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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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)
hordriss 14
And she hasn't killed you yet. Perhaps she's right. There is much evidence to suggest she is actually right.
Headcrab 29
She's correct. Expired food will have less or no nutrients but it should be safe to eat.
bittercherry 8
Well my dad used to deliver for this huge company that produces canned food. He says that when these canned food are nearing their expiry dates, they would be collected back from the shops selling them. Then the canned food company would erase the expiry dates, print later dates on these cans, and sell them off at cheaper prices.
Gittoh 21
well I bet she won the argument with you as evidence?
mattrd_fml 31
Your mom is right. The only reason they put an expiration date on it is because the government makes them. Even bottled water has an expiration date on it.
vibernum 17
My mother-in-law is the same! I cleaned out the cupboards while they were away for a month... Some stuff was so old it didn't have a date! -.-
thtperson 13
Then she was right
Danfran_1147 10
You're still alive aren't you? Quit complaining.
v1k1rox 12
You ungreatful little ****. You haven't got food poisoning yet so what's the problem. Be happy that didn't happen to you and ask your mom not to cook with expired cans anymore.
himwiththeface 17
canned foods can be good years past the expiration date. they just put them on so you buy more when they "expire"