*hangs head in shame*
Last week I cleaned out my kitchen cupboards and I found lots of out of date food.
And by out of date, I mean REALLY out of date – Just look at this….
This went out of date in June 2009 – over four years ago.
This was the most out of date thing that I found but there were lots of other things that were at least a couple of years out of date – all of which were binned by Mr Frugal who came in to the kitchen half way through the task to find me sitting in the middle of the floor surrounded in everything from tinned peaches to cider vinegar. He won’t eat anything even one day past it’s used by date so he binned everything, even the things that just had a best before date which I would have been happy to eat if they weren’t too far past!
It’s an argument discussion we have regularly as there’s been many times when he’s thrown out half a loaf of bread that’s past his best before date even though it would have been perfectly fine to eat.
It annoys me because I know there’s a difference between ‘Use By’ dates, I wouldn’t ever eat anything that’s past the used by date for health and safety reasons but best before dates are OK as long as you use your common sense!
So even though I’m sure the sachet of Ainsley Harriet cous cous would have been fine to eat and the bottle of cider vinegar would have been fine to cook with (if I had a clue what to use it for), they went in the bin.
How frustrating is that when I’m usually so careful with using up leftovers and not wasting food!
What about you though – would you eat food that was out of date or is it straight in the bin if anything does ever go past the sell by date?
And to show you just how long ago 2009 was, look at the difference a few years brings….
actuallymummy 74p · 591 weeks ago
Cass@FrugalFamily 96p · 589 weeks ago
OH is so annoying, he eats more out of date food than he thinks though but that's our secret!
Jayne · 591 weeks ago
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Rebecca · 591 weeks ago
Best Before, that's fine too, I always use things that are past their BB date.
My dad gave us a pizza that was Use By: Yesterday, and I was going to make it for dinner, but he threw it away!
Cass@FrugalFamily 96p · 589 weeks ago
Livesey girl · 591 weeks ago
Cass@FrugalFamily 96p · 589 weeks ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one with the dodgy kitchen cupboard secrets ;-)
jessi17christian 2p · 591 weeks ago
This post has really helped me make a mental note of always checking out the dates :p
Love
Jessica x
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