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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
gracehi 33
And yet you're still alive. Looks like Mamma was right.
worldclassrager 41
Technically she's right...
Rizzen 27
mold is just extra flavor ;)
perdix 31
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger! Unless you're a ghost or a zombie, you probably have superpowers.
LowExpectations 30
And they said I was mad for wanting to create a race of atomic super men using expired can goods. Mwahahahaha.
whitetiger13131 26
Well, you turned out okay, right?
KamiyaHaine 18
I find the fact that you are still healthy very disturbing (though it's a good thing!) since you have been eating expired canned food for over 17 years.... What the hell is in the canned food?!
horneyhic 15
It could be just pasturized and in a vacuum seal
tobigk 4
Are you Chinese ?
bubblyhayley 16
the fact ur ok kinda proves her point!!
weveallbeenthere 30
she's right. everyone has gone stupid. They even put expiration dates on bottled water. Why?
0neiros 14
Bottled water has an expiration date due to the Chemicals in the plastic bottle breaking down and contaminating the water. Canned water, especially if the can has a white inner lining is pretty much good forever. As for food, most canned food is good 3-5 years after the Expiration date. Canned Meats like Tuna and Roast Beef can go upwards of 10 - 20 years. Now Tomato Sauces, Stewed Tomatoes, and ESPECIALLY Tomato Paste, don't push it 6 months past the date. The acidity in the Tomatoes totally degrade the can, Micro holes appear and bacteria have a party. If the can is bulging, RUN!!! Nothing more awesome, disgusting, and smelly as a can of tomato goods that has exploded.
rene_marbles 1
gross