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[Systematic Chaos]

1. Hockey pucks, pies, what's the difference???

[bigwillq]

2. Yes

On most everything.

[Glassunion]

3. I constantly check for one on

my wife... But she punches me when I try to turn her over.

[Duer 157099]

4. I do

I probably shouldn't though because then I feel compelled to discard stuff that is probably ok.

[pacalo]

5. Yes & I do it as I'm shopping.

And that's because of my past experiences with outdated products. But, whoa, those pies you bought are outrageously outdated & I hope you take them back to show to the manager.

[hedgehog]

6. Mostly just salads.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. I don't. But.....

if I had bought those pies, and saw that date, I would be right back at that store with them. That really is disgusting. I will have to consider looking at more dates now. Frozen foods, canned goods, etc.---I never think about it, nor do I care. I have had canned goods or jar items for 5 years after the dates and they are still fine.

[laundry_queen]

8. I never used to

but then I had a bad experience with Kraft Dinner at my mom's. My parents don't eat it, but would keep it for the kids when we would visit. My then-husband opened up the cheese and it was RANK. Seriously rotten. The exp date was about a year past. My parents had bought it at our last visit and just kept it thinking it was a 'non-perishable'.

Now I check everything and have been known to dig for the best dates.

[TorchTheWitch]

9. yep, been doing that forever

Stores aren't always careful, and having always had to live on a tight budget I couldn't ever afford to overlook expiration dates. Any over the counter meds I REALLY scrutinize for the date. I need the meds to be within their effective date for at least a year since with most OTC meds I likely will take a long time to use it up.

Last winter I screwed up with getting a special supplement for the dog (and it was pretty expensive) that I forgot to check the date and I didn't realize until I got it home that it was FOUR years past its expiration date! This was in a specialty expensive store, and when I brought the stuff back I couldn't find what I needed that wasn't expired... and by a LONG time. I checked out stuff on the shelves and looked at dates of other things and found that about HALF the stuff was expired and by a LONG time. I'll NEVER shop their again for anything.

Come to think of it, they were supposed to special order that stuff for me but I never heard from them again and never got my money back since I had decided to let them order a new one and apply the previously paid amount to it. That dog isn't even alive anymore, so I have no need of the supplement anymore, and they still owe me that money.

Now I'm mad. I had forgotten all about that.

[MzNov]

10. yes, in the habit of checking everything

I shop at a very nice Grocery Outlet and have to be careful. Esp. with milk. Most things are good tho.

[6000eliot]

11. I don't usually, but my partner is completely anal about it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. I check EVERYTHING EDIBLE for dates.

Perfect example...pine nuts.

RIDICULOUSLY expensive, even when you buy them in bulk (but an essential ingredient in pesto and a number of other Italian dishes).

Turns out LUCKY MARKET had a little jar of them (same size but about 2/3 the height of an average spice jar).

SIX BUCKS!

And there were around 7 jars that were 3 to 4 months past their expiration date.

Pine nuts are like any other nut. They contain oil, and they can go rancid.

A local "British Foods" store had the brand of Earl Grey tea I like. All cans on the shelf were at least 6 months past the expiration date. This was loose tea in a tin, but I still wouldn't buy it. I went to Williams-Sonoma and they had teh same brand with plenty of months to spare on the date.

[undeterred]

13. Blind dates.

Its stamped on the bottom of their feet, so its kind of hard to get a look unless its a beach date, though.