My father died of food poisoning at the age of 57. It wasn't from expired food though. He ate at a fancy restaurant that had made a shrimp salad early that morning and left it sitting out all day until he ate it at 8pm. For years I had what I call food phobia. I was scared to eat anything that was even slightly questionable. I have now gotten over my fears and just last week I pulled out chicken thighs from my freezer that had been in there a year. I ate it and I was perfectly fine. I think that food handling and preparation is a million times more important than expiration dates. Love your content!
That's so tragic. Poultry and seafood handling have to be taken seriously. My nephew had food poisoning from shrimp at a restaurant. Every time I prepare shrimp I have to assure him I thawed it in the fridge.
I am sorry for what happened to your father, however, there is no way to pinpoint what exactly he ate that caused it. Food poisoning can be from anything you ate in the past 6 weeks from infection date.
@@StephanieGrealis We know exactly what caused it. Multiple people got ill from the eating the same dish at the restaurant. After an investigation they found out that the food had been left out of the refrigerator all day. My father died within 24 hours of eating it. He was so violently ill that his heart gave out and they couldn't get him back. The restaurant settled out of court because so many people got sick from eating the same thing. Edited to add that an autopsy was done that showed the exact bacteria that killed him which is common in shrimp.
My mom was raised on a poor Texas farm and learned how to cook with what she had, and she is an excellent cook. She taught me as a child that we as Americans waste so much food by throwing it out when it is still perfectly fine to eat. If it has not changed quite drastically in color, smell, or texture it is typically safe to eat - use your senses and your common sense. Thank you for the video!
I feed all table scraps, moldy food or spoiled food to my chickens. If they don’t eat it, they’ll still scratch it around to eat the bugs that come to feast on the “compost pile.”
I can remember (right back to early childhood) my mother cutting the mouldy bits off cheese and using the good bits inside. She would taste it to make sure and carry on. She was 81 years old when she passed away and I'm 72 years old now. I still cut bits off cheese and carry on using it. My mother would also cut the crusts off bread if they had "spots" on them. Loads of other things too. She lived through WW2 here in the UK when wasting food was a criminal offence. You could be fined for it! I ignore the dates on food and use the good sense she taught me regarding what is good or not good to eat. Thank you Mum!!
During WWII women used every scrap to feed their family, not so much out of fear of the law, but because that’s all there was to eat. If you threw away a block of cheese, you could not replace it. You did without until your next ration allotment, if it was even available for purchase. The supply chain disruptions during Covid were nothing compared to the shortages during WWII, especially in Britain.
Americans freak out over a bit of mold on cheese It's a regular thing in Europe & UK. Raw milk is used instead of pasteurized and moldy cheese is a thing.. It depends on the type of cheese AND mold.. I'd share a link but not without frugal moms permission God bless you all 🕊️🕯️🤍
I buy near expired food all the time and I eat it regardless whether it has expired or not by that time. If smells good, looks good and tastes good, it’s fine!
I'm so pleased you made this video. Its so important to highlight that throwing food out is wasteful and unnecessary. People have lost confidence in their own ability to judge sensibly and are following printed numbers like drones.
Yes, unless it's meat, eggs, milk, I don't worry. Not much goes to waste with me anyway. The only thing that happens to flour, oil, pasta, is that it starts either losing its taste, or goes rancid. Rancid is just a weird, vague turpentinish taste. And nutrients tend to fade also.
Thank you. Drives me crazy when I see people who are tossing perfectly good food and don’t seem to understand the difference between best before and expired. Two days beyond the date and out it goes.
I recently went through my pantry and sorted out the dates.... we've been powering through all the "expired" stuff too! Great to see someone present to the world that it's ok!!!
Please know that all canned goods have an extra 2 years added on to the already printed date. So please don't toss anything out even after the best by date. Do you have two full years or so after.
@@marykoufalis7666 mostly... except for tomato products- i've had them eat through the can less than a year past the date...I don't trust tomatoes much past- probably about 6-8 months is all for those.
@@kristenyoung7853 indeed one must always use logic and Common Sense and be very prudent. But it's so sad to see in North America how billions of dollars get wasted every year simply because people are throwing stuff out thinking it has gone bad when it is perfectly safe to eat. And I won't even mention the obscene amount of food that grocery stores throw out every single day.
That's what I do, throw it in the freezer. Things like cheeses are fermented milk anyway, so sour cream yogurt last longer than the dates. Vitamins just weaken as they get older.
LOVE this!!! My Gen Z twins think they'll DIE if they eat expired food - regardless of the looks-good/smells-good/tastes-good test and the fact that they haven't died yet after eating a LOT of expired food in our kitchen over the years, lol.
Thanks for saying this! My grown kids are so weird about this. They must not know they ate all kinds of expired foods growing up. We had 5 kids and one income. Do what you gotta do.
The underlying issue here is to better manage our inventory. This is why I don't stock up during sales. Because that item will go on sale again, and most of us forget what we have at the back of the pantry/the bottom of the freezer. And lots of people are still going to throw away those "expired" items. And some things to go bad, as she noted. Like oils, nuts, etc.
When I rinse my pasta sauce jar I toss a bit of bullion powder in and shake it up. I typically use beef in my pasta so I use beef bullion. Gives a bit more flavor.
Thank you very much for making this video. So many americans are disgusted by "expired" food and it's such a shame becuase it causes a massive amount of foodwaste in the country -- especially when there is such a focus on buying in bulk -- it's easy for food to become expired. Thank you for showing how to responsibly use food beyond the date. This is great rolemodelling and will hopefully encourage more people to make better decisions here.
I've been waiting for this moment. My time to shine. Teaching Christine something new!! Keep a piece of bread in your brown sugar to keep it soft. It won't clump up and you'll have soft brown sugar. Works everytime!
@hummingbird275 we use the large ones, & once they get dried out, there's either a kid willing to eat them, a cup of hot chocolate that needs some, or a batch of rice crispies to toss them into, so they never go to waste when we replace! Glad the tip helped...
I add Bay Leaves to my flour & any cereals that I may want to keep a while. From what I understand the leaves are to discourage bugs. Happy cooking all!
If you had your peanut butter chips in the freezer, that would make them look chalky. I always store my chips of all kinds in the freezer and it happens with them all. It NEVER shows in the final product and I bake A LOT of cookies!! 🥰 Thanks for making this video!! Our food is precious and we as a people waste way too much of it. 😢 It’s almost criminal. We need to cherish it like the life giving/life saving gift that it is. ♥️🎶😘 RN, gardener, farmer’s wife from the central Midwest. Ps…Andrew GREW UP!! Pss..I’m so sorry you injured your finger.😓. Sending healing vibes and prayers for you. ❤️🩹
So great & highly entertaining. Our noses & taste buds are so critical here. I have had several items lately that were non-expired, unopened containers where the food was bad. Bacon bits that we all agreed were funky. Chicken that smelled & looked weird but was not expired. Applesauce somehow moldy in an unopened container. I’ve shown my kids each time & how to tell not just by the date, but by your nose, eyes & if it tastes off, throw it away. But I also show them to cut off bad parts of vegetables, cheese, etc & use the good parts if it looks & tastes ok.
I'm the queen of using "expired" stuff. I LOVED this. My family has no clue! LOL No one has ever gotten ill and I always know that or would never incorporate stuff in meals. I'm currently going through a big giant can of Nido milk that expired a year and a half ago. A week or so ago I used a can of green beans that expired in 2018 to put in some veggie beef and barley soup. I tasted them (always) before I added them to the soup. They tasted really good actually. One last thing...if you're a gardener and you throw away "expired" seeds....SHAME!!! They don't expire. Their germination rate decreases over time but, that's about it.
Brown sugar: add a piece of bread to your container. Sealed, bread doesn't get moldy, just hard from absorbing moisture. Love this vid and all the info. BONUS: your son spitting out the bite!! 😅😅😅😅
I used to throw away expired foods until after pandemic when I overstock my pantry and it got chaotic then I saw videos of people telling viewers not to throw away expired food and they show you that they are using and eating expired food because it’s not bad yet. It gives me the courage to do the same. I once cooked a flavored rice at one of my parties using an expired chicken broth. My friends loved it and I’m not saying anything.😂 Sometimes it’s psychological. People think that when it’s expired, it’s deadly. Seeing so many youtubers used expired food really change the way I see expired or best by dates. As long as it looks good, smells good and taste good then it should be good to eat. Thank you for this video! 😀❤️🙏
I made 2 year old Kraft Mac and cheese. Tasted totally fine. There are so many preservatives in it I suppose that overruled dairy’s natural inclination to go bad😂
@DaniElle-di4hThe pasta will be good for nearly forever if stored properly. The cheese sauce, not so much. So I started buying canned nacho/cheese sauces/soups and dips. They last a LONG time and can be used in casseroles, soups, etc.
Found some top round steak last week in my freezer from 2019- vacuum packed- so no freezer burn- threw it in the crockpot low and slow with mississippi pot roast makings. It was delicious. So much for the "use it within 6 months to a year" advice. Keep doing what you are doing.
There is nothing wrong with it so long as it looks, smells, and tastes good. I am more cautious about dairy as well. The usda says that canned foods are still good as long as they're not bulging or leaking. I have had 3 cans go bad, and they were tomato products and a can of fruit. I think it has to do with the acidity. Some foods don't expire like rice, beans, and pasta. I was very happy to learn these things. I am also a huge fan of vacuum sealing things for the deep freezer.
I had a white cake mix 1.5 to 2 years out of code. Opened it up, smelled and looked OK. Decided to use it up. Looked on the back of the cake mix to see what leavening it used. Saw that both baking powder and soda was used, so added a teaspoon of each to it. Baked up normal. Then I turned it into a poke cake. If it had been chocolate I may have been more cautious. Chocolate can go rancid. Make sure to do the smell test.
Thank you for this! It drives me insane that people put so much faith into dates on their food! I use almost anything well past its expiration date and never had an issue!
I cleaned mine out a couple months ago it was getting out of hand by space wise and I threw away some and regretted it but I also learned a valuable lesson to ROTATE my stock better!!!
Christine, for nerve damage, starting desensitizing training as soon as you car bear it, will help you heal faster. Start with some silk or satin and work up. It sucks, and is painful, but what you put into it, is really what you get out of it. (I have nerve damage in my back and leg from a collision last summer) one step at a time! It does get better!
I have nerve damage in my foot, not from a cut, but from force (digging a lot of holes with inappropriate footwear). The physio said nerves are minimum 3 months to regrow.
I have nerve damage in my left pointer finger. But I was so young that I didn't pay attention to regrowth. Actually no one talked to me about nerve damage. They just sewed me up and sent me home. Ugh lol
Had a good science professor in college who was really passionate about this. She was really trying to push the grocery store to donate food to the homeless shelters instead of toss them BEFORE expiration date.
We have a store that opened to reduce food waste - they get food from local bakeries and bug box stores - and give it all away for free. Such a blessing. And love that I’m helping reduce food waste. The amount of food that otherwise would have been trashed is astounding and quite sad.
The only things I've had to throw out were canned evaporated milk and Rotel tomatoes. I recently had some freezer burned chicken, but I trimmed off the freezer burned spots and it was fine.
I helped a friend Declutter, her walk in pantry a couple of weeks ago. She had quite a bit of expired food. I told her if she was willing to use it within the next month. She should go ahead and keep it but put it in a specific area together so she would know that it needed to be used up. We also figured out a couple of recipes that she could use to utilize those ingredients. There were other expired items that she was willing to donate. We have a local food pantry that will take expired items. Can goods up to three years boxed items up to two years.
Rachael Ray wanted to do a segment on me because of all the expired food I use. We just couldn't get our schedules coordinated and then her show was cancelled. I'm still using microwave popcorn from 2013 and every kernel pops. I even use yogurt that is over a year old. I put all dairy in the fridge upside down, then smell it when I want to eat it. All good. If in doubt, throw it out. Next: I almost chopped off my pinky with gardening shears over a year ago - at 5pm on a Sunday. Luckily, urgent care was opened. I also had 5 stitches and nerve damage. I had to keep it wrapped in a splint for weeks and, after the stitches were removed, I had to use Bacitracin on it. I still have neuropathy, but can tell the weather better than any meteorologist out there. Heal better! Love, love, love your videos!
Gardening shears are scary. I chopped the tip of my finger off and it bled and bled. Took me forever to get the bleeding stopped but no ER visit needed thankfully. It still hurts years later if I happen to bang the tip of it on something.
"Best-by" and "expired" are absolutely two different things. Love that you made this video! Also, if your fridge runs cold, as mine does, even things like unopened milk will last past its sell-by date. The top shelf of my fridge is so cold that things will freeze. If I know I might not be able to use my milk right away, I'll either freeze it or store it on that shelf. As long as it smells fine, it's fine.
Most cans are good for a decade if stored correctly. In Germany we also distinguish between "best before" and "use up till" (mainly raw fish, or minced meat, or pre-packed salads), because they can actually contain many bacteria after a few days.
Food Network needs YOU! The time has come for a real person stretching the budget with all the useful pointers you give. And always entertaining! I'm serious!!
for baking powder and soda you can test it with hot / boiling water (baking powder) or vinegar (baking soda) - if they bubble vigorously they are good.
I had grandparents who lived during depression days. As long as no dents in the can fir possible exposure and, frozen goods, the box was not open then its all good. Plus the heat us a factor. We ate. I use expired foods but my daughter now 26 refuses to do so. And we have been in a recession. Yall better listen and learn
I took Alpha lipoic acid when I had nerve damage from Chemo- it really helped. I also was given omega 3 fish oil and vitamin c to aid healing. Not a dr. Here- just know what worked for me😉
After breast cancer surgery and reduction, my nerves healed about 6 months. I had surgery on two fingers this past Dec 12th, today is Feb 15th, and one finger is still numb. Feels weird but at least it’s not shooting pain from before surgery. Suck it up Buttercup….you’ll be alright! You’re too much fun to worry about stuff. Love your channel. Just found it and I’m already hooked. New subscriber! Thanks for sharing your family, the fun and the recipes! ❤❤❤❤
Sometimes, expired food does make you sick. Even if it doesn't have a stinky smell when you open it. Learned this the hard way. Food poison really sux. But, it sure did teach me a lesson. Nowadays, if it's expired more than 3 years, in the trash it goes. I used to feed it to the wild critters, but I can't do that anymore. Brings on far too many wild critters.😂😂😂 Thank you for an interesting expired food video. 🙏🙏🙏y'all don't get sick from eating all that lovely expired food😢God Bless y'all ❤
I love that the kids play along with you and take it a step further. I haven't watched any of your videos in a long time, and this one just showed up. I barely check expiry dates. If it doesn't smell bad, or look totally wrong, I'll use it.
I did cut off the tip of my left index finger two years ago on a mandolin slicer. You have reason to hope because even though I never went to a doctor, I healed my cut myself and while it was painful and very tender for a few months after, the nerves apparently did grow back. The tip of the finger feels completely normal now and even the nail grew back with very little discrepancy over the original. Loved this video and totally agree that for the most part food is good for way longer than the best buy dates.
I have an overflowing pantry full of 2020 prepper panic purchases that have now "expired" so this video was a blessing! Oh, and I swear by putting a large marshmallow into my brown sugar container--it works beautifully, even when the sugar is already hard as a rock (though it might take a day or so to fully soften). Microwaving will soften brown sugar temporarily, but the texture is never quite the same afterward, and it hardens back up as it cools. Even a whole bag of generic marshmallows is way cheaper than one of those fancy terra cotta sugar savers, and a marshmallow won't go moldy like bread might. I've been using the same one for at least four months and it's perfectly fine, still working great! Sending out positive vibes for fast finger healing!
I love his video so much! I serve at a local food bank and there is often expired food and it's so hard to convince people that it's fine. I'm going to share this video with everyone there I can! Haha
It's bad enough people have to ask for help but to degrade them with expired food is shamefull! Most pantry helpers take the good food first! I've seen it first hand! Most produce they give goes bad in one day!
@@joeygilligan4278 a lot of the produce, dairy and other perishable food we get comes from grocery stores and is on its way out, which is why it ends up at the food bank. And many of the non perishables are short dated (coming from larger distribution food banks). Like Christine shows in this video, most of it is totally fine :). I'd rather have a chance at getting some produce and dairy for free and possibly have to throw a bit of it away then not have it all 🤷♀️
@@joeygilligan4278 Canned and dried goods are good beyond the “best buy” date. That isn’t an expiration date. That’s the misunderstanding. That’s the point of this video. No one is forcing anyone to take the offered food in the food pantry. They have a choice.
Hi Christine! This is Long time fan of yours Lia, wife to Karl. I hope you see this message. Two things I want to share. Number 1: if you put a slice or 2 of bread or like a spare hotdog bun in your container of brown sugar and leave it for 3-5 (sometimes you can leave it in there longer) days with the lid sealed the brown sugar will pull all the moisture from the bread and be like new. I learned this from my grandmother who taught me how to bake. Number 2: when I had my wisdom teeth removed I lost all feeling on the right side of my tongue with severe nerve damage from the surgery. They told me I could try nerve surgery but, it was a 50/50 shot and there was a chance the nerves would grow back themselves. So, I chose to wait it out. The sensation came back at the 6 or 7 months mark. It was brutal but, worth the wait.
I just recently started watching your channel and love it .. i worked at a grocery store for almost 2 decades and the sad part about all the food that expires on the shelf they cant even donate it to homeless shelters or churches .. we had a guy who worked nights called a rotation clerk and his job was literally to go around the store and check all the expire dates and if it was expired to mark it and toss it .. which I feel is alot of waste when homeless or people in need could easily use alot of that stuff past the expired or best by date.. :(
Put a piece of bread in your brown sugar container and leave it for a few hours. Sugar will be perfect. Or just keep marshmallows in the container, permanently. They work like dry rice in the salt shaker.
It this was anything, it is the message to teach your kids confidence in the kitchen. Judging what is 'ok' to use is so much down to experience and education. There is also the flip side - in date food directly from the point of purchase can be bad, food served by restaurants ( of any calibre) can be gone bad. Life skills to be taught/learnt , no doubt about it. Love the way she communicates these messages, too.
Just stopped back in to see what you were up to these days. Glad to see you are still at it! And OMG your boys are teenagers 😮 I think it has been too long!
Love the fact you did this video. Expiration dates are best if used by dates. Yes oily things can go rancid so use your nose. Yeast can die a slow death while baking soda and baking powder will loose it's umph. I have had milk that separated 2 days after I got it from the store it still smelled fine and some that lasted 2 weeks before I had that tomorrow it will go sour smell. Learning to used your eyes, nose and taste are so important in not wasting food.
Thank you for this! I cook with expired stuff too. But if my husband or son sees anything expired, they trash it🤦♀️ wish they would have the patience to watch this video!
Nerve damage experience from an RN. You may go through about a year of numbness and then a second year of sensation coming back. If you are going keto or semi-keto this is a great thing because animal protein will help the healing process of your finger and carbs cause inflammation in the body, something that Mini-Christine (that is your finger ;) doesn't need right now because inflammation slow healing time. HTH :)
A tip for using expired oils instead of the trash.. Put a tub of sand with old oils in it near where u store garden tools like shovels etc. Plunge then into the sand before storing. It cleans off the dirt and oils them as u go. And non toxic
The FDA requires us to put an expiration or Best Buy date to err on the side of safety. Soy Sauce and miso don’t expire as long as it’s kept in a clean, dry place and not contaminated with moisture, but the plastic jars it’s packaged in breaks down over time, hence the necessity for an expiration date.
A few months ago, I had an allergic reaction from some food I had eaten ( unknowingly with MSG) and got up in the middle of the night to take some Benadryl quickly . It worked great. I looked at the box later that morning, and it expired in 2014!!!!!!!!!! And still worked!!!! Thank goodness
I am so glad you made a video on this. A lot of people toss stuff immediately. I have made a cake or two that has turned into pancakes. lol Never have I gotten sick though. 😊
I just have to say I stumbled upon your channel and I love it! I don’t live in a rural area I live in Kansas City Missouri, but I can always use money saving tips on groceries. I am divorced and retired and I’m living on a pretty fixed income and with the price of things the way they are today I really really admire how you feed a family of six on two dollars a day and make it delicious. I think you are the epitome of frugal and fit. Keep doing what you’re doing. I’m gonna keep watching.
Only thing I had a Problem with is Old, Dried Beans, in the Bag.They have cooked all day and never became soft. Now I put them in a Glass Jar or Vacuum Seal them.
This takes me back to my own childhood where my mom would teach me what things are supposed to smell like when they're still good. Never once did she ask me what the date on them was. Smell, look and taste were the key ingredients. I still use them until this day (i'm 37). I can for instance smell when bread is bad even before looking at it or when the potatoes are done cooking.
35 years ago I cut my index finger pretty bad. It took at least six minths. It isn't the same as my other fingers but it works fine. I had lymph nodes removed and a lumpectomy last February there were a few numb places, but they have disappeared. It is amazing how we recover and or compensate.
This was fun! I laughed about your teen son only not being hungry after Thanksgiving Dinner! I have one brother, he was a tall beanpole...he would eat dinner with the other 5 of us and then walk 2 blocks to our grandparents house and eat dinner with THEM! LOL Just one thing I recently learned: if the crust of bread is getting green, that means the INSIDE of the bread is already moldy.Only the outside gets green because it gets oxygen. Live and learn. My daughter is a pastry chef and I was 60 before I knew that! Bon Appetit!
I agree with all of this. But. I have helped family members declutter actual out of control food hoards. One of the few rules of thumb they could agree to was to get rid of expired food.
I had some pretty severe nerve damage after emergency abdominal surgery. My lower abdomen was numb for a few months before I finally started getting feeling again. But seriously listen to the surgeon and try to use that hand as little as possible. You have an amazing family who I am sure will be happy to take on your usual tasks. Please take care of yourself. You need time to heal. ❤
My husband has a friend who worked for the FDA up until recently. Husband was telling him that this is basically how I do things and FDA guy said that that's actually a smart way to do things. They use the smell of things as a guide too. Dates are basic guidelines not deadlines.
When it comes to your nerves growing back make sure you introduce your finger back to sensations to bascially "teach" it that those things won't harm it. Warm water, cold water and different fabrics are a good way to start. I have a lot of irreversible nerve damage but for some of the other nerve damage those things were recommended
Make your own brown sugar. White sugar and molasses. Use a mixer and adjust molasses for light brown or dark brown sugar. I used my kitchen aid mixer, and it was almost labor free! Add molasses a tablespoon at a time, checking for color preference.
I love this. Thank you! It’s one of my peeves that people don’t use common sense when it comes to this. I’ve seen people throw perfectly good bread or milk or anything dry just because it’s a few days past. So wasteful. I tell people things didn’t use to have dates and to use there judgement
I cough and then end it with a sneeze and also the opposite of sneezing for several minutes and then a cough! I just lean and de-iced our chest freezer today. I didn't toss anything, but I did feel the need to slurp down a few melted ice cream sammiches. We don't really toss most any expired foods. My late pastor hubby and I through our church ran a food pantry, so we had "training" about food. They emphasized the difference between use by, best if used by, or freeze or use by... We have a store called Grocery Outlet where regular foods and produce are available and also 'special' foods that are temporarily available, so if you like the product, you have to go back to get more before they are gone forever. They have a severe discount 'corner' where things are either expired or just expired. I just bought 2 gallons of Kraft mayo for 48 cents each! I get vitamins, cereal, pasta, and tons of goodies for usually 48 cents each. You guys are hilarious especially with the clips inserted. Before your video came up, I watched the foods that don't expire... Hard brown sugar needs a regular piece of bread overnight. Some people use an apple slice, but you have to remember to remove it... I know from experience. My hubby was using his band saw when he had the idea that he should be using a guard cause he might cut his finger off. Well, he almost cut his finger off. Found out aftewards that he drove himself to and from the dr with several towels wrapped around his would and blood dripping everywhere. He didn't bother to tell me as I was at my own store and I could have closed and drove him!!... and the finger surgeon wanted to repair the flesh for only $2500. So it was bandaged and he was sent home. Healed well, but no nerve feeling for years. When you are 'cleaning' your mom's pantry, I saw the dark choc dried cherries! My favorite from TJs. I got some for my b-day yeasterday!
I lost my finger 30yrs.ago due to a ring getting caught and it pulled my finger off.had only the bone sticking out,was clipped off and skin flap sewn over.stiil have phanton pain 30 plus yrs.later.luv your content 😊from the frozen praire of south dakota ,peace.
Fingertips are REALLY good at regenerating. Praying for your speedy recovery. People who have severed fingertips (not below the first joint) even have had them mostly grow back. Science wishes they could figure out HOW that happens.
Wait wait wait wait WATER FIRST THEN PILL. THIS IS LIFE CHANGING WHAT. Ugh, it's moments like this where a different way of doing something presents itself and you're entire history of doing that thing is ROCKED. I know it's such a small miscellaneous part of this video but the way I audibly GASPED then immediately took a potassium pill at 11pm at night using the new method happened all too quick 😂😂
Oh, and nothing against Christine. I spoke with some friends tonight, and they said that there are some scams going on that don't involve the actual site Telegram may be one of them). My motto is always be safe. Thanks for all that you do, Christine!
My father died of food poisoning at the age of 57. It wasn't from expired food though. He ate at a fancy restaurant that had made a shrimp salad early that morning and left it sitting out all day until he ate it at 8pm. For years I had what I call food phobia. I was scared to eat anything that was even slightly questionable. I have now gotten over my fears and just last week I pulled out chicken thighs from my freezer that had been in there a year. I ate it and I was perfectly fine. I think that food handling and preparation is a million times more important than expiration dates. Love your content!
So sorry to read what happened to your father. Blessings to you.
That's so tragic. Poultry and seafood handling have to be taken seriously. My nephew had food poisoning from shrimp at a restaurant. Every time I prepare shrimp I have to assure him I thawed it in the fridge.
I am sorry for what happened to your father, however, there is no way to pinpoint what exactly he ate that caused it. Food poisoning can be from anything you ate in the past 6 weeks from infection date.
@@StephanieGrealis We know exactly what caused it. Multiple people got ill from the eating the same dish at the restaurant. After an investigation they found out that the food had been left out of the refrigerator all day. My father died within 24 hours of eating it. He was so violently ill that his heart gave out and they couldn't get him back. The restaurant settled out of court because so many people got sick from eating the same thing. Edited to add that an autopsy was done that showed the exact bacteria that killed him which is common in shrimp.
@@timeforme9080 in this instance, I apologize for my comment.
My mom was raised on a poor Texas farm and learned how to cook with what she had, and she is an excellent cook. She taught me as a child that we as Americans waste so much food by throwing it out when it is still perfectly fine to eat. If it has not changed quite drastically in color, smell, or texture it is typically safe to eat - use your senses and your common sense. Thank you for the video!
I feed all table scraps, moldy food or spoiled food to my chickens. If they don’t eat it, they’ll still scratch it around to eat the bugs that come to feast on the “compost pile.”
That child of yours looks like a mini version of his dad to an insane degree.
I noticed that too, he really does!
He even seems to have the same “screen presence” and personality! So cute
Her daughter too
And the one looks like her mom
Absolutely..it's uncanny!!
I can remember (right back to early childhood) my mother cutting the mouldy bits off cheese and using the good bits inside. She would taste it to make sure and carry on. She was 81 years old when she passed away and I'm 72 years old now. I still cut bits off cheese and carry on using it. My mother would also cut the crusts off bread if they had "spots" on them. Loads of other things too. She lived through WW2 here in the UK when wasting food was a criminal offence. You could be fined for it! I ignore the dates on food and use the good sense she taught me regarding what is good or not good to eat. Thank you Mum!!
Cutting mould off bread is a dangerous game.
My grandmother did the same thing as yours. She would just cut off the moldy cheese and said it was fine. She made her own blue cheese.
Cheese is fine. I wouldn't use the bread especially if it's pre sliced. Penicillin is from a certain type of bread mould so there's that.
During WWII women used every scrap to feed their family, not so much out of fear of the law, but because that’s all there was to eat. If you threw away a block of cheese, you could not replace it. You did without until your next ration allotment, if it was even available for purchase. The supply chain disruptions during Covid were nothing compared to the shortages during WWII, especially in Britain.
Americans freak out over a bit of mold on cheese
It's a regular thing in Europe & UK. Raw milk is used instead of pasteurized and moldy cheese is a thing..
It depends on the type of cheese AND mold..
I'd share a link but not without frugal moms permission
God bless you all
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I buy near expired food all the time and I eat it regardless whether it has expired or not by that time. If smells good, looks good and tastes good, it’s fine!
Absolutely.
Yep, use those senses!
the smell test works great!
exactly! i’ve never understood how someone can eat something actually expired. it’ll smell weird, look weird, and taste weird.
Still can't type. Lol
I'm so pleased you made this video. Its so important to highlight that throwing food out is wasteful and unnecessary. People have lost confidence in their own ability to judge sensibly and are following printed numbers like drones.
It’s NOT EXPIRED!! It’s a best by date!! I love watching you cook. I get so many new ideas PLUS I think you’re hilarious!
Yes, unless it's meat, eggs, milk, I don't worry. Not much goes to waste with me anyway.
The only thing that happens to flour, oil, pasta, is that it starts either losing its taste, or goes rancid. Rancid is just a weird, vague turpentinish taste. And nutrients tend to fade also.
Thank you. Drives me crazy when I see people who are tossing perfectly good food and don’t seem to understand the difference between best before and expired. Two days beyond the date and out it goes.
I just said the same thing. Lol. So tired of people wasting perfectly good food because of a Best By date. ❤
I recently went through my pantry and sorted out the dates.... we've been powering through all the "expired" stuff too! Great to see someone present to the world that it's ok!!!
Please know that all canned goods have an extra 2 years added on to the already printed date. So please don't toss anything out even after the best by date. Do you have two full years or so after.
@@marykoufalis7666 mostly... except for tomato products- i've had them eat through the can less than a year past the date...I don't trust tomatoes much past- probably about 6-8 months is all for those.
@@kristenyoung7853 indeed one must always use logic and Common Sense and be very prudent. But it's so sad to see in North America how billions of dollars get wasted every year simply because people are throwing stuff out thinking it has gone bad when it is perfectly safe to eat. And I won't even mention the obscene amount of food that grocery stores throw out every single day.
Never had a problem with expired food. Freezing saves everything 😂
That's what I do, throw it in the freezer. Things like cheeses are fermented milk anyway, so sour cream yogurt last longer than the dates. Vitamins just weaken as they get older.
I so love you! You are so uplifting and so funny!
I am praying for your finger for healing! God Bless you!
I cook it and throw it in the freezer too
@@joycespecht3038 medicines can degrade into harmful things too.
This is my way of thinking!!!
I wish more influencers would push this message
LOVE this!!! My Gen Z twins think they'll DIE if they eat expired food - regardless of the looks-good/smells-good/tastes-good test and the fact that they haven't died yet after eating a LOT of expired food in our kitchen over the years, lol.
This is what I always say. We aren't dead yet! 😂
Thanks for saying this! My grown kids are so weird about this. They must not know they ate all kinds of expired foods growing up. We had 5 kids and one income. Do what you gotta do.
Bwahahahaha! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@lindarichey4689I'm quite confused by this reaction coming from a poor background
@@melnq8
She was laughing at the fact the children never knew they were eating expired foods 🤦🏻♀️
As a person who often relies on the food bank, I really appreciate this video.
I’m praying for complete healing of your finger!
Christine- did you say that you wanted to talk to me? Or is it a scammer?
@@melissamoeller9608 scammer
probably scammer @@melissamoeller9608
That’s terrible if that’s so. Good job confirming on here. God bless you wish you the best 2024!!
@@melissamoeller9608that would be a scammer. I mentioned I figured out her name on Fetch rewards in a comment, and she changed her name on the app.
The underlying issue here is to better manage our inventory. This is why I don't stock up during sales. Because that item will go on sale again, and most of us forget what we have at the back of the pantry/the bottom of the freezer. And lots of people are still going to throw away those "expired" items. And some things to go bad, as she noted. Like oils, nuts, etc.
When I rinse my pasta sauce jar I toss a bit of bullion powder in and shake it up. I typically use beef in my pasta so I use beef bullion. Gives a bit more flavor.
In the vein of a ragout
Thanks, I gotta try this😊.
In our brown sugar, we have a piece of terra cotta that was presoaked in water. It keeps the sugar soft. We got it at a kitchen store.
If you don’t have a piece of terra cotta to soften your brown sugar , slip in a piece of bread .Linda
@larrybair2029
That's exactly what I came to post😊 It definitely works
I have one of those terra cotta thinks too. I love it
I have a brown sugar bear...it's basically the same thing but shaped like a bear. Lol
Thank you very much for making this video. So many americans are disgusted by "expired" food and it's such a shame becuase it causes a massive amount of foodwaste in the country -- especially when there is such a focus on buying in bulk -- it's easy for food to become expired. Thank you for showing how to responsibly use food beyond the date. This is great rolemodelling and will hopefully encourage more people to make better decisions here.
Who wanted to hear the Aunt from the Geico commerical yell "EXPIRED" 😀 Prbly copyrights.
Feeling so justified. Thanks for the video.
I've been waiting for this moment. My time to shine. Teaching Christine something new!! Keep a piece of bread in your brown sugar to keep it soft. It won't clump up and you'll have soft brown sugar. Works everytime!
Lol pretty sure most everyone knows that
We use Marshmallows... they don't mold!!
@@amyclark9581
I didn’t know THAT😳.
@@leahrowe847
That’s an “ even better” idea than putting a piece of bread in the brown sugar. I am going to do that right now❗️😊
@hummingbird275 we use the large ones, & once they get dried out, there's either a kid willing to eat them, a cup of hot chocolate that needs some, or a batch of rice crispies to toss them into, so they never go to waste when we replace!
Glad the tip helped...
I add Bay Leaves to my flour & any cereals that I may want to keep a while. From what I understand the leaves are to discourage bugs. Happy cooking all!
Same here!
21:16 Rule #1 of baking: Always double the amount of vanilla the recipe calls for.
If you had your peanut butter chips in the freezer, that would make them look chalky. I always store my chips of all kinds in the freezer and it happens with them all. It NEVER shows in the final product and I bake A LOT of cookies!! 🥰
Thanks for making this video!! Our food is precious and we as a people waste way too much of it. 😢
It’s almost criminal. We need to cherish it like the life giving/life saving gift that it is. ♥️🎶😘
RN, gardener, farmer’s wife from the central Midwest.
Ps…Andrew GREW UP!!
Pss..I’m so sorry you injured your finger.😓. Sending healing vibes and prayers for you. ❤️🩹
So great & highly entertaining.
Our noses & taste buds are so critical here. I have had several items lately that were non-expired, unopened containers where the food was bad. Bacon bits that we all agreed were funky. Chicken that smelled & looked weird but was not expired. Applesauce somehow moldy in an unopened container.
I’ve shown my kids each time & how to tell not just by the date, but by your nose, eyes & if it tastes off, throw it away.
But I also show them to cut off bad parts of vegetables, cheese, etc & use the good parts if it looks & tastes ok.
I'm the queen of using "expired" stuff. I LOVED this. My family has no clue! LOL No one has ever gotten ill and I always know that or would never incorporate stuff in meals. I'm currently going through a big giant can of Nido milk that expired a year and a half ago. A week or so ago I used a can of green beans that expired in 2018 to put in some veggie beef and barley soup. I tasted them (always) before I added them to the soup. They tasted really good actually.
One last thing...if you're a gardener and you throw away "expired" seeds....SHAME!!! They don't expire. Their germination rate decreases over time but, that's about it.
I can't believe that people throw away seeds!! That's insane!! 😮
Brown sugar: add a piece of bread to your container. Sealed, bread doesn't get moldy, just hard from absorbing moisture. Love this vid and all the info. BONUS: your son spitting out the bite!! 😅😅😅😅
I used to throw away expired foods until after pandemic when I overstock my pantry and it got chaotic then I saw videos of people telling viewers not to throw away expired food and they show you that they are using and eating expired food because it’s not bad yet. It gives me the courage to do the same. I once cooked a flavored rice at one of my parties using an expired chicken broth. My friends loved it and I’m not saying anything.😂 Sometimes it’s psychological. People think that when it’s expired, it’s deadly. Seeing so many youtubers used expired food really change the way I see expired or best by dates. As long as it looks good, smells good and taste good then it should be good to eat. Thank you for this video! 😀❤️🙏
I made 2 year old Kraft Mac and cheese. Tasted totally fine. There are so many preservatives in it I suppose that overruled dairy’s natural inclination to go bad😂
@DaniElle-di4hThe pasta will be good for nearly forever if stored properly. The cheese sauce, not so much. So I started buying canned nacho/cheese sauces/soups and dips. They last a LONG time and can be used in casseroles, soups, etc.
@@danniemcdonald7675 I also would have expected the cheese packet to go bad. But based on smell, taste, and no ill after effects, it was fine.🤷♀️
Found some top round steak last week in my freezer from 2019- vacuum packed- so no freezer burn- threw it in the crockpot low and slow with mississippi pot roast makings. It was delicious. So much for the "use it within 6 months to a year" advice. Keep doing what you are doing.
There is nothing wrong with it so long as it looks, smells, and tastes good. I am more cautious about dairy as well. The usda says that canned foods are still good as long as they're not bulging or leaking. I have had 3 cans go bad, and they were tomato products and a can of fruit. I think it has to do with the acidity. Some foods don't expire like rice, beans, and pasta. I was very happy to learn these things. I am also a huge fan of vacuum sealing things for the deep freezer.
praying for your quick and complete recovery Christine!
I had a white cake mix 1.5 to 2 years out of code. Opened it up, smelled and looked OK. Decided to use it up. Looked on the back of the cake mix to see what leavening it used. Saw that both baking powder and soda was used, so added a teaspoon of each to it. Baked up normal. Then I turned it into a poke cake. If it had been chocolate I may have been more cautious. Chocolate can go rancid. Make sure to do the smell test.
So glad you're setting the record straight on this "expired" phobia
Thank you
Yes, I use expired food
It's fine
I’m so proud of you for this. My son is an expired throw awayer. It’s so silly to not even check if it’s still good…usually it is FINE!
Your son is "expired"?😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for this! It drives me insane that people put so much faith into dates on their food! I use almost anything well past its expiration date and never had an issue!
I cleaned mine out a couple months ago it was getting out of hand by space wise and I threw away some and regretted it but I also learned a valuable lesson to ROTATE my stock better!!!
I started writing dates on mine in permanent marker in a spot that's easy to see and yes rotating it!!
When my grandma passed and I cleaned out her pantry she had peanut butter that was 30 years past its best by date. It was a sight to see.
You can put/store slices of bread in with your brown sugar. Keeps sugar soft. Change out occasionally
Christine, for nerve damage, starting desensitizing training as soon as you car bear it, will help you heal faster. Start with some silk or satin and work up. It sucks, and is painful, but what you put into it, is really what you get out of it. (I have nerve damage in my back and leg from a collision last summer) one step at a time! It does get better!
I have nerve damage in my foot, not from a cut, but from force (digging a lot of holes with inappropriate footwear). The physio said nerves are minimum 3 months to regrow.
I have nerve damage in my left pointer finger. But I was so young that I didn't pay attention to regrowth. Actually no one talked to me about nerve damage. They just sewed me up and sent me home. Ugh lol
Had a good science professor in college who was really passionate about this. She was really trying to push the grocery store to donate food to the homeless shelters instead of toss them BEFORE expiration date.
We have a store that opened to reduce food waste - they get food from local bakeries and bug box stores - and give it all away for free. Such a blessing. And love that I’m helping reduce food waste. The amount of food that otherwise would have been trashed is astounding and quite sad.
The only things I've had to throw out were canned evaporated milk and Rotel tomatoes. I recently had some freezer burned chicken, but I trimmed off the freezer burned spots and it was fine.
Have used a year expired evaporated milk in cookies. Yes it’s a darker color but still good to cook with.
I helped a friend Declutter, her walk in pantry a couple of weeks ago. She had quite a bit of expired food.
I told her if she was willing to use it within the next month. She should go ahead and keep it but put it in a specific area together so she would know that it needed to be used up. We also figured out a couple of recipes that she could use to utilize those ingredients.
There were other expired items that she was willing to donate. We have a local food pantry that will take expired items. Can goods up to three years boxed items up to two years.
Rachael Ray wanted to do a segment on me because of all the expired food I use. We just couldn't get our schedules coordinated and then her show was cancelled. I'm still using microwave popcorn from 2013 and every kernel pops. I even use yogurt that is over a year old. I put all dairy in the fridge upside down, then smell it when I want to eat it. All good. If in doubt, throw it out.
Next: I almost chopped off my pinky with gardening shears over a year ago - at 5pm on a Sunday. Luckily, urgent care was opened. I also had 5 stitches and nerve damage. I had to keep it wrapped in a splint for weeks and, after the stitches were removed, I had to use Bacitracin on it. I still have neuropathy, but can tell the weather better than any meteorologist out there. Heal better!
Love, love, love your videos!
Gardening shears are scary. I chopped the tip of my finger off and it bled and bled. Took me forever to get the bleeding stopped but no ER visit needed thankfully. It still hurts years later if I happen to bang the tip of it on something.
"Best-by" and "expired" are absolutely two different things. Love that you made this video! Also, if your fridge runs cold, as mine does, even things like unopened milk will last past its sell-by date. The top shelf of my fridge is so cold that things will freeze. If I know I might not be able to use my milk right away, I'll either freeze it or store it on that shelf. As long as it smells fine, it's fine.
Many retailers guarantee their milk for up to 7 days past expiry date... even they know it's not BAD on the date!
Keep a slice of bread in your container of brown sugar to keep it from getting crunchy. Just change it out for a new slice once in a while.
They also sell these things called "brown bears". They are terra cotta brown bears that you can put in the sugar to suck up the moisture.
Store in the freezer after it softens and it stays soft after that.
Most cans are good for a decade if stored correctly.
In Germany we also distinguish between "best before" and "use up till" (mainly raw fish, or minced meat, or pre-packed salads), because they can actually contain many bacteria after a few days.
The throw up sound in the background 😂😂😂
Food Network needs YOU! The time has come for a real person stretching the budget with all the useful pointers you give. And always entertaining! I'm serious!!
for baking powder and soda you can test it with hot / boiling water (baking powder) or vinegar (baking soda) - if they bubble vigorously they are good.
I had grandparents who lived during depression days. As long as no dents in the can fir possible exposure and, frozen goods, the box was not open then its all good. Plus the heat us a factor. We ate. I use expired foods but my daughter now 26 refuses to do so. And we have been in a recession. Yall better listen and learn
Cookies usually 12 minutes at 350. It's best to turn tray around at halfway mark. Also, move the ones on the lower rack to top rack.
Your family being involved in some of your vlogs ...I find them funny.
This is great.
I took Alpha lipoic acid when I had nerve damage from Chemo- it really helped. I also was given omega 3 fish oil and vitamin c to aid healing. Not a dr. Here- just know what worked for me😉
After breast cancer surgery and reduction, my nerves healed about 6 months. I had surgery on two fingers this past Dec 12th, today is Feb 15th, and one finger is still numb. Feels weird but at least it’s not shooting pain from before surgery. Suck it up Buttercup….you’ll be alright! You’re too much fun to worry about stuff. Love your channel. Just found it and I’m already hooked. New subscriber! Thanks for sharing your family, the fun and the recipes! ❤❤❤❤
I just found my dashboard confessional cd broken last week but the music lives on in my heart and your channel 😂
Sometimes, expired food does make you sick. Even if it doesn't have a stinky smell when you open it. Learned this the hard way. Food poison really sux. But, it sure did teach me a lesson. Nowadays, if it's expired more than 3 years, in the trash it goes. I used to feed it to the wild critters, but I can't do that anymore. Brings on far too many wild critters.😂😂😂 Thank you for an interesting expired food video. 🙏🙏🙏y'all don't get sick from eating all that lovely expired food😢God Bless y'all ❤
Nothing like the Tony’s sneeze 😂❤
I love that the kids play along with you and take it a step further. I haven't watched any of your videos in a long time, and this one just showed up. I barely check expiry dates. If it doesn't smell bad, or look totally wrong, I'll use it.
If anyone has compromised immune system or any chronic issues please be careful and use your common sense!
I did cut off the tip of my left index finger two years ago on a mandolin slicer. You have reason to hope because even though I never went to a doctor, I healed my cut myself and while it was painful and very tender for a few months after, the nerves apparently did grow back. The tip of the finger feels completely normal now and even the nail grew back with very little discrepancy over the original. Loved this video and totally agree that for the most part food is good for way longer than the best buy dates.
I have an overflowing pantry full of 2020 prepper panic purchases that have now "expired" so this video was a blessing!
Oh, and I swear by putting a large marshmallow into my brown sugar container--it works beautifully, even when the sugar is already hard as a rock (though it might take a day or so to fully soften). Microwaving will soften brown sugar temporarily, but the texture is never quite the same afterward, and it hardens back up as it cools. Even a whole bag of generic marshmallows is way cheaper than one of those fancy terra cotta sugar savers, and a marshmallow won't go moldy like bread might. I've been using the same one for at least four months and it's perfectly fine, still working great!
Sending out positive vibes for fast finger healing!
I love his video so much! I serve at a local food bank and there is often expired food and it's so hard to convince people that it's fine. I'm going to share this video with everyone there I can! Haha
A food bank at a nearby church refuses “expired” (past the best by date) food. SMH... We just give it away on Nextdoor.
It's bad enough people have to ask for help but to degrade them with expired food is shamefull! Most pantry helpers take the good food first! I've seen it first hand! Most produce they give goes bad in one day!
@@joeygilligan4278 a lot of the produce, dairy and other perishable food we get comes from grocery stores and is on its way out, which is why it ends up at the food bank. And many of the non perishables are short dated (coming from larger distribution food banks). Like Christine shows in this video, most of it is totally fine :). I'd rather have a chance at getting some produce and dairy for free and possibly have to throw a bit of it away then not have it all 🤷♀️
@@joeygilligan4278 Canned and dried goods are good beyond the “best buy” date. That isn’t an expiration date. That’s the misunderstanding. That’s the point of this video. No one is forcing anyone to take the offered food in the food pantry. They have a choice.
Hi Christine! This is Long time fan of yours Lia, wife to Karl. I hope you see this message. Two things I want to share. Number 1: if you put a slice or 2 of bread or like a spare hotdog bun in your container of brown sugar and leave it for 3-5 (sometimes you can leave it in there longer) days with the lid sealed the brown sugar will pull all the moisture from the bread and be like new. I learned this from my grandmother who taught me how to bake. Number 2: when I had my wisdom teeth removed I lost all feeling on the right side of my tongue with severe nerve damage from the surgery. They told me I could try nerve surgery but, it was a 50/50 shot and there was a chance the nerves would grow back themselves. So, I chose to wait it out. The sensation came back at the 6 or 7 months mark. It was brutal but, worth the wait.
I just recently started watching your channel and love it .. i worked at a grocery store for almost 2 decades and the sad part about all the food that expires on the shelf they cant even donate it to homeless shelters or churches .. we had a guy who worked nights called a rotation clerk and his job was literally to go around the store and check all the expire dates and if it was expired to mark it and toss it .. which I feel is alot of waste when homeless or people in need could easily use alot of that stuff past the expired or best by date.. :(
Put a piece of bread in your brown sugar container and leave it for a few hours. Sugar will be perfect. Or just keep marshmallows in the container, permanently. They work like dry rice in the salt shaker.
My grandmother always had rice in the salt shakers. I was an adult when I found out why. I thought everyone did that LOL.
It this was anything, it is the message to teach your kids confidence in the kitchen. Judging what is 'ok' to use is so much down to experience and education. There is also the flip side - in date food directly from the point of purchase can be bad, food served by restaurants ( of any calibre) can be gone bad. Life skills to be taught/learnt , no doubt about it. Love the way she communicates these messages, too.
I’m gonna make my spoiled family watch this video. 😆
Hope your finger heals quickly! 💜
“Let’s cook up some expired food and see if anyone gets sick.” 😂😂😂 I love Christine! (I too cook expired food for my family and they have no idea!) 😉
Just stopped back in to see what you were up to these days. Glad to see you are still at it! And OMG your boys are teenagers 😮 I think it has been too long!
Love the fact you did this video. Expiration dates are best if used by dates. Yes oily things can go rancid so use your nose. Yeast can die a slow death while baking soda and baking powder will loose it's umph. I have had milk that separated 2 days after I got it from the store it still smelled fine and some that lasted 2 weeks before I had that tomorrow it will go sour smell. Learning to used your eyes, nose and taste are so important in not wasting food.
Thanks for Showing us that things are Still Ok to Use.
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Thank you for this! I cook with expired stuff too. But if my husband or son sees anything expired, they trash it🤦♀️ wish they would have the patience to watch this video!
I keep almond, oat, and coconut flour in the refrigerator
I keep coconut and almond flours in the freezer.
I need more of the swoop swoop swoop sound effects (as heard in the red beans and rice segment) randomly added to videos. Brilliant.
Nerve damage experience from an RN. You may go through about a year of numbness and then a second year of sensation coming back. If you are going keto or semi-keto this is a great thing because animal protein will help the healing process of your finger and carbs cause inflammation in the body, something that Mini-Christine (that is your finger ;) doesn't need right now because inflammation slow healing time. HTH :)
A tip for using expired oils instead of the trash.. Put a tub of sand with old oils in it near where u store garden tools like shovels etc. Plunge then into the sand before storing. It cleans off the dirt and oils them as u go. And non toxic
There are times my son does not want to know how old something is that I am cooking with. lol. 😂
Soy sauce has an expiration date, it's ridiculous.
The FDA requires us to put an expiration or Best Buy date to err on the side of safety. Soy Sauce and miso don’t expire as long as it’s kept in a clean, dry place and not contaminated with moisture, but the plastic jars it’s packaged in breaks down over time, hence the necessity for an expiration date.
A few months ago, I had an allergic reaction from some food I had eaten ( unknowingly with MSG) and got up in the middle of the night to take some Benadryl quickly . It worked great. I looked at the box later that morning, and it expired in 2014!!!!!!!!!! And still worked!!!! Thank goodness
I am so glad you made a video on this. A lot of people toss stuff immediately. I have made a cake or two that has turned into pancakes. lol Never have I gotten sick though. 😊
I add a couple teaspoon of baking powder to the expired cake mixes and they usually rise just fine
@dainespencer2613 Ty. It does work as used since the pancake cakes. 😊
Yes I had this happen with old jiffy mix once 😂 learned my lesson on that one
@@dianasimplifies 😁
My next project is to revisit my pantry and check to see if anything is expiring soon and use.
I just have to say I stumbled upon your channel and I love it! I don’t live in a rural area I live in Kansas City Missouri, but I can always use money saving tips on groceries. I am divorced and retired and I’m living on a pretty fixed income and with the price of things the way they are today I really really admire how you feed a family of six on two dollars a day and make it delicious. I think you are the epitome of frugal and fit. Keep doing what you’re doing. I’m gonna keep watching.
Only thing I had a Problem with is Old, Dried Beans, in the Bag.They have cooked all day and never became soft.
Now I put them in a Glass Jar or Vacuum Seal them.
Add baking soda to your soak water.
This could be my fav video you have ever made! Ps. Your kids are hysterical!
This takes me back to my own childhood where my mom would teach me what things are supposed to smell like when they're still good. Never once did she ask me what the date on them was. Smell, look and taste were the key ingredients. I still use them until this day (i'm 37). I can for instance smell when bread is bad even before looking at it or when the potatoes are done cooking.
Christine's motto for this one...'not today satan'
(Refuses to get sick from any of it!) Cool idea...
Clean it out ;)
35 years ago I cut my index finger pretty bad. It took at least six minths. It isn't the same as my other fingers but it works fine. I had lymph nodes removed and a lumpectomy last February there were a few numb places, but they have disappeared. It is amazing how we recover and or compensate.
I made a pumpkin pie with expired canned pumpkin puree dated expired 11/23.
Yesterday I made a box of brownies that expired in 2013. I heard them and they were good. I
They tasted just fine. My granddaughter loved them.
This was fun! I laughed about your teen son only not being hungry after Thanksgiving Dinner! I have one brother, he was a tall beanpole...he would eat dinner with the other 5 of us and then walk 2 blocks to our grandparents house and eat dinner with THEM! LOL Just one thing I recently learned: if the crust of bread is getting green, that means the INSIDE of the bread is already moldy.Only the outside gets green because it gets oxygen. Live and learn. My daughter is a pastry chef and I was 60 before I knew that! Bon Appetit!
I agree with all of this. But. I have helped family members declutter actual out of control food hoards. One of the few rules of thumb they could agree to was to get rid of expired food.
I had some pretty severe nerve damage after emergency abdominal surgery. My lower abdomen was numb for a few months before I finally started getting feeling again. But seriously listen to the surgeon and try to use that hand as little as possible. You have an amazing family who I am sure will be happy to take on your usual tasks. Please take care of yourself. You need time to heal. ❤
My husband has a friend who worked for the FDA up until recently. Husband was telling him that this is basically how I do things and FDA guy said that that's actually a smart way to do things. They use the smell of things as a guide too. Dates are basic guidelines not deadlines.
When it comes to your nerves growing back make sure you introduce your finger back to sensations to bascially "teach" it that those things won't harm it. Warm water, cold water and different fabrics are a good way to start. I have a lot of irreversible nerve damage but for some of the other nerve damage those things were recommended
Make your own brown sugar. White sugar and molasses. Use a mixer and adjust molasses for light brown or dark brown sugar. I used my kitchen aid mixer, and it was almost labor
free! Add molasses a tablespoon at a time, checking for color preference.
I love this. Thank you! It’s one of my peeves that people don’t use common sense when it comes to this. I’ve seen people throw perfectly good bread or milk or anything dry just because it’s a few days past. So wasteful. I tell people things didn’t use to have dates and to use there judgement
I cough and then end it with a sneeze and also the opposite of sneezing for several minutes and then a cough! I just lean and de-iced our chest freezer today. I didn't toss anything, but I did feel the need to slurp down a few melted ice cream sammiches. We don't really toss most any expired foods. My late pastor hubby and I through our church ran a food pantry, so we had "training" about food. They emphasized the difference between use by, best if used by, or freeze or use by... We have a store called Grocery Outlet where regular foods and produce are available and also 'special' foods that are temporarily available, so if you like the product, you have to go back to get more before they are gone forever. They have a severe discount 'corner' where things are either expired or just expired. I just bought 2 gallons of Kraft mayo for 48 cents each! I get vitamins, cereal, pasta, and tons of goodies for usually 48 cents each. You guys are hilarious especially with the clips inserted. Before your video came up, I watched the foods that don't expire... Hard brown sugar needs a regular piece of bread overnight. Some people use an apple slice, but you have to remember to remove it... I know from experience. My hubby was using his band saw when he had the idea that he should be using a guard cause he might cut his finger off. Well, he almost cut his finger off. Found out aftewards that he drove himself to and from the dr with several towels wrapped around his would and blood dripping everywhere. He didn't bother to tell me as I was at my own store and I could have closed and drove him!!... and the finger surgeon wanted to repair the flesh for only $2500. So it was bandaged and he was sent home. Healed well, but no nerve feeling for years. When you are 'cleaning' your mom's pantry, I saw the dark choc dried cherries! My favorite from TJs. I got some for my b-day yeasterday!
I lost my finger 30yrs.ago due to a ring getting caught and it pulled my finger off.had only the bone sticking out,was clipped off and skin flap sewn over.stiil have phanton pain 30 plus yrs.later.luv your content
😊from the frozen praire of south dakota ,peace.
Fingertips are REALLY good at regenerating. Praying for your speedy recovery.
People who have severed fingertips (not below the first joint) even have had them mostly grow back. Science wishes they could figure out HOW that happens.
This is SO great to hear! 🫶🏻
Too Cool...I can vouch for 'that' ... been eating expired foods continually.! When I find them in their hiding space, good to go.
Wait wait wait wait WATER FIRST THEN PILL. THIS IS LIFE CHANGING WHAT. Ugh, it's moments like this where a different way of doing something presents itself and you're entire history of doing that thing is ROCKED. I know it's such a small miscellaneous part of this video but the way I audibly GASPED then immediately took a potassium pill at 11pm at night using the new method happened all too quick 😂😂
Oh, and nothing against Christine. I spoke with some friends tonight, and they said that there are some scams going on that don't involve the actual site Telegram may be one of them). My motto is always be safe. Thanks for all that you do, Christine!