+194 People should stop worrying about eating food that's a day or two past the use by date. Most of the time it's actually perfectly edible and it would cut down on a lot of food wastage, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

As long as it doesn't smell rotten I'll eat it. I've eaten yogurt 6 weeks "expired" and I didn't get diarrhea and die, it tasted fine.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The other day I caught my mum about to throw away an unopened bottle of milk because it was a day "expired". Had a bit of a go at her for that..

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's just illogical. It's a //day// whoever it is that decides the expiration date isn't going to have it down to that close of a science.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Six weeks?! How was that okay?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I agree but I would feel wrong eating something that's a week past the expiration date, even if it seemed like it was good to eat.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Like colebowl said, I just go by what it looks like/smells like. A year of uni did that to me haha, buying your own food gets very expensive.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's probably a good idea, especially if you have to pay for your own food. But even though it's not logical I don't like to eat something if it's more than a few days past the expiration.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, I agree with you LittleRed. I //know// that something would be fine to eat, but I don't feel comfortable doing it so it wouldn't be the enjoyable experience that eating should be.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I was making a smoothe yesterday, and I found some lime juice. After I poured a little in the blender, I realized it said it expired in 2006. I drank it anyway.. And I'm still alive.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I just wanted to say something. Honey never expires. Ok bye.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

For some reason I just cannot stand orange juice past its due date, it tastes really weird. But anything other than that I might consider eating.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Actually yeah that's true, juice does taste really strange pretty soon after the date. I don't drink that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago