Health: Today, my mother decided to inform me that she doesn't believe...

By Anonymous - 19/12/2013 22:49 - Australia - Kensington

Today, my mother decided to inform me that she doesn't believe canned food can have an expiry date and that the food is still okay to eat years after the 'supposed' expiry date. She's probably been cooking my dinner with expired food for over 17 years. FML

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By soupduped - 06/12/2009 03:37 - United States

Today, I opened up a can of tomato soup I'd taken from my parents' house recently. After eating the whole can, I started feeling a little off, so I checked the expiration date. It expired 12 years ago. FML

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By wearyconsumer - 23/12/2016 05:29

Today, I threw out all the food in the freezer that my mom had been keeping since 2013. When she found out, she said, "frozen food doesn't go bad." FML

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By WTF - 09/06/2012 13:54 - Australia - Adelaide

Today, I saw my mom changing the expiry date on milk. She genuinely thought this would make the milk sour later. FML

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By AngrySon - 29/09/2011 01:12 - United States

Today, I cleaned out the fridge for my mother. I didn't throw out a single thing that was less than a month past its expiration. Instead of thanks, she complained about everything that I threw away being still good, including a tub of butter that had been expired for two years. FML

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By jazzterchic - 29/12/2016 15:03 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I found out that my boyfriend's mom doesn't believe you can get food poisoning from food that is cooked. She gave us food that had sat out all day/night and then got angry when I said we could get sick. FML

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By Jules - 27/11/2020 07:56 - Germany

Today, while tidying up my grandmother's fridge, I got to play expiration-date-bingo. The winner was some type of concentrated apple sauce supposed to be used for salad dressings. It expired in 1986. FML

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By stillsick - 02/03/2011 00:11 - Canada

Today, surprisingly, my roommate made a nice meal. Within an hour, I started throwing up. When I confronted her, she confessed that she'd used long expired ingredients, including meat, because she didn't want the garbage men to think she's "the type that wastes food." FML

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By concernedson - 12/09/2010 11:34 - Australia

Today, while my mom was out, my family agreed upon the assumption that she has a "shopping problem." I argued against it for quite a while, until she pulled up minutes later with a what seemed like a life-time supply of canned condensed milk. FML

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I have no idea what I'm doing

By Anonymous - 18/03/2024 16:00 - United States

Today, I'm worried my mother might have the early onset of senility. She started making gumbo, only to lose the plot halfway through, and then began throwing in the ingredients for chili. The result was an inedible mess, and she insisted we've had this for years. Then she tasted it, and yelled, "What the hell is this?" FML

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Some things last a long time

By Jay - 02/08/2024 14:00 - United States - Strykersville

Today, my mom decided to clean out my freezer. She freaked out over a box of unbelievably expensive King crab legs that expired over five years ago. My PTSD kicked in and I explained that I got them for a special occasion three days before my girlfriend was diagnosed with lung cancer. I never got that special occasion. I hate me. FML

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adrianh1090 12

Friday 20 December 2013 4:25

You've made it this far.

Welshite 39

Friday 20 December 2013 4:25

Canned food is good for a long time after the expiration date. Just sayin'. Manufactures print the "best by" date, but that doesn't mean it's spoiled even months later.

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Exhaling 12

Friday 20 December 2013 4:29

This made me cringe as I read this. Op, cook your own food if you don't trust your mom that much anymore.

LowExpectations 30

Friday 20 December 2013 12:34

OP would need to get a job as well and do their own grocery shopping. No point cooking for yourself if all your supplies are expired.

zevo1415 10

Friday 20 December 2013 4:29

Canned food is good after the "best by" daye

xkore787 14

Friday 20 December 2013 4:29

Haha imagine a dyslexic chef....that could end poorly *Breaking News!* Thirteen contract food poisoning after chef uses cocktail sauce from 1902! Three confirmed fatalities

doodlecloud 26

Friday 20 December 2013 11:51

Hahaha - 'Learning difficulty ruins mans job prospects forever!' Hilarious...

NoFightinDestiny 9

Friday 20 December 2013 4:29

Wow, that's........ uncanny. Hah

iAlissa 34

Friday 20 December 2013 9:17

*slaps knee*

Retrokitty 9

Friday 20 December 2013 4:30

They tend to make a best by date now instead of an expropriation date. The truth is canned food is usually good for at least 1/3 of the shelf life if not longer. Companies do it for two reasons: 1. So you buy more 2. So they don't get people complaining if expired food before the due date.

kiraleann 16

Friday 20 December 2013 4:41

Most canned foods have a "best by" shelf life of at least a couple of years, I don't see why it wouldn't continue to be safe to eat after that provided it isn't TOO much after that. I wouldn't eat canned food that was years past the best by date. But months? Sure.

kiraleann 16

Friday 20 December 2013 7:39

Sorry, just noticed my reply is in the wrong spot. I clicked the reply button for #28 and it ended up here. :/

harryb1963 3

Saturday 21 December 2013 2:30

The best by date is an FDA regulation. I work in a bottle water plant and it is required.

eragon2262 6

Friday 20 December 2013 4:30

but did you die?

Azalorgm 7

Friday 20 December 2013 4:31

Sounds like you can't really convince her. Sorry OP!

vauran 5

Friday 20 December 2013 4:31

Google expiration date myth. Lots of interesting stuff to read. Expiration dates aren't always accurate or even relevant.

drewflav 17

Friday 20 December 2013 5:06

The day I see an expiration date on honey is the day I know the system is ****** up. Oh wait...

vipirius 18

Friday 20 December 2013 6:55

Yeah but the stuff they sell at markets can hardly be called honey, so it makes sense that it has an experation date, with all the stuff they add into it.