When I think of the stories my parents told me about what they used to eat, đ± my Nan would put curry powder in the pot of stew when it started smelling a bit iffy,  My mum hated it but it was that or nothing.  No fridges, I take no notice of use by dates either, if I live as long as my parents Iâll be more than happy, averaged 90 between them, mum never knew what a use by date was, her eyes werenât that good. Far too much waste these days.Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
Use by dates are based on a scientific measurement that uses the rate of bacteria growth to calculate a point where it's a health risk to consume the food.
Best before dates are whether stuff is likely to still taste good, and are calculated using rune stones and the angle between a black cat, a full moon and Derek from Croydon.
Don't ignore use by dates. Yes, you might be fine, but they quite literally can save your life.
Best before dates are not whether stuff is likely to taste good, with fresh produce, its determinate of how many vitimins are present,makes me laugh when you have use by dates on things like potatoes. Am with Dove on this one, by the way you aren't supposed to keep eggs in the fridge.The packaging shows both the sell by and use before so why would you need to write it on. When I first got married in 1970 (first Husband) we didnt have a fridge, milk was in a bucket of cold water. Have you also noticed on some products, yes eggs being one there is a generous amount of time between the 2 dates. We used to keep chickens, we didnt mark any dates on the eggs then. I have cereals best before a couple of years ago. The storage thing on most goods, store in a cool dry place, I havent got one.
I never put eggs in the fridge and like to use them promptly for freshness and taste - better in cakes and much better for poaching or in fritata which is how we usually eat them.  Ignore best before dates too as long as the packaging is intact. Â
Having a curmudge about idiots on planes and idiots going to raves.
I donât keep eggs in the fridge either. Too much danger of condensation etc. Eggs must be kept dry ... egg shells are porous. We keep them in a cool dry place and use them quickly. I grew up on a farm where we produced eggs for the Egg Marketing Board. Ma didnât have a fridge until the mid 1970s. Eggs were kept in a cool pantry with a gauze window.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's a cracker @Dovefromabove - and I'm not talking about eggs. 'Elastic definition of now'. WTF. Is that just 'whenever' then? I feel the same way about those people @Obelixx. We have a wee fancy box for the eggs in the kitchen. It also houses the spare back door key. We use them quite quickly anyway, but I've never kept them in the fridge. Re the 'addition' of stuff in questionable stews - I'd better not tell the story of my ex's grandparents and the fat in the frying pan in case you haven't had your breakfast. With the mouse droppings.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Having a curmudge about idiots on planes and idiots going to raves.
I'm not. Both sets of idiots are expected but I'm very annoyed at the airlines who continue to lie and say it's safe to fly and say every passenger is obeying the rules despite all the witnesses saying otherwise, the government who allow foreign travel to go ahead on the assumption that the same people who ignored the rules and brought covid back, while spreading it to as many people as they can on the way home, will actually bother to quarantine when they return. Apparently the test results took a couple of days to come back and who knows where they went in that time. Also the rave organisers were fined the equivalent of about ÂŁ7 a person so I imagine they still made a tidy profit out of it. No arrests or equipment seized? Is it just me or have they just openly bribed the police to look the other way? Profits before people Â
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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my Nan would put curry powder in the pot of stew when it started smelling a bit iffy, Â My mum hated it but it was that or nothing. Â No fridges, I take no notice of use by dates either, if I live as long as my parents Iâll be more than happy, averaged 90 between them, mum never knew what a use by date was, her eyes werenât that good.Â
Far too much waste these days.Â
Best before dates are whether stuff is likely to still taste good, and are calculated using rune stones and the angle between a black cat, a full moon and Derek from Croydon.
Don't ignore use by dates. Yes, you might be fine, but they quite literally can save your life.
Having a curmudge about idiots on planes and idiots going to raves.
dry place and use them quickly. I grew up on a farm where we produced eggs for the Egg Marketing Board. Ma didnât have a fridge until the mid 1970s. Eggs were kept in a cool pantry with a gauze window.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
'Elastic definition of now'. WTF.Â
Is that just 'whenever' then?Â
I feel the same way about those people @Obelixx.Â
We have a wee fancy box for the eggs in the kitchen. It also houses the spare back door key. We use them quite quickly anyway, but I've never kept them in the fridge.
Re the 'addition' of stuff in questionable stews - I'd better not tell the story of my ex's grandparents and the fat in the frying pan in case you haven't had your breakfast.
With the mouse droppings.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...