Sell By Dates

[Barman]

Why does everything have a ?Sell By? or ?Best Before? date now?

When I was a kid everything was edible until: -

a) It was too stale to chew.
b) It had changed colour dramatically
c) It was too thick to pour.

Nowadays everything is out of date before you get home from the supermarket if you drive too slowly.

Is this yet another symptom of our ?Nanny State? or a cynical ploy by the food producers to get us to buy more?

[Snoopy]

Given the number of times Supermarkets have been caught out changing the dates and putting items back on the shelves I take no notice of them and trust my nose.

[Barman]

Given the number of times Supermarkets have been caught out changing the dates and putting items back on the shelves I take no notice of them and trust my nose.

There was a programme on the radio the other day about people that literally lived off the stuff that supermarkets heaved into the skip every day as ?inedible?

They had a name ? free-something-or-other but I can?t remember it now.

[Uncle Mort]

freegans

[Barman]

freegans

Indeed - thanks Uncle. 

[Darwins Selection]

Given the number of times Supermarkets have been caught out changing the dates and putting items back on the shelves I take no notice of them and trust my nose.

I fear most food would be 'remaindered' if I thought your wet, canine snout had been on it.

[Snoopy]

Given the number of times Supermarkets have been caught out changing the dates and putting items back on the shelves I take no notice of them and trust my nose.

I fear most food would be 'remaindered' if I thought your wet, canine snout had been on it.

[Bar Wench]

I don't pay any attention to them. If Mr Wench doesn't die or throw up I assume it's edible.

[Nick]

 

[Berek]

our local co-op has a bin at the back and they put loads of "in-store" baked bread in there because it only stays fresh for a couple of days. I see the same old dear helping herself most days

[Misunderstood]

If they stopped banging on about carbon footprints and started to think about the enormous quantities of food waste whilst people go hungry simply in the name of turning a profit then we might - just might - get some way towards a society that considers itself fit for this planet.

Dumb animals hunt or forage for their food and only take as much as they need - when was the last time you say a fat wild animal? - and we seem incapable of absorbing this simple example because of our need for profit.


Yes! I'm in that sort of mood today! 

[Darwins Selection]

When was the last time you say a fat wild animal?

I say it all the time.

Very loudly, if there is a lardy sponger in front of me at the post office.

I also shout "Repent all ye sinners" and "The voices told me to come here today".

If anybody is interested, I have a number of other 'Get to the front of the queue' techniques that I would be happy to share in exchange for a drink.

[Snoopy]

I would have thought the arrival of your tractor with attached slurry tank would be enough to empty the entire village centre let alone clear the Post Office queue. It certainly works for my chum Dai in this village ~ by God he does pong!