Expiration Dates on FoodPosted on | July 30, 2010 “Germs don’t have an expiration date,” a doctor once told me. We were discussing outdated pet medications, and the discussion went to food. “Milk doesn’t go bad at the stroke of midnight on its expiration date.” After that conversation, I didn’t take the expiration date on foods as serious but I still use common sense. I researched a website called www.gourmetsleuth.com, where they had a nice chart that had various foods and when you should cook or freeze them by. They said to follow the “use-by” date, but if it’s a “sell-by” date, there is more leniency. Some product dates were:
I’ll push any food to its limit. One time I baked brownies with eggs that were over a month old and the brownies tasted great. Chart information obtained from http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Articles/Nutrition-Health-Food-Labeling-646/food-expiration-dates.aspx. Post by Kate Valdovinos. CommentsFollow Us
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