Cleaning that fridge out

[Shorty]

How long will you leave something in the fridge before you toss it out? How much time has to pass before it's in the "not okay to eat" zone? Are you a "no leftovers" person? And be honest, you'll drink from the carton when it expired yesterday. We know you do.

There is a trout ton of chips and salsa, guacamole and sour cream here and my boss absolutely does not want to store it in the fridge overnight for any reason whatsoever. It could completely be saved but she's a "no leftovers" person and all of it is going to go to waste

Additionally, discuss fridge horror stories.

[Jowy]

that's a sell by and not an expiration date...rollin the dice all day every day.

the mostly empty pitcher of kool-aid has been in the back of my fridge for about three months. in the mini-fridge upstairs i have one half-full can of pepsi that is probably flat and disgusting by now.

[Jinx]

How long will you leave something in the fridge before you toss it out? How much time has to pass before it's in the "not okay to eat" zone? Are you a "no leftovers" person? And be honest, you'll drink from the carton when it expired yesterday. We know you do.

There is a trout ton of chips and salsa, guacamole and sour cream here and my boss absolutely does not want to store it in the fridge overnight for any reason whatsoever. It could completely be saved but she's a "no leftovers" person and all of it is going to go to waste

Additionally, discuss fridge horror stories.

Take the leftovers home for yourself!

Also, the date on milk is Sell By, not expiration. You usually have about a week after the sell by date.

I will eat food for about 3-4 days, depending on what it is.

Also, can not say how many containers I've had to throw out because it was so green. >.>


EDIT: Well, boy howdy, Jowy beat me to the punch.

[Iceglow]

I'm generally someone who doesn't notice the milk has gone off until it's like smurfing cheese in the bottle. probably because I consume so little of it. I've taken to buying single pint bottles at a time just to prevent the large amount of waste and I get pretty annoyed when the local supermarket is sold out of single pint bottles. As for food like meat? Well honestly so long as you cook it well and the meat is not completely rancid you'll be fine, same sort of thing with cheese, cut the mold off and you're good to go how else do you think they mature cheeses?

[~*~Celes~*~]

I am very paranoid about eating food passed date I try not to hold onto things too long, if I have leftover dinner I try to eat it the next day for lunch (or breakfast if it's pizza).

[Christmas]

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Sunday

[Denmark]

eat your food before it goes bad!!!

any post anyone does pales in comparison to christmas

[Shorty]

good lord what the smurf happened on saturday

I took some home but these were catering-sized containers

[Christmas]

click at your own risk

[Jiro]

Food is thrown out once it goes bad, if it lasts that long.

[Tigmafuzz]

We burn through $120 of food like nothing so Sarah goes to the store every two weeks to refill the fridge which is always almost completely empty by the second Saturday. I guess I'll have to be doing that from now on

Also, having been on the street and living in abandoned houses at different times in my life, I don't think you all would appreciate my refrigerator "horror stories."

[Shorty]

Why don't you share them anyway, for entertainment's sake.

[Tigmafuzz]

Small example: raiding a pantry in an abandoned house for canned goods and randomly deciding to check the fridge for some reason leading to me throwing up and having the image of a dead raccoon ballooned up and covered in blood and maggots stained in my mind forever. Horror level: 3/10 on my troutty experiences scale.

[Unbreakable Will]

I used to have a tendency to keep things too long, resulting in many a fridge horror tale. Although on the other hand I would/will not abide spoiled milk in there, that trout is disgusting beyond all else... fridge-wise.

[Shiny]

A fridge was in the shower. Not particularly horrifying but insanely confusing.