Use By Date

I do not like expired food. Honestly, I am not sure why anyone does. And that is why they invented "use by" dates on products. Those dates are not meant as a joke, they are not put their for no reason, and they certainly are not on packages to be ignored. Those dates are when food expires.... when it is no longer good. So I ask you... why do people keep consuming products after they have gone bad?

My mother, an avid read of this blog, is one of the worst offenders. Salad dressings from days gone bye, ketchup from the turn of the century (you guess which one), and condiments that my dad enjoyed and then put back in the fridge. Mind you, my father died in 2002. That said... my mother is not the only offender. You know who you are. So I ask you.... WHY?!?!?!

Food expires, it goes bad, and is no longer edible. Throw the damn products out. Now the weird one to me is the "sell by " date. What good is that? That tells me that the company and the grocery store know there is a time when their product expires, but they are taking the blame off themselves and putting it on us. If they sell it by then, they have done their part. It is then up to us to decide when we consume it by. Not cool! However, a sell by date is my mother's dream come true. All she has to say is "I bought it by then," and then keep it in her fridge until that product starts growing more product. Ucky!

So I urge you... please pay attention to those dates and throw out expired food. It's not good for you and it certainly does not taste good.

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