Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Expiration Date Sunday
For most people Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday but not for my hubby. No, he spent the day annoying me by going through all the cabinets, hauling stuff out and demanding to know if I ate it or not. He checked all the expiration dates and then hounded me on the more egregiously over date ones. Oh how I hate expiration check days. He then went around muttering "if you're not going to eat something throw it out" and " why are there three boxes of breakfast bars?!" He then organized the cabinet so that older things were in the front so we will eat them before they expire. Geesh! My only defense is that this is a family trait passed down from my mother. My dear Aunt Jeanette also suffered terribly from "lack of expiration date awareness" syndrome.
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Opposite problem here. I'm the thrower out (without impunity) and Jason is the one who denies that it matters. I toss over-the-counter drugs as soon as they expire; he says they actually have a longer shelf-life than the expiration does (he claims it's a suggestion rather than a firm rule). I am all about buying things that sometimes end up not being popular. I quietly toss them, or I'll wait until someone has a business trip and then clean out the fridge. Wasteful? Sometimes, but more often it's just that it's too hard to predict what will be consumed and what will not. Although really: buying a 2 pack of liquid children's tylenol at Costco is just asking your kids to stay healthy. At least that's what happened to us...
The experation trait was passed down from my grandmother, who no doubt got it from her mother. It was the depression you know. Mainly though expreation dates are fairly new (for me) you were told not to use bulging cans,rusty cans or anything that smelled bad.
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