Expiration dates results in tons of wasted food
There’s one food that never expires. What is it?
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Went out to see the rents yesterday because I was in their area and stayed for dinner.
Suppose it’s a by-product of growing up poor but there’s very little I won’t eat. Probably also a cultural thing; the Chinese have a history of mass starvation so we’ve never been really picky with food – that’s a picture I took walking around downtown of a Chinese restaurant called Taco Tortillas King that sells both Mexican and Chinese food. Sounds like my kinda joint.
In any case, with the exception of about one nasty bout of food poisoning every decade or so, it’s never really been an issue.
The thing is that since I’ve gotten married, I’ve been more conscious of what might be considered less-than-entirely safe food safety standards.
Wife: Are you going to eat that?
Me: Sure, why not?
Her: It expired two years ago.
Me: I’m sure it’s fine.
But the reality is that most food expiration dates only results in us wasting tons (literally) of food.
I came across an article that noted that honey never expires – in fact, they found jars of honey thousands of years old that were still edible. It’s the only food that is ready to eat when you find it, whenever you find it; dried rice also lasts forever but you have to cook it first to make it edible.
I’m fairly certain that this can of emergency chili I recently found is still good, despite the 2012 expiration date. An article that just came out today says that I can still eat it.
What’s the worst that could happen?
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Location: last night, kitchen making more chili
Mood: good
Music: Wheels are turning in the bed you make
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