You see them on almost everything – some say “Best By:” and some simply list an expiration date. The thing that’s confusing is that some “Best By” dates are so wrong because the product is never even good, much less the best. And, some expirations really have little or no meaning, you can use the product for an indeterminate length of time after that date.
Then you have BEER. I guess their expiration date really explains that the product will expire on that date. As I was enjoying a bottle of a well known brew with my burrito recently, I found this to be true. I poured the second helping into my glass and saw some thick brown thing enter the glass and sink to the bottom. YUK. Didn’t drink any more of that – I guess I will discard the few bottles I have left that have expired.
This was in the wake of the newest type of a famous brand of peanut butter which boasts on the label that it ‘NEVER NEEDS STIRRING’. They were right. I don’t stir it. I simply pour the accumulated oil off the top whenever I want some peanut butter.
And, the Fresh Red Strawberries. Looking great in the container. Only when you get it home and empty it to wash them do you see that all the hidden areas are WHITE – in other words – NOT RIPE.
May become a hermit and grown my own potatoes.