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I sniff it, look at it, even poke at it with clean hands.
If it passes all those tests, I'll eat it.
I have a question though. I've heard that large families have a hard time keeping in stock of food, not having to worry that it goes bad. Like...4 kids, go through a gallon a day, So one buys a few gallons and once, but in a few days, it's all gone and you have to buy more. How are you having to worry about dates?
Two teenagers go through a gallon a day here. A whole jar of peanut butter, whole loaf of bread... I could go on.
I do the smell, sight test on most items in the frig. Some leftovers I will only leave a few days, depending on what it is. If I have to scrape, it's history. Pantry items I only buy what we use, so no problems there. Now with the smaller frig in the RV, I need to learn to not buy so much at one time, but I am cleaning it out every few days, or when I run out of plastic containers...
I've bought turkey breast from a deli. Looked fine, smelled fine, but it had a slimy feel to it. In only two days, it had gone bad.
Two teenagers go through a gallon a day here. A whole jar of peanut butter, whole loaf of bread... I could go on.
I have three teenagers, so I know this reality! I can't keep food in the house, especially my oldest two boys...17 and 16. My 13 year old hasn't started his growth spurt...but my older ones have a bottomless pit in their stomach...cereal, bread, peanutbutter, milk...you name it....G..O...N....E!
I rarely toss food, very little food waste in our home.
Ill cut around a questionable part of a pepper, potato etc.
Bread, OJ, Soymilk etc. really does not go bad here as I think I have finally perfected the right amount of packaged foods to have in the house at a time.
mostly when it is fuzzy and it isn't supposed to be, when it is hard and it is supposed to be soft, when it is soft and it is supposed to be hard..........or when I need the room for something better
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