----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "recipe list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: C n D: FOOD
> "FOOD" > > FREEZER FOODS: > > ICE CREAM - If you can't tell the difference between your ice cubes > and your ice cream, it's time to throw BOTH out. > > FROZEN FOODS - Frozen foods that have become an integral part of the > defrosting problem in your freezer compartment will probably be > spoiled (or wrecked anyway) by the time you pry them out with a > kitchen knife. > > IN THE FRIDGE: > > EGGS - When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is > probably past its prime. > > DAIRY PRODUCTS - Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt. > Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese. Cottage > cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese. Regular > cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway -- if you can dig down and > still find something non-green, bon appetite! > > MEAT - If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a > three-block radius to congregate outside your house, toss the meat. > > UNMARKED ITEMS: You know it is well beyond prime when you're tempted > to discard the Tupperware along with the food. EMPTY > > ON THE SHELF: > > CANNED GOODS - Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of > a softball should be disposed of ... Very carefully. > > POTATOES - Fresh potatoes do not have roots, branches, or dense,leafy > undergrowth. > > THE GAG TEST - Anything that makes you gag is spoiled (except for > leftovers from what you cooked for yourself last night). > > BREAD: Sesame seeds and Poppy seeds are the only officially acceptable > "spots" that should be seen on the surface of any loaf of bread. Fuzzy > and hairy looking white or green growth areas are good indications > that your bread has turned into a pharmaceutical laboratory > experiment. You may wish to discard it at this time, depending on your > interest in pharmaceuticals. > > CEREAL: It is generally a good rule of thumb that cereal should be > discarded when it is two years or longer beyond the expiration date, > or when it will no longer fall out of the box by itself. > > FLOUR: Flour is spoiled when it wiggles, or things fly out when you > open it. > > PRETZELS: Normally eternal, pretzels may be discarded if they can no > longer be picked up without falling apart. Otherwise, there's nothing > to stop you from eating a pretzel that the Pharaoh put down only 4000 > years ago. > > RAISINS: Raisins should not usually be harder than your teeth. > > SALT: It never spoils. However, if you can't chip off reasonable > amounts from the block, maybe another box is in order, as fresh salt > usually pours. > > SPICES: Most spices cannot die, they just fade away. They will be fine > on your shelf, forever. Put them in your will. > > VINEGAR: If your grandmother made it, it is probably still good. > > EXPIRATION DATES: This is not a marketing ploy to encourage you to > throw away perfectly good food so that you'll spend more on groceries. > Even dry foods older than you are may be ready to replace. Perhaps > you'd benefit by having a calendar in your kitchen. > > > > Listen or download previous Cooking in the Dark Shows at: > > http://www.cookinginthedark.libsyn.com > Got a pod catcher? Here is the address to paste into your pod catcher for > Cooking in the Dark: > http://www.cookinginthedark.libsyn.com/rss > Cooking in the Dark is sponsored by Blind Mice Mart! > http://www.blindmicemart.com > The Cooking in the Dark Show is streamed weekly on the internet. > > Visit the Cooking in the Dark page at Blind > Mice Mart for times and links. > Every purchase at Blind Mice Mart funds the Mouse Hole Scholarship Program > providing scholarships for Blind students! > http://www.BlindMiceMart.com > Use the coupon code "acbradio" when you check-out at Blind Mice Mart and a > portion of your purchase will be donated to ACB Radio and you will save a > little change too! > Visit the Cooking and Baking Department at Blind Mice Mart and get some of > the same products Dale uses on the show! > Recipes posted on this list serve are the property of Blind Mice Mart and > Cooking in the Dark. Reproduction without permission is not permitted. > Cooking in the Dark and Blind Mice Mart are copyrighted trademarks of > Blind > Mice Inc. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
