Pasta, 12 years. Yoghurt, 1 month.
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I understand in some cases it may be wasteful, but I'm super strict about expiration dates. Food poisoning is truly awful, and I don't fuck around. All that barfing, shidding, and farding.
It is wasteful, the expiration date is very conservative. You can push it 20% or more for sealed, correctly stored items. Just check for signs of rot or mold. Food waste is a serious problem in first and second world countries.
No thanks.
The risk is worth it, I will probably never get food poisoning (as long as I'm careful when foraging) and I'm healthy overall so my body would take it well. I can't imagine store-bought food pushed to less than +50% of its shelf life with no signs of decay will do permanent harm. I guess a week off work can be a problem if you're in America? I feed old food to chickens instead if it goes stale or unappetizing so I never really waste any anyway.
I'm not discouraging you or any one else to be more flexible about them, I'm just saying I have my limitations on the matter.
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About 15 years. I can't remember exactly... something from the "small things corner" of our fridge :)
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This depends on the type of food.
Fresh meat? Don’t push it.
Tofu? What, is the bean curd going to curdle?
Tofu will go bad, it will turn sour and slimy. Or at least the soft tofu will. Pretty sure all tofu will be eventually.