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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What if I'm both? I know expiration dates aren't literally when the thing instantly stops being edible, but if the date is from months ago, I know it's probably not worth it, except for maybe canned/frozen food.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I believe in expiration dates, my dogs do not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A lot of food doesn't even have an expiration date. It's more common on a lot of foods to have a sell by date, which is not the same thing as an expiration date, and some foods are even just labelled with a packaged date, which is hopefully always in the past. Otherwise you've got bigger problems than spoiled food. MREs are especially notorious for this.

That being said though, I'm still usually the one throwing food out. At some point you just have to admit you're not going to eat it, and no one wants your dubious opened packages or half eaten leftovers. It's just gonna have to go eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I was germophobic my entire life up until like a year or two ago where I kinda got over it and stopped giving a shit, but I'm still incredibly paranoid about food expiration, even when the best before day hasn't been reached as is 1-2 days away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What if neither of you believe in expiration dates but one of you think it turned and the other doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

These do not sound like mutually exclusive perspectives. Why not both?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is no "expired", only "improperly fermented". Sure, it could be very bad, but then you should've paid attention to it in advance, respect the nutrient and all living things who brought it about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could you explain your suggestion that there's a correlation between one's subjective awareness of a food item's nutritional content and it's objective fitness for human consumption over time? These things seem entirely unrelated to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

There is nothing subjective here, it's knowledge of biochemistry and manufacturers use of good practices. Of cousre, this is impossible on large scale production, yet you could be sure that your local milk providers milk will just become something else upon curdling, and your local butchery vacuum sealed bags are as clean from pathogens as their line and are good far beyond expiration date, but will change. And that things were stored correctly and are not blooming with thermophiles inside. I do not mean nutritional content, I only address industrial labeling and its purpose. And things that could not possibly be regulated, and have to rely on community (in many forms, from "lets love each other" to "I will break your face if you burn me, pal"). Eating expired stuff is an act of trust, whether it is trust to chance and supernatural, or trust of community that builds cultural value, is a whole different question.

Then you can always inoculate food yourself before expiration, but then it counts as cooking I guess.

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