i just cleaned out my pantry

[rae121452]

so, what's the opinion on 'use by' dates? i had shit that expired in 2014, i didn't mind pitching it. but i also have canned goods and sealed packages that expired in 2020. would it be low class to put the stuff in the free food pantry shelves about a mile from my house? if the canned goods are sealed and the other packages are sealed, they should be still edible. food is food.

 

[DeluxAuto]

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[silver gurl]

Don’t bother donating it. If it’s expired, they toss it.

 

[ryan8558]

What she said.

 

[rae121452]

Don’t bother donating it. If it’s expired, they toss it.

the place i'm thinking of isn't a regulated 'food pantry' food pantry. it's a place where people can drop things off, it's pretty much an unregulated outdoor shed. it has a sign that says 'take what you need, leave what you can'. would it be tacky to erase the expiration dates?

 

[thør]

Why not just eat it yourself?

If you won't eat it, how can you expect someone else to?

 

[butters]

the place i'm thinking of isn't a regulated 'food pantry' food pantry. it's a place where people can drop things off, it's pretty much an unregulated outdoor shed. it has a sign that says 'take what you need, leave what you can'. would it be tacky to erase the expiration dates?

some food might keep well if stored right, some goes off regardless and can be dangerous.
do not erase the dates.
are these expiration dates or best by/sell by? if expiration dates, not sure it would be a kindness to leave them. i do understand your concerns, though, and have eaten stuff myself past the expiration date that, when opened, smelled and tasted fine and still did when thoroughly heated.

maybe there's someone you can speak to who frequents the shed who might be willing to take them and see for themselves if they're ok? be clear about the date thing, though

 

[rae121452]

Why not just eat it yourself?

If you won't eat it, how can you expect someone else to?

it's stuff that i literally won't eat, like boxes of teabags that i didn't like the flavor of but each is individually sealed. things like jars of corn relish that i bought 2 of, ate one and have no desire for the other. cans of vegetables like sliced potatoes that i bought to put in a pot of soup recipe and then never made.

i think i'll just pitch anything with a date.

 

[pecksniff]

If there's no legible year in the use date, it's good forever.

 

[pecksniff]

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/7e/yogurt.png

I am firmly of the opinion that if something doesn't have a year on it, every time the expiration date rolls around it is good again for the two weeks preceding that date.

 

[rae121452]

Why not just eat it yourself?

If you won't eat it, how can you expect someone else to?

i'm taking your advice. tomorrow i'm making a mega-pot of stone soup that i'll probably be eating for the rest of the week.

 

[thør]

i'm taking your advice. tomorrow i'm making a mega-pot of stone soup that i'll probably be eating for the rest of the week.

I hope it's good. Don't use any bulged or damaged cans.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I have a container of fully cooked turkey meat in the freezer, saved from a past work holiday spread at the office from when I worked on either a Thanksgiving or Christmas day. When I say "past" I mean "capital P" past, like I can't exactly remember when I froze it. My usual practice when working holidays and them feeding us grunts is me taking two grocery bags of containers and loading up as much grub as I could carry for the ultimate doggy bags to truck home at shift's end. They kept me in dinner and lunch meals for a whole week, sometimes even close to two if I froze the meats extras I couldn't fridge past three days and got to using them.

Well, that particular one I never got around to using and I kept putting it off. Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, months turned to years. It is basically in endless cryogenic sleep right now like a lifeboated Ripley in Aliens with a layer of permafrost in the container so thick I can barely see the meat thru the lid.

Every now and then when I'm bereft of meats to use for a meal, I keep considering thawing it out to use it but...this is really ain't the right time to test a hospital visit for the best and probably last impromptu colon cleanse I'll ever have!

 

[thør]

I have a container of fully cooked turkey meat in the freezer, saved from a past work holiday spread at the office from when I worked on either a Thanksgiving or Christmas day. When I say "past" I mean "capital P" past, like I can't exactly remember when I froze it. My usual practice when working holidays and them feeding us grunts is me taking two grocery bags of containers and loading up as much grub as I could carry for the ultimate doggy bags to truck home at shift's end. They kept me in dinner and lunch meals for a whole week, sometimes even close to two if I froze the meats extras I couldn't fridge past three days and got to using them.

Well, that particular one I never got around to using and I kept putting it off. Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, months turned to years. It is basically in endless cryogenic sleep right now like a lifeboated Ripley in Aliens with a layer of permafrost in the container so thick I can barely see the meat thru the lid.

Every now and then when I'm bereft of meats to use for a meal, I keep considering thawing it out to use it but...this is really ain't the right time to test a hospital visit for the best and probably last impromptu colon cleanse I'll ever have!

In the freezer? If anything, it might be dried out due to freezerburn and won't taste right, but it shouldn't be harmful. I know Dale who's eaten much older meat that was frozen.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

In the freezer? If anything, it might be dried out due to freezerburn and won't taste right, but it shouldn't be harmful. I know Dale who's eaten much older meat that was frozen.

Huh. Now that's a dinner story!

Yeah, I figure freezerburn is a definite at this point, but I have no problem in spicing and saucing it up. To be honest, most meats from buffet table catering services are about as basic tasting as you can get, so even unfrozen and scooped hot from pot to plate, it wasn't the greatest. Being hungry made it taste better than it actually did. Plus, I always brought in the hot sauces to kick it up a notch.

 

[thør]

The secret is in the sauce.....

 

[Earthlyone]

I know Dale who's eaten much older meat

Don't talk about "eating meat" on a porn board.