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.
You have the wonder how they know that *that* is the definite exact day. It’s not “roughly, in the vicinity, give or take…”. It’s THAT day, and THAT day only. A conspiracy, I think. Hoyven!
Comment by Ryan — September 16, 2003 @ 9:54 amSeriously, just eat the bread until it’s green. And if it’s too dry and hard to make a sandwich, just have toast.
Comment by Julie — September 16, 2003 @ 12:14 pmHowever I’m always leary when it comes to milk and eggs… milk is still good roughly two days later but after that third day.. I’d watch it. Then again it could all be a conspiracy to get us to buy more too soon… I blame it on the shifty-eyed dog…
Remember though — its “BEST BEFORE” and not “ROTTEN AFTER”. As long as it smells good, I am with Julie, eat away…and you know, mold can always be removed. Some cheeses are made with a mold crust for crying out loud! So yes, if it tastes fine and passes the sniff test, its good enough for me
Comment by Omallley — September 16, 2003 @ 1:37 pmHi
yeah, we have no clue how to do this blog thingum. help. please. julie says we suck. I think it’s true.
Comment by cait and julie — September 16, 2003 @ 2:20 pmHey, I’ll set one up for you and send you an email with how to access your blog!
Comment by Trevor — September 16, 2003 @ 2:23 pmYAAAY Cait and Julie!
Comment by Andrew — September 16, 2003 @ 2:31 pmAt least you didn’t try eating some 4 month old carrots.
*ahem*
Comment by Andrew — September 16, 2003 @ 3:26 pmI had a bad experience attempting to put 2 week old milk into my coffee once. I could not figure out why my coffee continued to taste like ass, when I was such an expert coffee brewer.
I still get the hebie jebes thinkin about it.
Comment by Derek — September 16, 2003 @ 4:48 pmwell, I have the best situation. My fridge freezes everything so my milk … frozen. I just chizzel out a little chunk at a time and then wholla! intant milk that last forever … right? hehe
Comment by Buttercup — September 16, 2003 @ 6:38 pmThat’s always an expression that makes me wonder. How do you know it tastes like ass, Derek?
Comment by Ryan — September 16, 2003 @ 6:50 pm… *blink* …
Why am I getting this feeling of foreboding?
You see, one time.. when i was drunk… NOT.
In good ol NG, tastes like ass means EWWWW holy god EWWW EWWW.
nuff said?
Comment by Derek — September 16, 2003 @ 11:14 pmYou’ve done a lot when you were drunk, haven’t you? Muhwai!
Comment by Ryan — September 17, 2003 @ 8:16 amSeriously though, the other TA in Software Engineering, Farzana I think her name is… I’m horrible with names… anyway, she’s the most adorable thing, asks questions without reproach. So she asks me if all comp sci students are like me and don’t drink or go to bars and such. Now, what does it mean that I immediately thought of you, Derek, as the counterexample?