Have some that expired 2/23. Seems like a waste to throw away.... what do you guys think? Anyone used any that was expired before?
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Depends on the canned product. Many items will last for many years but I found that canned evaporated milk was definitely not usable when I opened one I had found in the back of my stash that was a year out of date.
Fair enough. I still assert the actual "expiration date" concept is a complete contrivance. A thing is bad when it's bad. If you can't tell if it's bad or not, it's not bad. It's pretty simple.
I had some spaghetti sauce that was expired. I ate it and it tasted fine but it had a different look to it - kind of more glumpy. And yeah, I know that's not a word.
You wrote it. I understood what you were saying. That makes it a word. That is how language works.
Congratulations Mr. Webster.
Some days I feel like about 3% of my words are originals lol.
Flexibility is one of the beauties of English
I once served a very unpleasant box of macaroni and cheese to a displeased girlfriend thinking the expiration for that product doesn't really matter. I now pay more attention to expiration dates for dry goods.
Had the same experience with canned milk. Not so with powdered milk. It was still usable 3 years after the expiration date.