I used to toss anything past the sell-by date without thinking twice

Last week I was cleaning out my dad's fridge after he passed and found a jar of salsa from March 2022. I was about to throw it straight in the trash like I always do with expired stuff. But my neighbor came over to help and said 'hold up, let me check that.' She opened it, gave it a sniff, and said it was fine. I argued with her for a minute but she convinced me to taste it and honestly it was still good. Now I'm rethinking how much food I've wasted over the years because I just assumed the date on the label was law. Have any of you actually eaten something way past its date and regretted it, or is it mostly fine like she said?

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caseyl183mo ago

Same as with my crew's leftover paint, people throw away perfectly good stuff just because it's not brand new.

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blairstone3mo ago

@caseyl18 It's just paint, not a moral crisis or anything.

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