Experation dates!

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Registered: 03-08-2005
Experation dates!
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Wed, 10-21-2009 - 11:25am

Ok here are my questions!


1. When grocery shopping do you check the expiration dates on stuff??


2. Will you buy and use things that are close to the expiration date??


3. What will you not buy or use near the expiration date?


4. What other ways do you use to tell when stuff is fresh?


5. What is something you believe you can use beyond the expiration date?


Bonus! Name one item with an expiration date. Lets try to keep this going...only one at a time. you will be surprised what has dates on it!

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Registered: 03-08-2005
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 12:01pm
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Registered: 02-07-2001
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 12:10pm

1. When grocery shopping do you check the expiration dates on stuff??

-> Always

2. Will you buy and use things that are close to the expiration date??

-> Occasionally and it depends on the item.

3. What will you not buy or use near the expiration date?

-> Dairy products

4. What other ways do you use to tell when stuff is fresh?

-> Buy the look, feel and smell, especially when it comes to produce.

5. What is something you believe you can use beyond the expiration date?

-> Some canned goods and a few medicines are okay for a little while. Bread you can always freeze to freshen up.

Bonus! Name one item with an expiration date.

-> My life, but I'm still trying to find where the date is stamped. ;-)

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Registered: 03-08-2005
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 12:24pm

Dairy expiration date are big for me too.


LOL on your experation date. not sure i would want to know where to look LOL!


we freeze a lot of bread here too. Can good are good on the shelf for quite some time. i wonder what they say is a safe amout of time to keep them.

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Registered: 12-12-1997
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 2:00pm

1. When grocery shopping do you check the expiration dates on stuff?? - Most of the time, I do.


2. Will you buy and use things that are close to the expiration date?? - If I'm going to use it quickly, I will.


3. What will you not buy or use near the expiration date? - Medicine. By the time I'd use it up, it would probably be expired.


4. What other ways do you use to tell when stuff is fresh? - I look at it, or smell it if I can. Color will tell you a lot, as will the condition of the can.


5. What is something you believe you can use beyond the expiration date? - Not much, but if I freeze something before the expiration date, then I don't pay attention to the date. Or sometimes it has a "use by" date, and then I can go a few days past it.


Bonus! Name one item with an expiration date. Lets try to keep this going...only one at a time. you will be surprised what has dates on it! - Antacids





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Registered: 01-18-2003
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 2:36pm

1. When grocery shopping do you check the expiration dates on stuff??...Yes but I do forget sometimes


2. Will you buy and use things that are close to the expiration date??.....Not usually...would depend on what it is


3. What will you not buy or use near the expiration date?...dairy products


4. What other ways do you use to tell when stuff is fresh?...the way it looks and/or smells


5. What is something you believe you can use beyond the expiration date?....Toothpaste:-)


Bonus! Name one item with an expiration date. Lets try to keep this going...only one at a time. you will be surprised what has dates on it....Deodorant

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Registered: 03-14-2007
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 11:12pm

1. When grocery shopping do you check the expiration dates on stuff?? Always on refrigerated items, sometimes on other items. I always take from the back of the stash though in hopes that they have been rotated.


2. Will you buy and use things that are close to the expiration date?? Only if I know I'll use them up fast.


3. What will you not buy or use near the expiration date? I won't buy dairy close to the ex date or meat. I'll use anything over the ex date though, except for meat,


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Thu, 10-22-2009 - 12:58am

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Registered: 09-12-2003
Thu, 10-22-2009 - 6:12am
Oh I so appreciate these questions today
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2005
Thu, 10-22-2009 - 1:32pm

Aren't deep frezers wonderful?? We need a second one here. i want uprights. In the next few years we will get rid of the chest freezer. getting harder to bend into it.


Ya i was in the medican cabnet the other day and could not believe all that had gone bad. Toss time!

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Registered: 03-08-2005
Thu, 10-22-2009 - 1:37pm

wo tooth paste and deodorantr...i never would have guessed those!


I am very leary of dairy products due dates. Thomas co worker bought chocolate milk to drink as they drove. just started going and he too a gulp! Brakes the door flew open and the threw up!th jug followed. the date was so far past that it came out in chunks! so gross! We also go frozen milk that had been thawed. Tier were flakes of fat in a water mess. The store would not take them back...we were mad!

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