I wouldn't eat it, but I'm always extremely paranoid about any food.
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Would you eat it?
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Same here. I know bread is good for a few days afterwards, but sometimes I'm like "nope!"
Now I'm beginning to wonder how many dinners were made with expired things! Although I dont eat much dinner here because nothing is really that great IMO (A LOT different from things I used to eat while living w/ my parents) - and there rarely is anything made or left by the time we get home at 7:30-8, unless I pop something in the oven. But the times I did, eek!
I've had off-milk before and that was enough for me to live by expiration dates. My mom was also one who'd only keep something a couple days past. My dad would eat anything, no matter how long its been around! Must have an iron stomach!
His mom will drink old milk w/o a problem, I dunno about that!
A YEAR???!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? How do they keep them from spoiling? What do the chickens think of this?
I'm obsessive about expiration dates, so I vote a definite "NO". I have some yogurt in my fridge that's meant to expire on the 31st and I'm feeling a bit doubtful about it. I mean, I know it's wasteful for me to avoid eating it a good 4 days before the date, but I'm worried.
I watch dates like a hawk when I'm buying. Once I have it home, I rely more on my own senses. If it looks off, pitch. If it smells off, pitch. If it feels off, pitch. If it gets past those tests and then tastes off, pitch. When in doubt, pitch. There's no point getting sick.
That said, there are lots of things that can go looooooooooong times past their sell by date and still be absolutely fine. Mustard would be one of those. As someone mentioned, the ingredients are water, vinegar, mustard, maybe some wine, maybe some other seasonings -- what's to go bad? If you open the jar and it's moldy, fine, pitch it. Other than that it should be just fine.
That said, there are lots of things that can go looooooooooong times past their sell by date and still be absolutely fine. Mustard would be one of those. As someone mentioned, the ingredients are water, vinegar, mustard, maybe some wine, maybe some other seasonings -- what's to go bad? If you open the jar and it's moldy, fine, pitch it. Other than that it should be just fine.
No dang way. I won't eat anything past it's expiration date. That's just asking for trouble.
Eggs usually last quite awhile past their date. If they don't smell funny I'll eat em' That kinda goes against my previous reply but eggs must be my exception.Originally Posted by menasmom
what about eggs? I have a half dozen eggs with an expiration date of 8/28 and I wanted to hard boil them...
Oh *ell, if it doesn't 'look' funny, smell funny or anything I ALWAYS eat it. I've eaten canned soups and sauces and packaged pastas and bottled seasonings that were 2, 3, 4 yrs past expiration without any ill effects!! It's another matter entirely with fresh milk or eggs or cheese or packaged lunch meats etc. and other fresh refrigerated foods that have obviously deteriorated or grown mold or goten smelly. I HATE throwing away food!!
It's mustard! It's fine! Now if it had fur....that's another story. Like others have said, there isn't too much that will go bad in it. Eventually it will mold....then it's bad.
The last eggs I bought I looked for a date on them... didn't see one at all!
That must be why my milk barely makes it. If I get down to 1/4 gallon left, and I buy a new gallon..... I throw the old one out. Even if it hasn't hit it's date yet, but it must be because it is in the door. Why do they make the milk place in the door if that is not where you are supposed to put it? I think someone had told me that before too.
I just recently learned that eggs actually had an expiration date. I have had them in my fridge for MONTHS and eaten them. I would say maybe even up to 6 months and they were fine!Originally Posted by menasmom
what about eggs? I have a half dozen eggs with an expiration date of 8/28 and I wanted to hard boil them...
I wouldn't. I am very paranoid when it comes to my food.
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No, I wouldn't!
Get a new bottle and toss that one out!
Even if it smells and looks O.K., and I know that mustard is mainly vinegar and preserved already, I still wouldn't eat it if it was past the expiration date. But I don't really like mustard anyway.
ewwwww... no... I would not eat it
If it looked and smelled fine, i would give it a little taste if still fine then yep i would eat it. Im usually really picky with the dates and stuff to, but i KNOW that some thigns take ages and ages to go yuck cause of the ingredients in them.
Also with eggs a good way to see if they are good or not is to fill a tall glass with cold water and put the egg in it. If it sinks and stays on the bottom its still good to eat but if it floats to the top get rid of it. Cant remember how it works but as the egg goes off an air sac is made in the bottom of it making it float
So regardless of dates with eggs i always get it wet first lol.
Also with eggs a good way to see if they are good or not is to fill a tall glass with cold water and put the egg in it. If it sinks and stays on the bottom its still good to eat but if it floats to the top get rid of it. Cant remember how it works but as the egg goes off an air sac is made in the bottom of it making it float
I don't care for mustard, so I probably wouldn't eat it. I'm pretty finicky about the use-by date though, and would throw it out. My parents sound like his parents...they aren't as fussy about use-by dates as I am, and would probably use it.
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I'd eat it. Mustard is one of the few things that really doesn't go bad. It can't get rancid - it already is!
Im very weird about food and their expiration date. I wont even drink milk the day before it expires, lol call me crazy but that is just the way I am...
As long as there's nothing growing on it... it's just mustard though, it really doesn't go bad. Grocery stores have to have "sell by" dates on their food to keep the customers happy that what they're buying is "fresh."
I wouldn't eat it. I seldom eat mustard.
