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Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:18:55 2017 No.9330299 [Reply] [Original]

Do you pay attention to best before dates?

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:20:53 2017 No.9330304 >>9330299 >Do you pay attention to best before dates? "BEST" AIN'T NO NOUN I EVER HEARD OF!

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:21:34 2017 No.9330307 >>9330299 What did he mean by this

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:24:36 2017 No.9330319 Depends. >Canned So long as it isn't 2 years after the best-by >Milk Crapshoot. Go by smell. >anything dry 1) is it stale 2) is there mold >Meat 1-2 weeks as long as it's been in the fridge the whole time, otherwise just throw in the freezer

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:27:48 2017 No.9330329 I use them as a guideline, but usually do not discard based solely on them. For most foods it's easy to tell if it has gone bad just by inspecting it. But if it's long expired meat I'll probably just toss it without inspecting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:27:56 2017 No.9330330 Your olfactory faculties have been honed over millions of years of evolution to prevent you from poisoning yourself. take a good sniff, if it smells off, it's going to make you sick.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:29:57 2017 No.9330337 I just guess if it's gonna be bad. Only pay attention if buying new foods

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:32:16 2017 No.9330344 >>9330299 >Do you pay attention to best before dates? Only when I'm shopping. I buy the food with the longest date. Once I have the food I ignore the dates completely and use my senses to judge the food. >>9330330 This.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:56:18 2017 No.9330446 Yes but I go by smell mostly

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 21 17:58:28 2017 No.9330459 >>9330304 "Best" modifies the noun "date"