If your chicken had a "sell by Oct. 27" on it, would you use it on the 28th?

[Tiggerish]

I don't think spaghetti goes bad...but I would imagine you found plenty of things that did!

Spaghetti can get infested with little bugs, something to do with the flour in them. I've seen it, it ain't pretty. But it's wasn't as bad as the time I opened up a half-used box of Bisquick and realized that it was moving because there were maggots in there--the memory of that can still turn my stomach.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Spaghetti can get infested with little bugs, something to do with the flour in them. I've seen it, it ain't pretty. But it's wasn't as bad as the time I opened up a half-used box of Bisquick and realized that it was moving because there were maggots in there--the memory of that can still turn my stomach.

Bugs? Wouldn't they die in the boiling water? I have some Lasagna noodles that I have had for at least 4 years. Looks fine to me. Mmmm! Maybe Lasagna for supper! Anyone want to come over?

 

[Lucky]

You must have been eating at my mother in law's house. Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago, all 5 bottles of salad dressing she put out were expired. And my brother in law went in the pantry and found at least 8 more expired bottles in there. Not one bottle was current.

That sounds like my MIL. After she went into the nursing home, we cleaned out her pantry and found foods that were older than our kids. Some were even store brands from a chain that had been out of business for several years.

Mine is the same way. As I've said before she doesn't like to throw out anything. She has a large house with lots of storage space and over the years has filled it up with junk and old food. We don't eat there much anymore but when we do my wife is always checking dates and throwing stuff out when her mother isn't looking.

 

[Cesar R M]

Spaghetti can get infested with little bugs, something to do with the flour in them. I've seen it, it ain't pretty. But it's wasn't as bad as the time I opened up a half-used box of Bisquick and realized that it was moving because there were maggots in there--the memory of that can still turn my stomach.

Flour and Rice get these kind of tiny bugs too.
they do indeed die in the boiling water or during cooking like goofyernmost said.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Spaghetti can get infested with little bugs, something to do with the flour in them. I've seen it, it ain't pretty. But it's wasn't as bad as the time I opened up a half-used box of Bisquick and realized that it was moving because there were maggots in there--the memory of that can still turn my stomach.

Gross. I had no idea.

I couldn't eat Twix for years because of the time I was little and only ate one bar and put the other in the cabinet. I found it a VERY long time later and when I took it out it had bugs on it. Not a good memory.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

That's why if I need to make something with eggs I don't crack them directly over my mix, etc. I'm sure store bought eggs are fine but after many, many years of working in a restaurant there would be an occasional egg that contained a partially formed "bonus" that would be found.

 

[NYwdwfan]

That's why if I need to make something with eggs I don't crack them directly over my mix, etc. I'm sure store bought eggs are fine but after many, many years of working in a restaurant there would be an occasional egg that contained a partially formed "bonus" that would be found.

I ALWAYS crack eggs over a separate bowl. You only make that mistake ONCE.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I ALWAYS crack eggs over a separate bowl. You only make that mistake ONCE.

Amen.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Reminds me of that old joke...What's worse then finding a worm in your apple? Finding half a worm!

On a trip to WDW quite a few years back, I stopped in a store and bought one of the fruit health bars. You know like candy bars but with fruit. Genola and fruit. Anyway, I took a bite out of one and was talking to my friend when I looked down at the bar and everything was moving. All maggots. They apparently didn't effect the taste, but I didn't finish it.

 

[kfergdisney]

My sister HAS to throw everything out that is a day past expiration date no matter if it is still good or not. She wastes lots of money that way.
I love stories!
When my great aunt died last year, the family was telling stories about her and the one thing we all recalled is how she made Chicken Spaghetti every Christmas Eve. The joke was that we never knew how old it was because she always had several of them made up and put in her freezer. We swore that one year she served us one that was 10 years old. They always tasted a little strange. Probably why I would not eat Chicken Spaghetti for several years.
Another one...my cousin was housesitting for a family and she wanted me to stay with her (unfamiliar neighborhood). We were looking for something to drink and opened the fridge and not kidding, everything in there that we looked at was WELL past the expiration date. That moment when you want to throw everything away but can't...drove me nuts!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Another one...my cousin was housesitting for a family and she wanted me to stay with her (unfamiliar neighborhood). We were looking for something to drink and opened the fridge and not kidding, everything in there that we looked at was WELL past the expiration date. That moment when you want to throw everything away but can't...drove me nuts!

Funny, you wouldn't drink that, but you consumed all the koolaid those companies fed you to believe that there would be something wrong with it past the expiration date. Meats, dairy, that I can believe but the sniff test usually tells you if it's bad or not. The most you would get from a bottled item, especially sealed, would be a little bit stale.