Have you ever....

[deadheadskier]

When in doubt; throw it out. After 14 years of working in Food Beverage operations in hotels and restaurants and now a year selling food to such places.....I ain't riskin' anything

Those dates on things like milk? Perfect case scenarios. A lot can happen that isn't quite so perfect between the machine grabbing the cows teats and the milk reaching your lips. I can't speak for what happens on the farm, but have seen enough along the rest of the supply chain to be extra cautious.

When it's trash night at my house, my girlfriend has to litterally hold me back from throwing out just about everything in the entire fridge :lol:

 

[Hawkshot99]

i've seen my in-laws use 1/2 and 1/2 a few weeks after the expiration date. they go by the "if it doesn't smell it must be fine" line of thought. it grosses me out. i cringe when i look in their fridge at the cape because there are all kinds of thing that make my skin crawl. but i guess that is the nature of a fridge in a second home.

This past summer I went to our vacation home and did my grocery shopping. Bought milk, and all the other goodies. When i went to leave there was still milk left in the container, and my parents were going to use the place in a few days, so I left it in there for them. They never went down. 3 or 4 weeks later I went down again, and the milk didn't smell, so i used it:blink:.(It did have a plastic screw cap and not the cardboard style, in my defense)

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

i put orange gatoraide in my fruit loops once......gotta love surf trips with the boys..anything is fair game!

 

[Greg]

This past summer I went to our vacation home and did my grocery shopping. Bought milk, and all the other goodies. When i went to leave there was still milk left in the container, and my parents were going to use the place in a few days, so I left it in there for them. They never went down. 3 or 4 weeks later I went down again, and the milk didn't smell, so i used it:blink:.(It did have a plastic screw cap and not the cardboard style, in my defense)

That is gag-freakin'-city. uke:

 

[Grassi21]

This past summer I went to our vacation home and did my grocery shopping. Bought milk, and all the other goodies. When i went to leave there was still milk left in the container, and my parents were going to use the place in a few days, so I left it in there for them. They never went down. 3 or 4 weeks later I went down again, and the milk didn't smell, so i used it:blink:.(It did have a plastic screw cap and not the cardboard style, in my defense)

You are a better man than I.

 

[deadheadskier]

That is gag-freakin'-city. uke:

agreed

yikes

 

[severine]

This past summer I went to our vacation home and did my grocery shopping. Bought milk, and all the other goodies. When i went to leave there was still milk left in the container, and my parents were going to use the place in a few days, so I left it in there for them. They never went down. 3 or 4 weeks later I went down again, and the milk didn't smell, so i used it:blink:.(It did have a plastic screw cap and not the cardboard style, in my defense)

If it was ultra-pasteurized, it probably was okay. There is shelf-stable milk that is good for months because of that. Then again, you're drinking dead milk. uke: I'll take the raw milk any day...

 

[Hawkshot99]

If it was ultra-pasteurized, it probably was okay. There is shelf-stable milk that is good for months because of that..

Nope nothing special milk. The cheap stuff from the grocery store.


I have a real good imune system:lol:

 

[Paul]

Nope nothing special milk. The cheap stuff from the grocery store.


I have a real good imune system:lol:

Not any more, you don't.

 

[drjeff]

I have a real good imune system:lol:

That was going to be my comment, have faith in your immune system!

 

[drjeff]

Let's take it to the next level now....... The egg salad that's been sitting on the picnic table all day when it's 90 degrees out

Me - uke:

 

[Hawkshot99]

Let's take it to the next level now....... The egg salad that's been sitting on the picnic table all day when it's 90 degrees out

Me - uke:

Well I find fresh egg salad nasty, so I would pass.

 

[Marc]

I love botulism on my egg salad.

On a related note, I can trust my nose well enough to tell me when the enzymes and wrong bacteria have started converting the milk to funky cheese. The date isn't accurate enough for me (or maybe because I'm cheap). If it doesn't smell, it will go down well. And you can quote me on that.


By the way, dhs, cows being milked is pretty gross.

Also, for everyone's edification, buy the cheapest brand of milk out there... or Hood. There are only two coop's left in New England that sell milk... Hood, who brands their own, and Cabot/Agrimark, who labels for whomever. So if you're buying anything but Hood, your milk is coming from all over. Hood doesn't have any really difference in quality standards or anything either, but they do have opaque bottles, for whatever that's worth to you.

 

[ctenidae]

Potato Salad (and egg salad) becomes lethal 90 minutes after it's made.
Gets tastier, too.

 

[Marc]

Of course. Another quotable: Death tastes delicious.

 

[ctenidae]

Of course. Another quotable: Death tastes delicious.

Particularly with a side of pain and suffering.

 

[drjeff]

If it doesn't smell, it will go down well. .

I have no clue what you type after this Marc as I was laughing so hard over this line! Gotta love when my pre-teen male side comes out!

 

[drjeff]

Of course. Another quotable: Death tastes delicious.

Then, roadkill yes or no???

Me, I guess if I took out a Deer, I'd actually give it some thought! Now, if one of the Buffaloes that are being raised at a farm by my house(I'm being serious here) got out, and I SURVIVED the crash, then, I'm firing up the grill for some good eating Bison steaks!

 

[snoseek]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

 

[ckofer]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

And that's why dogs can drink out of toilets and live.