Believe Expiration Dates!

[bozo1]

...at least on boxes of bread machine mix. It only expired 2 months ago and I ended up with a hockey puck!

Waited 2 hours and 40 minutes for my Cinnamon bread.

 

[N8Magic]

Yeast is very time-sensitive.

As you found out, it doesn't do a whole lot once it has expired. :-\

 

[her209]

You mean you drink expired milk? :Q

 

[bozo1]

No but this is just a box of dry ingredients. Guess the yeast died.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: bozo1
...at least on boxes of bread machine mix. It only expired 2 months ago and I ended up with a hockey puck!

Waited 2 hours and 40 minutes for my Cinnamon bread.

How many things w/ expiration dates besides milk do your ignore?

 

[bozo1]

Not much but on a bunch of stuff i believe they exaggerate.

 

[Lithium381]

well sometimes it just has a date, and that's a sell-by-date or something

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: bozo1
Not much but on a bunch of stuff i believe they exaggerate.

Then be sure to pay very close attention to cheese! I need to have P-Touch in my kitchen

 

[Eli]

Yeah, it's beause the yeast died. It probably would have been fine, you probaby didn't store it in a "cool dry place"

Most things are so loaded with preservatives it's amazing that they go bad at all.

I only look at the expiration dates for amusement. You can tell when something is bad...

Most stores give all of their expired goods to the food banks. There is nothing wrong with it, they just can't guarentee that its fresh.

Even milk is good for 2-3 weeks passed the expiration date if it is kept near freezing.

 

[bozo1]

Course now I'm eyeing the box of Sourdough mix in my pantry that expired 11-14-2002 and wonder...

 

[WalMart1564]

well ...... did you eat it ?

 

[bozo1]

Originally posted by: WalMart1564
well ...... did you eat it ?

I tried but it was way undercooked in the middle so it tasted nasty.

 

[Cycad]

man i think I drank some bad milk a few days ago it was awful I was sick like instantly.

 

[The_Dude8]

how about contact lenses cleaning solution? do u throw it away or keep using it even it already expired?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: The_Dude8
how about contact lenses cleaning solution? do u throw it away or keep using it even it already expired?

No. That's just plain dangerous.

Again, you can tell when something isn't good anymore.