Expiration Dates?

[Kevy Baby]

In a previous job, I used to travel a lot. I collected the hotel soaps/shampoos/etc. and donated them to the Women's shelter.

[MouseWife]

Alex & Kevy Baby, both great ideas! Thanks!!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Now I've been seeing the ridiculous ice cream thing. 1.75 qt., not EVEN a 1/2 gallon, being replaced with 1.5 qt. containers, sitting in the freezer next to each other, at the same price! This sort of "maybe the customer won't notice" bullsh!t drives me crazy.

Oh, and I bought some "manager's special" prepared hot wings last night that had already turned bad. I called the store and will take them back.

[BarTopDancer]

I've been hearing a lot of complaints about the size of the ice cream containers. Since I normally buy pints I haven't noticed (and last time I bought them they were still pints).

[JWBear]

Ice cream is so not on my diet... <sigh>

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Eggs last forever.

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I'm also convinced that the egg candler of old has been replaced by an egg tapper. I'm finding more cracked eggs than ever when I check a carton.

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Among the couple of things I know, food storage is right up there.

Good, let me "Tap" (Sorry SL) your knowledge then...

Every now and then, I get an egg (or two) that has a milkiness about it - yolk looks fine, albumen has gone cloudy.

I have been throwing these eggs out - are they OK ?

The eggs are usually from my Lite N Easy delivery - which has some CO2 blocks in with it to keep it all cold. Could this be what's making the eggs go milky ?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Could be. I'm sure they're fine.

Rotten eggs are hard to miss.

[lashbear]

Never mind - It's the Co2 doing it !! I found this:

Cloudy whites
This condition is noticeable in freshly laid or oil-treated fresh eggs. It is caused by the naturally occurring carbon dioxide. As the egg ages and this gas escapes, the white becomes clearer. The quality and flavor of eggs with cloudy whites is excellent.

from http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res04-consumer.html

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, the ice cream thing is ridiculous.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Oh, I am cheap. I have a bag full of shampoos and stuff from hotels that I toss in the bag for when a hotel doesn't have enough or when the kids spend the night somewhere. I don't think I'll ever use them up but I still have them.

No, you use them for sensible things. Now, my millionaire in-laws are the epitome of cheap - they collect them to use them so they don't have to buy their own soap or shampoo. Seriously. They also save flimsy plastic deli containers because they're too cheap to buy just even one piece of long-term Tupperware.

And, my ex-husband never allowed me to buy a pack of straws (50-cents for 100 at the time). He said we could wash and save them from our occasional fast food drinks.

And, to top off the cheapness - my father bought a carton of OJ at the store and carried it in with us to iHop during one of our trips to DL when I was a kid, because he didn't want to pay the extra bit for a carafe. He even asked them for empty glasses.