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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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 saw my mom changing the expiry date on milk. She genuinely thought this would make the milk sour later. 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 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
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, 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, 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
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
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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adrianh1090 12
You've made it this far.
Welshite 40
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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Comments (126)
guttedbrit 26
And you're not ill or ever have been? Result!
manylaughs 2
There never used to be a such thing as an expiration date. If it smells or tastes bad or has visible mold, don't eat it! If not, you'll be fine!
theorist3 7
You are 17... you made it this far! If you are really concerned, time to start cooking yourself. Give mum a break!
Bcfrmkc816 17
It is true the expiry date is not really a set date. Look it up. As long as it has been kept clean dry and out if direct sunlight and not dented or the ends or one end is not popped out then yes it is still good.
fwongraven 10
Aged 24 I found out that my mam believed frozen food keeps indefinitely. We lived on frozen food growing up. Still alive though!
khaoticpanda 28
Your fine. She doesnt mean any harm.
TADspace 30
My step-sister's fiance thinks "Refrigerate after Opening" is a government conspiracy.
CutiePatootie85 11
That's not ok
tazinoufou 1
Cans don't have expiration dates. The date on it is about how long they assure you the TASTE of it. It's still eatable years after that, don't worry.
cryssycakesx3 23
most food is "edible" after it's expired.
Naoto_Shirogane 17
If after seventeen years you never realized she was using expired food, it couldn't have been that bad.