Comments on: The Expiration Date http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:31:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Debbie http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-56746 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:35:06 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-56746 I just found a two-pack of my favorite peanut butter hidden on a shelf in my garage where I keep emergency food, (pantry overstock). I had to drive 25 miles because the local store I was buying it at no longer carried it. I just looked at the expiration date and it expired 2 years ago...yup, it taste great! I agree with the yogurt though, some things you just can't chance. I just found a two-pack of my favorite peanut butter hidden on a shelf in my garage where I keep emergency food, (pantry overstock). I had to drive 25 miles because the local store I was buying it at no longer carried it. I just looked at the expiration date and it expired 2 years ago…yup, it taste great! I agree with the yogurt though, some things you just can’t chance.

]]> by: Karlie http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-46747 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:58:01 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-46747 I cannot eat anything without checking the expiration date first! The other day, a friend of mine repulsed me by eating TWO YEAR old Easy Mac after she had checked the expiration date. It wasn't until about four bites that she finally threw it out.. I cannot eat anything without checking the expiration date first! The other day, a friend of mine repulsed me by eating TWO YEAR old Easy Mac after she had checked the expiration date. It wasn’t until about four bites that she finally threw it out..

]]> by: Tina Anderson http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-45234 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:09:38 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-45234 How is that even an argument? No sane person would eat food that has been expired for a few months, let alone years! I can\'t believe there are actually people willing to eat that type of stuff. You were totally justified in flipping out on her. How is that even an argument? No sane person would eat food that has been expired for a few months, let alone years! I can\’t believe there are actually people willing to eat that type of stuff. You were totally justified in flipping out on her.

]]> by: Beverly Lucey http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-12633 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:34:48 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-12633 Then there\'s the other issue of food that doesn\'t expire for years. That\'s just wrong, in the cosmic sense. My grandmother used to think that Velveeta was an American Miracle Food. Good forever. What a great country, she thought, to have food that lasted. Me? I look at the yogurt dates and get timid a few days before the date. After all, how could it be good one day and expired the next. Thanks. Living with other people is not easy. Living with people you don\'t love is a recipe with all the wrong ingredients. Then there\’s the other issue of food that doesn\’t expire for years. That\’s just wrong, in the cosmic sense. My grandmother used to think that Velveeta was an American Miracle Food. Good forever. What a great country, she thought, to have food that lasted.

Me? I look at the yogurt dates and get timid a few days before the date. After all, how could it be good one day and expired the next.

Thanks. Living with other people is not easy. Living with people you don\’t love is a recipe with all the wrong ingredients.

]]> by: Lia http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-5412 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:52:48 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-5412 Still tittering, I had to check my fridge. Lo and behold, there were several questionable items. Cheese had gone green around the edges. Leftovers sagged in the back bottom corners and some veggies were unidentifiable. (Is that a zucchini or a cucumber? I can't tell with all those spots...) This story was not only enjoyable to read and well-written but a minor motivational miracle. Thanks! Still tittering, I had to check my fridge. Lo and behold, there were several questionable items.
Cheese had gone green around the edges. Leftovers sagged in the back bottom corners and some veggies were unidentifiable. (Is that a zucchini or a cucumber? I can’t tell with all those spots…)

This story was not only enjoyable to read and well-written but a minor motivational miracle.
Thanks!

]]> by: Osofoaddo http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-4913 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:49:52 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-4913 Funny and I enjoyed your work. I have known a great many roommates like yours . Thanks for sharing. Funny and I enjoyed your work. I have known a great many roommates like yours . Thanks for sharing.

]]> by: emma http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-4899 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:51:45 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/03/20/the-expiration-date/#comment-4899 I have to smile. I, as I'm sure most people will, see some of themselves in the two of you. A balance if you will. At least you can laugh at yourself. Good story. I have to smile. I, as I’m sure most people will, see some of themselves in the two of you. A balance if you will. At least you can laugh at yourself. Good story.

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