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
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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, 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, my mom decided to clean out my freezer. She freaked out over a box of unbelievably expensive King crab legs that expired over five years ago. My PTSD kicked in and I explained that I got them for a special occasion three days before my girlfriend was diagnosed with lung cancer. I never got that special occasion. I hate me. FML
Today, I found out that my mom is doing a study and is keeping used pads in the freezer. FML
Today, I decided I would eat healthy in order to lose weight. Feeling powerful, I threw away all of the icecream in my freezer. An hour later, I picked the icecream carton out of the garbage and ate the entire half-melted carton. FML
Today, I found out where the puddle in the basement came from. I thought the freezer was broken, but no. My mom is running what can only be called a death camp for vegetables in there. She buys them, then forgets about them until they turn liquid. FML
Today, my mom got angry that I moved stuff in the freezer, and banned me from even opening it in future. I’m in my 30s, I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now I've lost freezer privileges. FML
Today, my grandmother has been complaining that I spend too much on food, so I started cooking food from scratch. I happily showed her my recipe book and encouraged her to try a few. She then mocked me for wasting time by not buying frozen food. FML
Today, after I cleaned out the fridge of things that expired months ago, my roommate got angry and insisted upon pulling all the moldy dairy products out of the garbage and putting them back because "they weren't mine and I shouldn't throw out other people's food." 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
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praahe 10
She's right. As long as the food isn't opened and directly exposed to the cold air to get freezer burn, it won't go bad.
MyS3lf 24
While I'm sure your intentions were good, unless it's your house and your groceries that you paid for with your own money, that wasn't your call and it's not cool that you did that. If she cooks something you think is questionable, you don't have to eat it. It's that simple.
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trucker2 33
Just don't eat there- EVER..
kujiens101 24
I like to go to my mom's and date random food that's in the freezer. The oldest is a frozen bag of fish from 2008.
SKYstlimit 11
frozen food doesn't go bad, it doesn't taste quite as nice as it would have pre freezing but it can be kept and used indefinitely, it's only after defrosting it you should use it within the next day or so, how is this not taught in schools, you shouldn't have thrown it out, if you don't want to eat it fine but she could have cooked and eaten it, you've just cost her quite a bit of money
undebatable52419 5
your mom is right, it technically doesn't go bad because it won't ever spoil, it's just gross in our heads. but the quality will decline overtime, so yes you can eat a 5 year old or 10 year old freezer steak but it probably will be dry unless it's completely vacuum sealed. expiration dates mean nothing usually, it's pretty much a sure way for food companies to not get sued when somebody who doesn't pay attention to food quality. I've known people to eat spoiled moldy food thinking it's fine because they don't believe in expirary dates, but out of those ppl somebody will get sick eventually and will try to sue
alicat089 18
I did this at my mom's house a few years ago too. everything was a couple years old and very badly freezer burnt and my mom told me the SAME THING.
praahe 10
She's right. As long as the food isn't opened and directly exposed to the cold air to get freezer burn, it won't go bad.