While on holiday in Amsterdam I was hospitalised once with food poisoning and it is not an experience I would ever like to repeat. This in mind, I treat ‘best before’ dates as being similar to ‘use by’ but with a bit more latitude. By good larder and fridge management we virtually never throw food away.
I agree with you @KT53. I have a friend who buys those 4 pint cartons of milk. Then throws most of it out because it says use within three days or something, and she's the only one using it. It does annoy me that the smaller size isn't much cheaper, but I can't bear that kind of waste
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
On a properly cheerful note - I've just ordered raspberries, due to a conversation on the forum. What with that and the dahlias last night, plus new car insurance, the bank balance is taking a hit this month!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In this house, milk that's just 'on the turn' is favourite for pancake batters, especially fluffy blini type batter that needs a bit of acidity. It's also perfectly fine to use in a cheese sauce.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We don't keep things like ketchup and pickles/chutneys in the fridge - we'd need a bigger fridge and we don't have space for that. Open jars of jam/marmalade do go in the fridge because they last us ages and tend to grow mould if kept on the pantry shelf. Cartons of juice go in the fridge when open but don't get used within 3 days - a carton takes me about a week to use and it's fine for that length of time. Milk gets thrown if it smells off - tends to be the last little bit in the bottom of a 4 pint bottle that's been open for the better part of a week. Tins and packets/dry goods, I don't even look at the date. If an open packet of something tastes off or has gone soft/lumpy etc when it shouldn't be I might throw it out but that's very rare. Most of the fridge space is taken up with fresh fruit, veg and salad, dairy and sometimes meat. OH puts chocolate in there but I think it spoils the taste and texture.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What with that and the dahlias last night, plus new car insurance, the bank balance is taking a hit this month!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think that should be on chocolate. It would give me an extra excuse.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.