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Posted on 10/03/2024 1:16:46 PM PDT by metmom
Before you put a food item into your cart or basket at the grocery store, you likely look for a “best by” date (or something of the like) to make sure you’ll be able to use it before it goes bad. But did you know that an expiration date and other food date labels are not the same?
Here’s what you need to know — from what each label means to which foods to avoid after their expiration date.
Expiration date vs. date labels: What’s the difference?
According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), an expiration date is typically only found on infant formula, which is regulated by the FDA. The “use by” date on infant formula refers to the date the manufacturer can ensure both the quality and nutrient content of the formula is safe for your baby. FDA regulations require this date to be clearly labeled on infant formula packaging because once that date passes, the product should no longer be given to babies.
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Excellent tip!
Thanks. We float tested some egg this morning. 😁👍
The only drawback with glass is that if dropped, it’ll probably break.
Every storage method has it’s pluses and minuses.
I’m just careful with glass and have RARELY ever dropped anything.
That’s my kids. They’re all adults, but they think I’m the dummy. They have very little life experience in this regard. They know nothing about canning and preserving because I didn’t do that when they were growing up, but I was around my mom and aunts and we all helped out when I was growing up. It was all hands on deck in those days.
The willingness to throw something out if you suspect it’s spoiled is key. Otherwise, chow down. Yesterday I ate some tuna with a date of December 2015, so far so good.
I have also heard that cats won’t eat spoiled food, so offering a bit to the cat might work for things like tuna (I didn’t bother). The trouble with that method is that cats don’t like a lot of foods even if they’re perfectly fresh.
A few years ago I started using a Sharpie to mark the month and year of pull dates directly on cans or packages before putting them on the shelf. Makes it lots easier to monitor and rotate pantry items.
“I’ve heard you can buy canned sauce and just transfer it to jars and reprocess it.”
For true SHTF long term storage spread it out and dry it then bag or jar it. It will also reduce the bulk by 90% or better. just re-hydrate when needed. :)
I do that when dates are hard to see. It does make things easier.
Makes sense!
Thank you. Have sent it on to friends.
I’ve never done much canning other than the odd batch of jelly and such. While she was raising six kids, my mom canned lots and lots of fruits and vegetables. She grew up in the 30s on an Iowa farm. I’ve eaten 20-year-old home-canned kosher dill pickles that were OK, a bit mushy maybe.
I’ve heard that washing eggs shortens storage life??
I do the same. Also, our Farm & Fleet has great sales on various nuts coming up soon, too. I plan on doing a lot of baking this season for holiday gifts, as well as more homemade bread for the household.
I find baking bread to be totally therapeutic! :)
My Mom makes an AMAZING Red Onion and Pecan Bread that everyone BEGS her for. Makes the BEST toast ever.
https://www.food.com/recipe/pecan-red-onion-bread-for-bread-machine-36296
(The photo with the recipe does NOT look all that appetizing. She bakes it in a regular loaf-shape.)
“It was all hands on deck in those days.”
One summer my Mom and two of the neighbor ladies bought what FELT LIKE an entire semi-load of Sweet Corn. They gave us kids a nickle for each ear we shucked, and ALL of the silk had to be off of it and any bad spots had to be busted off or cut out. No exceptions, or no nickle!
After 12 weeks of shucking Sweet Corn (just kidding!) we took our loot and went to the Dairy Queen for treats while the Moms canned all of that corn.
I never have, and never will, can corn, LOL!
My pal Gary* makes the best frozen Sweet Corn ever, though. He packages it with a little sugar, a pat of butter and a dash of sweet cream then freezes it. OMG. Heaven on a PLATE! :)
*When Gary first met Beau he said, ‘Nice to meet you! Diana and I used to live together!” TECHNICALLY TRUE - but I lived upstairs and he lived downstairs in the duplex, LOL! That’s just Gary.
Thanks!
I was visiting a friend’s father and heard an explosion. We couldn’t find what it was but I was shaken not only from the sound but from the actual pressure change.
About a month later, he was in his kitchen and it happened again. In a top cabinet, he found two exploded cans of soup! They were expired by about a year.
That is indeed true.
The UK don’t wash or refrigerate the eggs.
The washing cleans a natural varnish from the outer shell.
Expiration dates are for the weak!!!!!!
Did you also know, that if you can get your eggs from a farm if they are NOT washed, they will keep weeks longer? Most small farmers know not to wash the protective coating off their eggs, but I’ve seen some people selling free range eggs that are washed before they are readied for sale.
My Uncle Harry was the mess hall purveyor for an American army base in France, and discovered that the French will not eat beef, (or any red meat) that hasn’t been “hung” for better than a month. Since we raise our own beef, we decided to try it and find out. The French are right.
Witches do.
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