Best by dates

Posted on December 1st, 2011 by Jerry under Food, Health, Life.

Last night I was in the mood to snack.  I don’t know why, I just seemed like I couldn’t get full!  And it didn’t make any sense to me at all because I had eaten plenty of protein, which sticks to my ribs better than anything else.  I don’t know, maybe I was just bored, or stressed.  All I know is that my stomach was growling at me and I felt hunger pains that just would not stop!  I was going nuts trying to find something to eat that would not be terrible for me.  Cookies and chips were calling out to me; it was so hard to resist!  And I know that experts say to eat fruit, but that makes me even hungrier!

So I scrounged around the pantry and found some microwave popcorn that had been sitting there a long time.  It had a “best if used by” date on it that was over a year old.  I considered throwing it away, but then I decided I’d pop it and see if it smelled or tasted bad; if so, then I’d toss it away.  Well, I think it had a few more “old maids” than normal, but not bad, and it tasted just fine.  And today I’m alive and well, so I guess maybe today I’ll eat that second bag of expired popcorn!

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