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The sell-by dates you shouldn't swallow because they're a myth (tr)
Daily Mail ^ | Dec 04, 2017 | JOANNA BLYTHMAN

Posted on 12/04/2017 10:48:37 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

Hurrah for the Co-Op! I’m no fan of supermarkets, but I’m delighted by its decision to introduce a ‘10p aisle’ to sell food that is past its ‘Best Before’ date in a determined effort to reduce waste.

The Co-Op isn’t known as an innovator, so it has stolen a march on Tesco and Sainsbury’s with an initiative that means a selection of products — tinned goods, dried foods etc — will stay on sale for one month after their ‘Best Before’.

I believe this is perfectly timed to take advantage of the public’s desire for a return to common sense when it comes to what we consume and an end to the needless binning of perfectly good food.

The average shopper spends — wastes — up to £60 a month on fruit, veg, bread and other perishables that will be thrown away because of spurious ‘Best Before’ dates. Worldwide, around 1.3 billion tons of food is dumped annually. This is madness — just as it’s crazy that British food banks and charities won’t accept food after its ‘Best Before’ date.

The reality is that supermarkets have groomed us, the food shopping public, to expect sanitised perfection. I feel especially sorry for younger generations brought up to think that ‘fresh’ food comes in a box or a plastic pot and that ‘Best Before’ dates must be religiously adhered to.

After the terrifying food safety lessons they had at school, many youngsters are scared of food in its raw state, whether it’s meat on a butcher’s slab or unpackaged salads in a market.

And if a piece of fruit is blemished, or a vegetable is wonky, they reject it.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: expirationdates; preppers; sellbydates; shtf
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To: Bullish

Plain, I see your point.

But when they’re cooked into a hearty soup, with plenty of ham and potatoes and carrots — not too bad.

Also, I’m very found of Mattar Paneer, which is an Indian curry of peas in a spicy sauce with chunks of tofu-like cheese. Much better than it sounds, if prepared right.

Yeah, this expiration date thing has been more than somewhat oversold. I opened a jar of bruschetta topping the other day that I had been saving for a special occasion. I made short work of it on toasted flat bread. Only after savoring all the Mediterranean goodness did I notice that the jar said “best by July 2014.”

Such happy results notwithstanding, I do occasionally find a bulged can in my overstocked pantry. No way to save any of those.


21 posted on 12/05/2017 2:44:12 AM PST by Nothingburger
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To: raybbr

Bfl


22 posted on 12/05/2017 2:51:35 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

These pickles are 2 weeks old!


23 posted on 12/05/2017 3:07:41 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

My favorite is dry aged cheese like Romano.
$12 a wedge, then they mark it don to $2.99 because it’s getting old.

It was in a cave for 2 years BEFORE you put it on the shelf!


24 posted on 12/05/2017 3:13:58 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

My favorite is dry aged cheese like Romano.
$12 a wedge, then they mark it don to $2.99 because it’s getting old.

It was in a cave for 2 years BEFORE you put it on the shelf!


25 posted on 12/05/2017 3:13:58 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife

My favorite was once finding salt with a “sell by” date. Salt! I kid you not.


26 posted on 12/05/2017 3:34:32 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Finally, some common sense.


27 posted on 12/05/2017 3:38:06 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Vigilanteman

LOL!!!


28 posted on 12/05/2017 3:43:23 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Slyfox

Lol. That actually made me chuckle out loud.


29 posted on 12/05/2017 3:45:38 AM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

They are in America, too. It’s an English word we share, not a British word.

Most gardeners and farmers know what a pulses are. Many plant forage or cover crops in pulses.


30 posted on 12/05/2017 3:55:50 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Haggis and gift fruitcakes should be labeled,

“Best used before the Apocalypse.”

Or should that read after...?


31 posted on 12/05/2017 3:58:30 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Bullish

I grow my own. Fresh harvested and boiled lightly when they’re young they are excellent, like the difference between just picked corn on the cob verses canned.

Also, most varieties canned or sold frozen are bred for their robustness to processing rather than flavor.

The only issue is they are a lot of work to get out of the pods. A brown paper grocery bag worth of pods yields one large bowl of peas. And after you pick them, they’ll still change their sugars into starch, so for best flavor you’ve got to be quick.


32 posted on 12/05/2017 4:03:00 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: Vigilanteman
"My favorite was once finding salt with a “sell by” date. Salt! I kid you not."

You don't want to be outofsalt!

33 posted on 12/05/2017 4:06:02 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: djf

My parents retired and moved back to the family homestead in 1995. In the basement root cellar Mom found shelves of stuff Grandma had canned, so she emptied the jars to do her own canning. She said everything looked and smelled perfectly fine. Grandma died in 1949.


34 posted on 12/05/2017 4:30:05 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free".)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Maybe past the sell by date, but not infinite. My mom stocked up for Y2K (I told her it wasn’t going to be a big deal, but what did I know?). The jarred spaghetti sauce eventually got white furries a few years in. She ate a lot of peanut butter and tuna for a while.


35 posted on 12/05/2017 4:33:32 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

In Vietnam I at C’s made in the mid 40’s, over 20 years old. I learned if canned food is kept dry, out of the sun in a relatively cool place it will last decades.

I also recall someone bringing to the surface canned peaches from some 1800’s era river boat, open them up, and they were good.

The biggest joke is expiration dates on water. I recall a missile alert crew (the button pushers that live underground) had canned water from the 50’s and wanted it tested for safety. It was just as good as the day it was canned.


36 posted on 12/05/2017 4:57:10 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
My favorite is craft beer's best by date...especially the ones on beer that are meant to be
aged...I went into my local mom and pop beer distributor...they mostly sell the mass
produced stuff, so they swear by the 'born on date'...anyway I occasionally find a case of
Imperial stout, Barley wine or Belgian Quad in the discount rack cause it's out of date. I
usually cellar these beers for a year, so now I don't have to wait and get it for half price!
37 posted on 12/05/2017 4:57:49 AM PST by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: Pray All Day

“...but nobody can quite figure out what it is...”

Gut pile?


38 posted on 12/05/2017 5:24:25 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: Daffynition

Thanks for that link. I can’t wait to print it out and show it to my wife, who is utterly insistent that food is in edible past the use-by date. The waste of money and perfectly good food aggravates the hell out of me, and maybe this will help to change her mind.


39 posted on 12/05/2017 5:31:31 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Repeating myself; Couple months ago I found a can of Margaret Holmes field peas that had been pushed way back in my cupboard. The expiration date was 2001.

I simmered them for about 20 minutes (as I always do for this variety/brand) with a pork neck bone I had smoked and they were delicious.


40 posted on 12/05/2017 5:44:04 AM PST by Original Lurker
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