever is in my freezer. I also try to keep inventory
and put newer items behind older ones.
[/quote]
This is one of our "road to hell" [good intentions] items:
periodically, I look through the freezer and write up what we
have, but not all of the "we" cross things off when removing
them from the freezer ::). I label food with the date - and am
even getting better at writing on the box what something is
after the plan to make pumpkin bread backfired when that carton
of orange turned out to be frozen [freshly-made] fruit just
instead of pumpkin! Was delicious [ginger, pineapple, mango,
orange/apple], but not suited to making a loaf for afternoon
tea!
But then we just chuck stuff in/get things out without updating
the list; we're/it's a 'work-in-progress'. :D
With dairy, I'll try it - have just finished off an early-Jan
expiry-dated creme-fraiche that was absolutely fine, and with
many things I will see if there's still any flavour - if there
isn't, that's a good enough reason to chuck - before assuming
the date on a package is law on when an item cannot be consumed.
[quote author=Pattycake link=topic=1686.msg50702#msg50702
date=1587484285]
I have a friend whose daughter does this to her when she visits.
She's in the medical field (not sure what - some sort of nurse I
think) and if she sees anything at or near, or heaven forbid
past! the date, she will toss it! I don't know why people can't
understand the difference between Best Before and Use By. I also
don't know why my friend lets her daughter get away with it.
[/quote]
And many of those dates are to protect manufacturers from being
sued, rather than any kind of scientifically worked out
definitive guidance.
We like buying from-the-producer cheeses, and they will happily
tell you how to age the stuff for yourself at home. The thought
that this dried up shred of "crottin" is not edible would be
anathema to French cheesemakers/mongers!
I don't know if it's true that honey is
anti-bacterial/viral/fungal, or if there was still viable honey
in the Egyptian tombs, but I'm prepared to believe that's true,
because I'm still eating from a >10 year-old tub of honey my
husband doesn't know about [the rotter ate the best part of six
jars that he brought home from Ukraine, with me barely getting a
look-in; Marcelle's honey is off bounds!].
I saw an TV "magazine" programme on it, and it's was a lot of
'this expert says one thing', 'this expert says the complete
opposite', and 'this other person says watch out for
meat/shellfish/eggs, and try the rest'. Opinions do vary, but
most food thrown away because of sell-by dates is not inedible
at the point of throwing away was the majority opinion.
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: jpcher Date: April 21, 2020, 11:20 am
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Right. Sell by dates are different from expiration dates.
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: Aleko Date: May 11, 2020, 2:08 am
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I mentioned this thread to a friend, and she told me how a house
guest went through her fridge looking for hummus. On opening one
container she found it full of a nasty sour-smelling greyish
mess, which she helpfully scraped into the compost caddy and
washed out the jar nicely. That was years ago, but my friend
says she can never meet that person even now without having to
suppress the urge to growl, 'Who threw away the sourdough
starter I inherited from my mother, you bl**dy interfering cow?'
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: XRogue Date: May 11, 2020, 12:25 pm
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I have a bottle of peppers with vinegar, the kind that when the
vinegar runs out, it's refilled and keeps going, inherited from
my mother. This is why it's labelled, to prevent such errors.
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: gramma dishes Date: May 11, 2020, 8:05 pm
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[quote author=Aleko link=topic=1686.msg51500#msg51500
date=1589180912]
I mentioned this thread to a friend, and she told me how a house
guest went through her fridge looking for hummus. On opening one
container she found it full of a nasty sour-smelling greyish
mess, which she helpfully scraped into the compost caddy and
washed out the jar nicely. That was years ago, but my friend
says she can never meet that person even now without having to
suppress the urge to growl, 'Who threw away the sourdough
starter I inherited from my mother, you bl**dy interfering cow?'
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I certainly hope the friend did tell the eager food pitcher what
she had done! Where do these people come from who feel so
free to clean out other people's refrigerators without even
asking? I think it would be impossible for me to ever be a
friend to that person again. The contents of that jar were so
precious.
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: TootsNYC Date: May 12, 2020, 10:04 am
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and even if they weren't--even if it was rotting food--it's my
stuff!
Sure, nice to be helpful, but ye gods! Ask!
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: lowspark Date: May 12, 2020, 1:06 pm
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I mean, seriously, how hard is it to pick up the phone or just
leave the item in the fridge till the person comes home and
simply ask.
I found this dodgy jar in the fridge, want me to throw it out?
I don't understand taking liberties with other people's stuff no
matter what it is.
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Re: Throwing out your hosts' food supplies
By: shadowfox79 Date: May 13, 2020, 1:34 am
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[quote]I mean, seriously, how hard is it to pick up the phone or
just leave the item in the fridge till the person comes home and
simply ask.
I found this dodgy jar in the fridge, want me to throw it out?
I don't understand taking liberties with other people's stuff no
matter what it is.[/quote]
Some people just assume they know better.
I've just been reminded of the time, as a student, when I came
home to find my two housemates Tammy and Tracey having a
screaming argument in the kitchen. Tammy, who had a more
adventurous palate than Tracey, had brought home some kimchee
from the supermarket and Tracey had unilaterally decided it was
disgusting and thrown it away. Her primary argument was why
couldn't Tammy just eat normal foods like everyone else.
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