The 'Why' thread?

[ebikeerwidnes]

It depends what 'it' is... I had a pack of these in the cupboard which needed using up...

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I ate 4 of them the other evening after discovering that they were over 2.5 months past their 'best before' date! (Having looked at them very carefully to see if there were any signs of mould, and also sniffing them.) They were perfectly ok.

There is a difference between
use by date
and
best before date
Best before only means they might not be at their best after that but they will probably be fine to eat
use by means there is a good chance they will have gone off after that date - they might be OK but somewhere shortly after that date they will be unsafe to eat
e.g. milk - has to be used before it goes off
tinned soup - might not taste as good as it is intended to after the specified date but has been known to last many years after its date and still be fine

 

[Dogtrousers]

It depends what 'it' is... I had a pack of these in the cupboard which needed using up...

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I ate 4 of them the other evening after discovering that they were over 2.5 months past their 'best before' date! (Having looked at them very carefully to see if there were any signs of mould, and also sniffing them.) They were perfectly ok.

A couple of years ago I bought a packet of similar wraps or tortillas or some such at Tesco in Driffield. When I opened them they were crumbly. I checked the sell by or whatever date and they were a year old. But still on the shelves.

They looked ok, no sign of mould. Just very old and crumbly and not much use. A bit like me.

 

[Salty seadog]

They're training to be a therapist.

And how does that make you feel?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why do motorists look at their phones ?

Because the chances of being caught are slim, and most of the risk of doing so is to those outside the vehicle. In short a selfish I don’t care attitude.

 

[ColinJ]

They're training to be a therapist.

WHY don't they realise that psychotherapist can also be read as psycho-the-rapist!

 

[Salty seadog]

In the spirit of the thread, Why do people put ketchup in the fridge. This is a refrigerated display in the coop in Sandwich. I put my basket down went back to the car where my Sharpie pen is and made an effort to educate the masses.

All my own work, I initialed it, went in today and it was gone.

They walk among us,

Don't give up the fight.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Why do people put ketchup in the fridge.

Why do people buy ketchup?

 

[Salty seadog]

Why do people buy ketchup?

I don't know. Ketchup's for kids.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why do people buy ketchup?

Pie and chips

 

[ColinJ]

I don't know. Ketchup's for kids.

I don't think it should be dumped on them either!

 

[cyberknight]

I don't think it should be dumped on them either!

depends if you cook kids enough they are ok with ketchup and chips

 

[Salty seadog]

I don't think it should be dumped on them either!

It'll never be dumped on my kids by dint of me not having any.

 

[mistyoptic]

depends if you cook kids enough they are ok with ketchup and chips

Can’t manage a whole one though

 

[colly]

During a recent visit to the dentist I was asked about my alcohol consumption. So I asked "whats that got to do with my teeth"?
She said "well nothing really".....so I said "in that case I decline to answer".

Falling face down when absolutely bladdered often makes a mess of the teeth.

Ahem!.....Well so I've been told.

 

[Alex321]

In the spirit of the thread, Why do people put ketchup in the fridge. This is a refrigerated display in the coop in Sandwich. I put my basket down went back to the car where my Sharpie pen is and made an effort to educate the masses.

All my own work, I initialed it, went in today and it was gone.

They walk among us,

Don't give up the fight.

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Perhaps you should tell Heinz that then.

The (small) bottle we have says "After opening, refrigerate" on it. Which is why we put ours in the fridge. BTW, it is over a year beyond it's Best Before date - we use very little of it.

Now I wouldn't expect it to be in the chilled section in the shop though - it is "after opening". And it isn't in the chilled section in our Tesco.