Are you good at buying food with a 'good date' on it?
like bread and shit?
do you just grab the first loaf and run, or do you rummage through to find the one with the most amount of days of freshness left?
I was in the co-op the other day, queueing behind some old lady. She had her eye on some hot cross buns, but just grabbed the top packet, without any prior thought about shelf life. weird.
I very kindly pointed out that the packet she had picked up was best before the next days date and if she was to look a little deeper, she'd find some with 4-5 days of freshness.
she thanked me and we both went on with our days.
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Usually have a quick check of dates on fresh stuff.
With bread, I usually have a good rummage and find a nice soft one.
Did you pass her a note
'Dig deeper fresher product' then give her a little wink?
Rarely look at use by dates
but then again I mainly get my shop online so I don't have a chance to look.
I freeze all bread anyway but lets not get into that again.
That whole 'last thread' thing didn't last long
did it eh?
Always check the bread.
And yogurts and meat. But that's about it.
Usually have a look at the dates
Been caught out a few times when I've noticed after that it's got that same day's date on it. Proper annoying.
I always check bread and milk
I don't tend to bother with other things, unless I'm buying something knowing I won't need it for a while.
Check everything (fresh)
Once bitten twice shy hush hush eye to eye you're too shy shy.
I bet Limahl
always checks the date on things.
Used to not be very good at this but have got much better in recent times.
Some of the date ranges are astonishing. If, you know, you're astonished by that kind of thing.
Never check the date on shit, don't buy it that often though
Can't say I do either really...
guys, 'date' is also the name of a type of food
doesn't anyone want to make a joke about that?
does it have to be funny?
god no
i went into a shop the other day,
but the guy minding the shop for the owner was from overseas and hadn't quite grasped the nuances of english grammar.
- 'have you got any dates'
- 'they're out of date'
- 'i don't mind, i'll take them anyway'
- 'no, they're out of date'
- 'i really dont mind'
- 'no, THEY'RE OUT DATE'
etc, etc.
I've had to be airlifted to a specialist laughter-induced trauma unit after reading this.
"THEY'RE OUT DATE"
If I die, at least I'll go with a smile on my face.
You're the idiot here
wanting out of date dates.
this didn't actually happen, FYI.
I'm amazing
so good that people have commented on it whilst I've been shopping.
channel 4 are making a programme about me, for the same reasons.
It's called
Clean Up in Aisle Smee
Note - Aisle Three is the aisle with all the bread. Your name is Smee. You've found some bread with some very good dates on.
not really a fan of fruity bread.
0 - hmmmppph
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jazz
I always go to the back
you can get amazing dates on bread if you do that. My girlfriend is awful at it, she goes on random solo big shops and buys all sorts of fresh meat and meals, but all with a date within 1-2 days. Then she wants a Chinese takeaway anyway, goes off the idea of a bolognese so everything goes in the freezer.
you're all contributing to waste
it's a good job there are mentals willing to eat out of bins round the back just to redress the balance
fix
I think I only do this with spinach and bread.
Spinach is a right fucker for going manky in the bag, so maximum freshness is always handy.
I bought some spinach recently that was good for a week.
Maybe more but I ate it.
Last night I made those spinach ball things you linked to on here once.
They're pretty tasty.
I bought the spinach almost a week ago, and there were 1 or 2 leaves that didn't make the grade.
oooh I'd forgotten about them, they're good.
True story
A very short old lady asked me if I could check the back of the shelf (she couldn't reach) to see if the blackberries there had a 'better' date. They didn't, so she was wasting my time as well as hers.
Always check that stuff
Also salt content, fat sometimes, how much money you're ACTUALLY saving if you get 2 for £3 (18p? hardly seems worth it), comparing the cost of pre-packaged versus loose. I'd hate to go shopping with me.
Milk maids!
RANDAL
You gotta loosen up, my friend.
You'd feel a hell of a lot better
if you'd rip into the occasional
customer.
DANTE
What for? They don't bother me if I
don't bother them.
RANDAL
Liar! Tell me there aren't customers
that annoy the piss out of you on a
daily basis.
DANTE
There aren't.
RANDAL
How can you lie like that? Why
don't you vent? Vent your
frustration. Come on, who pisses
you off?
DANTE
(reluctantly)
It's not really anyone per se, it's
more of separate groupings.
RANDAL
Let's hear it.
DANTE
(pause)
The milkmaids.
RANDAL
The milkmaids?
INSERT: MILK HANDLER
A WOMAN pulls out gallon after gallon, looking deep into the
cooler for that perfect container of milk.
DANTE (O.C.)
The women that go through every
gallon of milk looking for a later
date. As if somewhere-beyond all
the other gallons-is a container of
milk that won't go bad for like a
decade.
has anybody said that best before dates are often a load of cock anyway?
bread aside