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Fred's Corner November 2, 2009 By Fred Cicco
Did you ever notice the sheer terror that is struck in the hearts of
people as the expiration date on something nears. It scares the snot out
of people that something is going to start growing out of the milk
bottle.
Of course, I think we are all guilty to some extent of some kind
of food expiration date prejudices. I myself have a
thing about bread. If I don’t use it up right away, I don’t like to eat
it after a couple of days. I think it’s more that I really like fresh
bread for my sandwiches and not so much that the expiration date worries
me.
Today everything has an expiration date. I think it’s great for
food. I agree wholeheartedly there. It’s even good when they put it on
film canisters. I’ve used some film after the date and it still worked
o.k. I’ve had some golf balls which I felt should have had an expiration
date on them because they didn’t seem to go as far as they should. I
don’t think that the guy hitting the ball had anything to do with it.
Clothes sort of have a built in expiration date. After a certain
length of time the clothes become outdated by themselves, the trouble is
that sometimes the wearer doesn’t realize it. Men are worse about it
than women are. It’s amazing when some men come into the store and ask
for things that are completely out of date. This never happens when the
man is accompanied by a woman. She usually has an idea what she wants
him to look like. I’m not saying that men are dodos when it comes to
dressing, it’s just not as high on a lot of men’s priority list. If the
wife or girlfriend like the looks of what they are wearing, it’s usually
o.k. with him.
Sometimes I wish there was an expiration date on some of the new
There are some items that should come with expiration dates. Just
think if homework had an expiration date. I think that when I went to
school, I had the mistaken impression that homework had an expiration
date because I never finished it. When the teachers would ask me about
it, I never had it. I always thought that when the date that it was due
was past, that I didn’t have to do it anymore. Of course, the teachers
would take a dim view of my position.
Sometimes, grocery stores don’t pay as much attention as they
should. This can be good or it can be bad. I have seen some cheese
packages that I would not want to touch and I always wonder why some
employee doesn’t see it and remove the offensive package. It can be good
when it saves you money. I have seen orange juice and milk close to the
expiration date and the price for them is greatly reduced. Sometimes, I
would get so excited that the items were reduced so much that I would go
nuts and stock up on some of the items. The only trouble with that is,
any good intentions I had about eating more grains and using the milk on
them kind of go out the window when I don’t get around to doing it. Then
I have to throw the milk or juice out. All the money I saved is gone. Oh
well, I’m sure we have all done it.
The expiration date is certainly a useful item. I know that sometimes I
get confused if something is frozen does that extend the date. It might
useful to have a dual date on some of these items.
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