Showing posts with label expired food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label expired food. Show all posts

Thursday, April 24, 2008

I've never bought so much expired food in my life.

I've even bought expired soy sauce at the Chinese Commercial Center. I used it for several months before I even noticed. Who checks the expiration date on soy sauce? I do now, when I remember. I've bought and eaten expired yogurt. First I noticed the funny taste, than the funny color and lastly the expiration date. Nasty. Although, I do generally check the expiration date on yogurt because it's a handy food to have on hand, sitting in the fridge for a week or two or three. Though it rarely lasts that long. I had crackers expire on me the other day. Crackers. In fact I wouldn't have even noticed. Vuko noticed. Though, they weren't already expired when I bought them like the other foods. They still had a month or so left, but we went on a 3-week vacation, so they were past expiration when we got back. I just bought expired chicken the other day, but cooked and ate it anyway. It was only one day past expiration. Normally I notice the expiration dates on chicken and meat products, but the other day I was looking for the smallest chicken breast (half a kilo) and forgot to crosscheck it for freshness. I've also bought expired milk. Nothing else occurs to me at the moment, but I will think of more things... and I'm sure I've cooked and eaten more expired food than I am aware. But I'm still living. I've eaten waaaay worse things in Chile and survived to perhaps blog about it someday.