Stephenson Family Ties

All sorrows are less with bread.
from: Don Quixote
by: Cervantes 1605

Food Spoilage Rules

What to throw-out and what to save!

*DAIRY PRODUCTS:

* Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt.

* Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese.

* Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese.

* Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can't get any more spoiled than it is already.

* Cheddar cheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese but you realize you've never purchased that kind.

*MAYONNAISE:

* If it makes you violently ill after you eat it, the mayonnaise is spoiled.

*FLOUR:

* Flour is spoiled when it wiggles.

*SALT:

* It never spoils.

*CEREAL:

* It is generally a good rule of thumb that cereal should be discarded when it is two years or longer beyond the expiration date.

*LETTUCE:

* Bibb lettuce is spoiled when you can't get it off the bottom of the vegetable crisper without Comet.

* Romaine lettuce is spoiled when it turns liquid.

*CANNED GOODS:

* Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a softball should be disposed of. Carefully.

*CARROTS:

* A carrot that you can tie a clove hitch in is not fresh.

*RAISINS:

* Raisins should not be harder than your teeth.

*POTATOES:

* Fresh potatoes do not have roots, branches, or dense, leafy undergrowth.

*CHIP DIP:

* If you can take it out of its container and bounce it on the floor, it has gone bad.

*EMPTY CONTAINERS:

* Putting empty containers back into the refrigerator is an old trick, but it only works if you live with someone or have a maid.

*UNMARKED ITEMS:

* You know it is well beyond prime when you're tempted to discard the Tupperware along with the food.

* Generally speaking, Tupperware containers should not burp when you open them.

* GENERAL RULE OF THUMB:

* Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster.

§ Keep a hamster in or nearby your refrigerator to gauge this.




(thanks pam!!!)