Posted: 9/2/2009 8:34:59 AM EDT
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While the date on the milk may indeed be the sell by date, IMO if it's not good enough to sell after that date it's not good enough to drink after that date.
Now the bastards are trying to foist their beliefs onto me by printing a sell by and a use by date on the container.  I know good and well they didn't back up the sell by date so they had to extend the use by date. I'm having none of it. The sell by date is the use by date as far as I'm concerned.
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What's really going to pop you bubble is that I've had unexpired milk served out of a cooler (hotel breakfast) that was completely gone. We're talking past buttermilk and into cottage cheese stage here. Hotel staff was like 'Oh, yeah, we had some complaints. You should check it before you drink it anyway...'
I spent the rest of the week at another hotel. The date is a suggestion, not a guarantee either way. BSW |
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I'm surprised by the results so far. I wonder what else I'm in the minority on.
(17) 65.4% (9) 34.6% Total Votes: 26 
Based on these results it's probably safe to assume that there are a bunch of people in here that have no problem sending food back to the kitchen in a restaurant. 
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Quoted: I'm having none of it. what about you? Nope, even if it's just approaching the SB-date by a few days. No-go. (the rest of the people living here seem to care about SB-dates about as much as the dog does, so very little ever goes to waste. more power to 'em) |
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I'm surprised by the results so far. I wonder what else I'm in the minority on. (17) 65.4% (9) 34.6% Total Votes: 26
Based on these results it's probably safe to assume that there are a bunch of people in here that have no problem sending food back to the kitchen in a restaurant.
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I'm having none of it. what about you? Nope, even if it's just approaching the SB-date by a few days. No-go. (the rest of the people living here seem to care about SB-dates about as much as the dog does, so very little ever goes to waste. more power to 'em) Poor Agustus. 
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I hope you are not on my jury If I were, you could count on me not being pidgeonholed into a decision by 11 sheep. Sometimes the minority is more correct.  Just look at how the masses view the 2A.
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Stop letting people tell you what to do. Smell Taste it and judge for yourself. Sheeple.  Fixt it for ya.
Milk stinks anyway. If you go by smell alone, you'd throw it away straight from the store. While it might not smell awesome while fresh, it definately smells different once its starting to sour. |
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I'm having none of it. what about you? Nope, even if it's just approaching the SB-date by a few days. No-go. (the rest of the people living here seem to care about SB-dates about as much as the dog does, so very little ever goes to waste. more power to 'em) This is how it is in my house. When they are buying it they have no idea about the sell date. Once it's home in the fridge all of a sudden the sell date matters.  My solution, I am the only one that buys the milk, and I'll check every firkin' container in the chill case to find the one with the freshest sell date if I have too.  At least with my buying strategy we never have to worry about the milk expiring, it's always long ago drank by the time the sell date rolls around.
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I am the only one that buys the milk, and I'll check every firkin' container in the chill case to find the one with the freshest sell date if I have too. At least with my buying strategy we never have to worry about the milk expiring, it's always long ago drank by the time the sell date rolls around.This. Check date at store, once it's home, it's usually gone a week before the date, but it still gets the daily smell test. Sometimes I can tell 2-3 days before anyone else figures out it's gone bad. I just switch from cold cereal to oatmeal for a few days and put the milk back in the fridge. It's funny when they finally figure it out, at least, it's funny to me.
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There are some pretty strong feelings about milk here. Maybe I shouldn't mention that I prefer raw milk. Still warm from the cow is best. I grew up down the street from a dairy farm.... Best milk ever! The only time I have ever enjoyed milk was raw milk straight from the cow...I don't drink milk anymore but I do cook with it. As per expiration dates, I've had milk go bad before the sell by date so I just always smell it to be safe...it may not be the best smell when it is still good, but it doesn't want to make me gag.... Now something that I will NEVER drink after the sell by date is organic OJ....all badness and putrification! |
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it really depends on how long the container has been open. if its a day after the sell date but unopened, its probably still good. if its a week from the sell date and its been open for 2 weeks, maybe not so much!
but yes, the smell test is the only way! i grew up in a small dairy town in WI that holds "june dairy days" every year. i love milk! |