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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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
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
Today, I decided to have some bagels. It was only after I ate them that I looked at the cream cheese and discovered that it expired 3 years ago. FML
Today, a friend invited me over for dinner. She presented me with a "gourmet" homemade meal. As I started eating, I realized it tasted… off. She looked at me expectantly, so I politely ate it all. Afterwards, she told me it was a new recipe she was trying "tuna casserole" made with canned tuna… which we found out later expired in 2015. FML
Today, I found a small bottle of chocolate milk in the fridge from McDonald's. I've been living with my grandparents while going to college and figuring they'd never drink it themselves, I took a sip. It had expired two years ago. FML
Today, I was eating cereal while absentmindedly reading the box. I was amused when I found it expires on my birthday. Then I realized it expired on my birthday two years ago. FML
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
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
Today, I had some soup that my dad made. I took one sip and found he had put tons of hot sauce in it. I rushed to drink from a soda can sitting on the counter, only to find that my mom had used it as an ash tray the night before. I can still taste the hot sauce, and the ash. FML
Today, I really wanted something to drink. I looked in the fridge, and found some of my grandma's soy milk. I took a swig, and instead of tasting soy, I tasted something rotten. Turns out my grandma knows I drink her soy milk, so she swapped it with expired chicken broth. FML
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auburnvans 0
Oh damn. Didn't it have a smell of some sort?
Luckster 0
Dude...the FIRST thing I check with canned food from anywhere is the expiration date. YDI for assuming everything in your parents' house is edible. We have canned/boxed food in this house from 10 years ago that my boyfriends' mom won't throw away cause "it's a waste of food", yet she won't eat it herself.
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wrigglezeus 0
we have stuff in our cuboard. I think there is a canned treacle pudding from 97 but my house mate won't throw it out even after eating canned fish that went off after 5 years. the throwing up still never taught him that lesson the op was given the food I'm sure he trusted his parents to give him decent food FML and my god no one comment on any grammee or spelling I really hate people who think they are better than others by pointing out grammer mistakes.
myksbrain 0
I lik ur spllng. U smrt to me.
NotEven 0
grammee grammer.... GRAMMAR.... You absolutely asked for this...
xenomorph 0
t's prt f th stndrd f ths st. cn tll yr cmmnt ws nt dsmvwlld.
Skull_300 0
A ******* can of soup? Why didn't you look in the freezer for some rancid meat?
ChurchofFagenism 0
hahahahhaha
sportsnut 0
so...even though things have "expiration dates" doesn't mean they actually expire. The soup was sterilized in the canning process and as long as it remains sealed, it should stay good indefinitely. Now i know a lot of people are hard core set on throwing things out the day they expire but think about this. Going from 1159pm (perfectly ok to eat) to 1201am (rancid) just doesn't make any sense with an expiration date. Oh well, i will continue to eat my expired food and throw it away when it actually goes bad and still be completely healthy
marc_with_a_c 3
Which is why lots of things don't have an expiration date.. they have a "best before" date.. meaning it's still good after the date, just not as good. (but yeah don't wait too long after the date cause otherwise then it'll be expired haha)
kewlcat 0
actually, the "best before" or "Expired" date is just the shelf life. After those dates, they can't legally sell that product, and have to throw it out, even if it is still good. Waste of food, I say, but better than having a whole bunch of lawsuits on your hands from poisoned customers.
lilowangatang 0
go to hospital. u may have botulism. was the can expanded? if so, definitely go
myksbrain 0
Food in cans doesn't expire unless the integrity of the can is compromised. Expiration dates are "suggestions" from the manufacturer. Trust your nose and eyes, not the date on the package. Did you know that honey can dry out and crystalize but it never spoils?
KamilleBlack 3
Ew, why would you drink tomato soup? That really sucks but at the same time, didn't you notice that you practically grew up with that can of soup? Well, sucks...
reborn296 0
haha this is so stupid... he won't get sick, and nothing bad will happen! Canned food doesn't expire! That's why, when people have food drives and such, you give CANNED FOOD, because no matter how long it sits around on a shelf in a shelter, waiting for a homeless person to take it, it will still be good for the person to eat! They ask for "Canned foods and non perishables"... so this guy should submit another FML as, Today, people on FML found out that I'm a fail liar with no life. FML.
eighty_five 0
EDIT: THis was meant to be a reply.
kevind23 0
How does canned soup expire??
Chelsey02 0
My parents are the same way! I hate coming home from college and finding old food in their house!!