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Food Expiration Dates Aren't Based on Science. Here's What You Can Do Instead
https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 22 JULY 2022 | JILL ROBERTS, THE CONVERSATION

Posted on 07/22/2022 11:05:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger
Kale is good deep fried with a squeeze of lemon.

Like anything else, just add lots of fat, salt and acid and you can make it good.

21 posted on 07/22/2022 11:25:22 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: FarCenter

One thing I’ve never figured out, do these guys that make these videos get paid by the minute or what?

I have seen this guy before. He must have a buckskin belly and rubber guts to consume some of the junk he eats.


22 posted on 07/22/2022 11:26:12 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Would not be concerned so long as they have remained frozen.


23 posted on 07/22/2022 11:26:52 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Wait. When was kale ever tasty?


24 posted on 07/22/2022 11:28:22 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Kale takes on the flavor of whatever you add it to.

Hmmmmmmmm.............

CHOCOLATE KALE!.....................


25 posted on 07/22/2022 11:28:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Simple alcohols are usually stable indefinitely:

For Sale: 300-Year-Old ‘Shipwreck Wine’ Rescued From the Bottom of the Sea
It may still be safe to drink.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/can-wine-survive-shipwreck


26 posted on 07/22/2022 11:28:42 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Seruzawa

👍👌😜✔🤦‍♀️........................................


27 posted on 07/22/2022 11:29:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Sacajaweau

If the can is not puffy it is safe to eat. The label reads BEST IF USED BY. Does not mean it is expired.

Fresh stuff is whole different ball game.

You might try to eat Kibbles instead. It keeps for months. Carry a little in you pocket in case you get hungry. Keeps your teeth clean. Dogs seem to be healthier than humans and maybe that is the answer.

Just avoid the urge to chase cars.


28 posted on 07/22/2022 11:30:39 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Like anything else, just add lots of fat, salt and acid and you can make it good.

Is that like citric acid or like lysergic acid?

29 posted on 07/22/2022 11:33:26 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Red Badger
The "best by" "use by" and "best if used before" Are not required by law. They are put there by the manufacturer simply to get customers to buy their product more often.

Yes...there can be some effects on flavor but actual spoilage? Not so much. Depends on the product and the packaging.

30 posted on 07/22/2022 11:34:14 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: Red Badger

Wheat kernels last a very long time. Flour, not so much.


31 posted on 07/22/2022 11:35:39 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Sequoyah101

I have a small auxiliary freezer that keeps everything rock hard frozen.
I failed to rotate to the other freezer and some of them are now “expired”, but I’m eating them and really found no difference in taste.


32 posted on 07/22/2022 11:36:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: z3n

I’m in real trouble with the smell test. Since I lost my sense of smell in an accident a few years ago, I can’t tell diesel from donuts.


33 posted on 07/22/2022 11:40:41 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: SkyDancer

Frank Costanza and Kramer cook for a Jewish crowd...Seinfeld
https://youtu.be/TlYx8YR3KN0


34 posted on 07/22/2022 11:55:10 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: Red Badger

If it turns blue or green, throw it out.
If it smells bad, throw it out.
If it tastes bad, stop eating and discard the rest.
If it looks different than normal, throw it out.

It will cost you lot more if you get sick than cost of the food item, not to mention possible death or damage to liver.


35 posted on 07/22/2022 11:58:36 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: Red Badger
Eating early prep canned stuff.

Kirkland chicken and Kirkland beef are goid 10 years after exp. date. Tuna of several brands as well.

Opened an Augason Farms oat meal 10 into its 30 storage life and it was spoiled. Powdered eggs last forever. Even after opening.

36 posted on 07/22/2022 12:02:19 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: Red Badger

Storage techniques are more critical than most consider.

Fresh foods- well, they rot, or stink and you know.

Dried food in non-sealed/ non-canned packages, they’ll grow weevils but still are edible if you don’t mind bug carcasses.

Freeze your excess noodles, flour and rice, for a few days, then bag in a zip lock, or put in sterilized canning jars in teh oven at 200F for two hours, cover with seals and rings immediately, let cool, last 4-ever. store is cool, dark dry place. Lasts indef... both methods kill weevil eggs that are present in all noodles and rice and flours.

All the above extended AND flavor maintained if you drop in Nitrogen emitters- they consume oxygen and exude nitrogen. Best way to keep dry goods fresher long.

Canned goods- same- store in cool dry dark place, lasts indef, but flavor can go south- called “stale”. Home-canned goods- I found a 7-year-old quart jar of green beans; was just as yummy as a recent batch.

Just remember- dark, cool, dry.

A South African tracker instructor and friend of mine explained that even rotting meat can be consumed safely- boiled in excess water for at least two hours, remove from the water, rinse with clean water, eat. DO NOT save any for later. Toxic once it cools and then rapidly decomposes. Worst survival course I “enjoyed”. A stinking, fly and maggot infested slimy long dead cow (I think) was “meat du jour”, for a seven-day S. African survival course; none of us got sick (but we all lost 15 lbs).


37 posted on 07/22/2022 12:08:11 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Red Badger

Reading the article and the comments here, there seems to be as many opinions as there are .....commenters (yeah, that is the word)
Which leads to my opinion.
The real answer to the food freshness, best by or throw out date is......SPAM.
My wife and I both enjoy Spam at least once a week and have come up with a couple of observations about it.
Spam was introduced to the world in 1937 by the Hormel Corporation
Spam has a shelf life of approximately, a still unknown date.
If the Biden Inflation continues, we may have to up our Spam consumption.
If others are in the same boat, Hormel may have start producing their second run of Spam. Then we may never find out it’s expiration date.


38 posted on 07/22/2022 12:13:09 PM PDT by Tupelo (Don't under estimate the Republicans ability to f*** things up)
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To: z3n

Well pretty much anything organic; as for pasta, if it’s gray you toss it.


39 posted on 07/22/2022 12:14:07 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: Manly Warrior

We put flour and corn meal in the freezer for a week or so and that freezes the eggs............


40 posted on 07/22/2022 12:14:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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