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Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: sandisadie Date: February 20, 2022, 11:03 am
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This person was snooping in the kitchen if she was able to read
the date on a can or jar. I look for these dates when I am
shopping and believe me, most of them are not readily apparent.
My thoughts have always been, when eating away from home, not to
worry about the food. So far everything has been ok, as far as
I know!
#Post#: 73884--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: Winterlight Date: February 21, 2022, 8:07 am
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Two days past the best by date isn't anything to worry about.
Two years- depends on how the sauce looks and smells.
#Post#: 73886--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: Hmmm Date: February 21, 2022, 8:23 am
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Agree with others. Two days is not a big deal. Shoot, it could
even be that the host was just reusing a bottle and actually
made home made marina.
I would have loved to see the other dinner's reactions when they
heard their fellow guest was snooping in the kitchen and reading
expiration dates. I know I'd been very cautious about bringing
the snoop into my home as a guest.
If this is like a parent who you know is bad about food
guidelines and you want to validate things being served, go
early and do your snooping while the meal is being prepared.
Don't wait until the meal is being served to voice concerns.
#Post#: 73889--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: lakey Date: February 21, 2022, 11:40 am
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[quote]If this is like a parent who you know is bad about food
guidelines and you want to validate things being served, go
early and do your snooping while the meal is being prepared.
Don't wait until the meal is being served to voice
concerns.[/quote]
Or don't accept a dinner invitaion from her. I have a relative
who is a slob. I don't eat at her house.
#Post#: 73894--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: oogyda Date: February 21, 2022, 12:48 pm
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[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=2291.msg73869#msg73869
date=1645282743]
I eat bread that's at least a week past the "best by" date.
I remember making rice crispy treats and only after eating them
that I noticed the box of cereal had a best by date over a year
old. The treats were delicious and caused no problems.
I think it may be more of a concern for meats, dairy, and
sauces, but I still don't think there's a concern for only 2
days.
[/quote]
There are some things one must be very careful of. Even then,
there is a little bit of common sense involved. Once when we
had everyone (kids and grandkids) here for a week, I had stocked
up things and a gallon of milk got left in the garage fridge
until a day past the printed expiration date. I opened it up
and gave it the sniff test and we (DH and I) used it that day.
I bought more that afternoon, and threw the old stuff away as it
was starting to smell bad. I think it lasted because that
fridge is a little colder and was undisturbed for a few days.
But, I knew I was pushing it.
#Post#: 73895--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: NFPwife Date: February 21, 2022, 1:42 pm
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I was eating honey at my in-laws and the bottle was eye level.
I'd already had a few good smears of it when I noticed the best
by date was 16 years prior! They didn't realize it was that old
and said "But honey never goes bad." (It tasted fine.) I got a
virus/ flu in the next few days and, of course, blamed the honey
for the nonstop vomiting. I called urgent care to be sure they
were open and went in. They'd already researched honey and said
the same thing "It never goes bad." The gave me an IV to hydrate
me and some meds to stop the vomiting and I was good as new.
Complete with a set of jokes about how DH caught me with honey
and then the in-laws tried to kill me with it. (Good thing I
crack myself up!)
#Post#: 73901--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: oogyda Date: February 21, 2022, 3:33 pm
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My MIL used to refill her French's brand mustard jar with store
brand mustard. Kept it up past the expiration date just to
spite her brother who proclaimed how much better the brand name
stuff was.
#Post#: 73902--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: vintagegal Date: February 21, 2022, 3:55 pm
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[quote author=oogyda link=topic=2291.msg73894#msg73894
date=1645469286]
[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=2291.msg73869#msg73869
date=1645282743]
I eat bread that's at least a week past the "best by" date.
I remember making rice crispy treats and only after eating them
that I noticed the box of cereal had a best by date over a year
old. The treats were delicious and caused no problems.
I think it may be more of a concern for meats, dairy, and
sauces, but I still don't think there's a concern for only 2
days.
[/quote]
There are some things one must be very careful of. Even then,
there is a little bit of common sense involved. Once when we
had everyone (kids and grandkids) here for a week, I had stocked
up things and a gallon of milk got left in the garage fridge
until a day past the printed expiration date. I opened it up
and gave it the sniff test and we (DH and I) used it that day.
I bought more that afternoon, and threw the old stuff away as it
was starting to smell bad. I think it lasted because that
fridge is a little colder and was undisturbed for a few days.
But, I knew I was pushing it.
[/quote]
Around here (US) the date on milk is the sell by date. Should be
good for 5 days after that, if kept cold.
#Post#: 73903--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: Rose Red Date: February 21, 2022, 4:06 pm
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[quote author=PVZFan link=topic=2291.msg73895#msg73895
date=1645472523]
I was eating honey at my in-laws and the bottle was eye level.
I'd already had a few good smears of it when I noticed the best
by date was 16 years prior! They didn't realize it was that old
and said "But honey never goes bad." (It tasted fine.) I got a
virus/ flu in the next few days and, of course, blamed the honey
for the nonstop vomiting. I called urgent care to be sure they
were open and went in. They'd already researched honey and said
the same thing "It never goes bad." The gave me an IV to hydrate
me and some meds to stop the vomiting and I was good as new.
Complete with a set of jokes about how DH caught me with honey
and then the in-laws tried to kill me with it. (Good thing I
crack myself up!)
[/quote]
Was it freshly opened? Perhaps it was opened and improperly
stored or contaminated?
#Post#: 73904--------------------------------------------------
Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expire
d food?
By: NFPwife Date: February 21, 2022, 4:57 pm
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[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=2291.msg73903#msg73903
date=1645481201]
[quote author=PVZFan link=topic=2291.msg73895#msg73895
date=1645472523]
I was eating honey at my in-laws and the bottle was eye level.
I'd already had a few good smears of it when I noticed the best
by date was 16 years prior! They didn't realize it was that old
and said "But honey never goes bad." (It tasted fine.) I got a
virus/ flu in the next few days and, of course, blamed the honey
for the nonstop vomiting. I called urgent care to be sure they
were open and went in. They'd already researched honey and said
the same thing "It never goes bad." The gave me an IV to hydrate
me and some meds to stop the vomiting and I was good as new.
Complete with a set of jokes about how DH caught me with honey
and then the in-laws tried to kill me with it. (Good thing I
crack myself up!)
[/quote]
Was it freshly opened? Perhaps it was opened and improperly
stored or contaminated?
[/quote]
I've always suspected the same thing. It was half full and 16
years past the expiration date. I thought, "But did crumbs or
butter get in it when people used it?" It was squeeze tip, but
who know. I'd asked urgent care if they wanted me to bring it in
(because I watched a lot of House MD!) but they said no and they
swear it was just coincidence that I was vomiting uncontrollably
and was so dehydrated it took three people numerous tries to get
an IV in.
This is probably a different rambling, but it was Christmas and,
through most of my life, I got sick on or around Christmas
because I was so overscheduled for all of December. It wasn't
until I was in my late 20s that I started saying no to things
and balancing better that I finally stopped being sick on
Christmas. My mom always said, "Oh my kids just get sick on
Christmas." No consideration to all the things we did leading up
to it. So when I was so ill that Christmas, my mom chimed in
with "It's Christmas, of course you're sick. You get sick at
Christmas."
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