Best Before
While pondering about the subject for this entry, I decided to dedicate an entire post to those Best Before dates that you see on such popular products as bread, milk, and cheese. Why, you ask? Well in the run of all our lives, these dates affect us everyday. We all glance at the expiry date on the milk carton before having a bowl of cereal or look at the bread tag before making a sandwich. When I buy groceries, getting the most out of milk, bread, and sour cream (for nachoes/tacos) is always a major priority. This often requires digging around the back of the dairy cooler or scanning multiple bread tags until finding the ‘longest-lasting’ product. I have also been known for remembering the expiry dates of my food. Milk: Oct 2, Sour Cream: Sept 30, Bread: Sept 22. It’s sad, but it’s true. I live by the expiry dates. I tried to get more life out of my bread once. I didn’t think it was a big deal. Bad idea.