That Stuff Could Possibly Kill a Person!
@Corbin5 (115753)
United States
December 19, 2017 11:34am CST
I never wanted to learn to cook or bake, I do not like to cook or bake, and I will definitely avoid cooking and baking whenever I can.
I do not use spices in or on my food. For me, it is just a bit of salt and NEVER pepper!
My husband likes to cook. He likes to bake too.
My husband has a wide variety of spices and bottles of this, that, and the other to use in his creations.
I do love to organize, though.
I decided to organize my husband's bottles of spices, grated stuff, powders, herbs, and all that jazz.
I happened to look at the expiration date on a container of grated Parmesan cheese. Hmmm, "SELL BY 02/16/04."
I would think a 14-year-old container of grated Parmesan cheese could kill a person if ingested.
I did toss a few more of those bottles that had expired, but the winner of the past-the-expiration-date goes to the grated Parmesan cheese.
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@JohnRoberts (62890)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Dec
Now that was some aged cheese.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (26002)
• Pamplona, Spain
30 Dec
I love to make stew even in the summer its a great comforter to put in all the good fresh veggies I can find with a teeny bit of chicken to go with it.
I would never make it to be a "Master Chef" but who cares?
I love what I cook although its not that much.
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@Corbin5 (115753)
• United States
19 Dec
@sallypup I have really cut back on sugar. I have discovered that sugar is my enemy. I was waking at 4 a.m. every morning due to eating something with sugar at night. Switched to a handful of nuts, for protein before bed, and now I sleep until 7:15 a.m., the time I want to wake up.
Salt is a problem for many of us, and I really go light when I add a bit of salt. I developed kidney disease at age 5, so low-salt is the way I go. If my kidneys flair up, which has only happened 3 times since age 5, it is no-salt until they up and working again.
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@WendySpickerman (966)
• United States
19 Dec
I'm with you on that! Toss it! I like to keep everything fresh. I squeeze bread at the store because soft bread is fresh, and hard loafs are not. I smell the tomatoes, if they don't smell like they are coming right off the vine I won't buy them and a firm tomato will last longer too. I'm the same with medicine expiration dates, perfumes, and shampoos.
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@nanette64 (17934)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Dec
See what I mean about 'stuff' being treated with God only knows what @Corbin5 ? It was probably still good.
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@nanette64 (17934)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Dec
@Corbin5 well now see? We don't have to worry about being embalmed.
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@misunderstood_zombie (3728)
• United States
19 Dec
Your husband loves to cook, bake and shop, what a good guy. I'm glad you caught the date on that.
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@misunderstood_zombie (3728)
• United States
19 Dec
@Corbin5 That date is really scary. I think I'll go check ours.
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@PainsOnSlate (20519)
• Canada
19 Dec
I had no idea you didn't cook, my husband is the chef in my house too but he checks dates and tosses anything that is out of date. I like to bake and will be doing cookies for our kids for Christmas. Our Parmesan doesn't last a year, pasta is a favorite in my house. 14 years is about 13 years too late...
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@Corbin5 (115753)
• United States
19 Dec
I agree. 14-year-old grated Parmesan is definitely meant for the garbage can. I can cook, which I had to do when our son was growing up, but it was meat, potato, and vegetable cooking. Our son grew to be 6'1" which is giant-status in our family, so my cooking must have worked for him.
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@PainsOnSlate (20519)
• Canada
19 Dec
@Corbin5 I’m just like you, when the kids were young, I cooked, if he was around ( he was a football coach) he cooked not because I couldn’t cook, but he liked to play in the kitchen...since retired, I let him do whatever he wants in the kitchen, as long as I don’t have to cook for the masses...
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@Corbin5 (115753)
• United States
19 Dec
@PainsOnSlate We are fortunate that they cook. He enjoys it and is also retired. I just do not have the patience for it and want to do other things..
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@DesirousDreamer (24031)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Dec
If it was any other spice I would have thought that was gross but cheese grows with age unless it is exposed to moisture, other than that it cannot really hurt anyone because in reality...cheese is already spoiled milk. Haha!
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@DesirousDreamer (24031)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Dec
@Corbin5 Whatever makes you feel safe!
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@enlightenedpsych2 (30637)
• United States
19 Dec
Unless there is a scent of 'mold' in the cheese, Parmesan is a very resilient hard cheese that can stay in a container for years as it does not continue aging in the container just attracting moisture if it can . . .
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@Corbin5 (115753)
• United States
19 Dec
Well, I did not have the courage to sniff it, and I just tossed it.
@enlightenedpsych2 (30637)
• United States
20 Dec
@Corbin5 aw such cheesy abuse ! hee hee
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@alberello75 (18662)
• Genova, Italy
19 Dec
For what reason, do you keep packs expired long ago?
I think, you're still lucky to have a husband who cooks. Not like my father!
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@alberello75 (18662)
• Genova, Italy
20 Dec
@Corbin5 On the contrary, my mother is cooking in my house. My father is not suitable for preparing lunch!
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@Courtlynn (55163)
• United States
19 Dec
Ew. Lol. We stopped using all but pepper, salt and garlic salt last year. But forgot to throw out the other spices. So this Summer we went to throw them and two had 2014 on them 
. Not as bad as 04 but boy..
. Not as bad as 04 but boy..2 people like this
@howardwilson (36)
•
20 Dec
thats dangerous its good that u alread notice the expiration date
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