Posted: 1/2/2014 8:56:59 AM EDT
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Hey guys,
Doing some first of the year inventory and I have some canned goods that are well past their expiration date and I am going to donate to the local food bank. If it was just myself I would likely keep and use them, but my wife is really particular about expiration dates. Just a friendly reminder to everyone if you are going to throw something out, maybe drop it off at a local foodbank collection site. |
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Yeah dude, you cant give out expired food to homeless people. They have to have top notch stuff, so they don't get sick. Just eat it. Yesterday, for New Years, instead of eating pork n kraut, I ate a can of expired ravioli dated 12-27-12. MMMmmmMMMM good. No shit, every month our lodge has a nice big homemade meal for the Brothers and we always have a pan or two leftover..... Damn shelter wont take it.... not certified. We have to take it to the Senior center. Don't make sense.... Retired people who worked all their life will eat it, but bums?? nope, not good enough. |
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A friend had a resturant catch on fire.. The walk in cooler and a chest freezer were totally unaffected except loss of power- so I got it back up running off my welder (with a stolen 3 phase motor as a pseudo phase converter.) Health inspector agreeded to certify it for reuse based on temp barely exceding 40 before I had power back on.
The dry goods were all covered in soot -from #10 cans, bags of rice and flour (permiable), sugar (has a thin plastic liner), 5 gallon buckets, plastic spice jars. Their lawyer advised to toss it all, as they could be sued if anyone got sick. The health inspector said everythign sealed (rice/flour was not sealed) she would allow reuse if it was removed that day (due to humidity, and lack of building integrity and was washed or repackaged before entering another resturant.) Alcohol can not be removed from premise legally. Inspector asked us to destry any open bottles at bar due to contamination down spout (having been in the building, I don't think this was unreasonable). Inspector was very vague on what we were supposed to do with the sealed bottles :-). So 75% of cooler food went to another resturant (at half price), Most of the canned goods (including like 45 gallons of cooking oil) and some of the chilled goods were donatted to a soup kitchen- they washed them, made a call to the health department, then to their own legal council. Health department verified health inspector (different county-same state) had vetted the food for donation. Their lawyer told them to scrap it all, including 48 dozen eggs, several (6+ cases of chicken, a case of sirloin, cases of veggies, case of butter, 45 gallons of oil (all sealed), several hundred pounds of sugar, buckets of mayo, etc. I was sick when I found out about it. I took 2 filet mignons (i'd guess10-15 lbs each), vacuum sealed in plastic, and a case of lobster tails to the local fire station. Health inspector also called them (they are discourged from accepting gifts of food by the state emergency management- it's not clear if it was an issue, but she called them anyway.) For his work, CB has 500 lbs of sugar stored, 100 lbs of salt, a filet mignon, and so much fresh-frozen sushi grade tuna that I got tired of it. Oh, I had to haul off some of the alcohol, and a few cases of bud light. I got a case of cheap ass Vodka and Gin for SHTF, and a few bottles of good stuff to impress friends, if they can ignore the slight tint to the paper labels. |
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Most the "needy" around here drive cars 15yrs newer than my truck and have iphones. On top of this, shelters and food kitchens demand fresh or brand new canned goods, some even demanding the sell by date be at least a week after the day you give it to them.
I'd sooner pile up my food in the yard and burn it than give any to the FSA trash in this town. |
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This topic does reoccur rather often. I take the "Best by" date to mean the producer says "Get rid of it and buy more of our stuff!!!" In short, the best by date doesn't mean squat. Can goods have a LONG shelf life if kept cool and dry. This will provide more information than you want: http://grandpappy.info/hshelff.htm |
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Most the "needy" around here drive cars 15yrs newer than my truck and have iphones. On top of this, shelters and food kitchens demand fresh or brand new canned goods, some even demanding the sell by date be at least a week after the day you give it to them. I'd sooner pile up my food in the yard and burn it than give any to the FSA trash in this town. This I won't give a damn thing, not money, time or goods to any food bank. They only exist to give people jobs, not actually solve the problem. They demand better goods than I eat, wear, and live in fuck 'em Find someone personally you know that is down on their luck, or needs a hand, or ask around at church. They will take it and be grateful for your help. |
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Arent properly sealed/canned goods OK years after the best by "date"? Yes. Then why get rid of them? Cause politically correct toe the line EPA EMR EMP EMT brainwashed Sheeple are scared to eat the stuff. Just eat it yourselfs. Win... 
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I did not expect this thread to get so big.
As for preventing the FSA from getting the food. I feel ya. I dont want to support terrible behavior or entitlement in any way shape or form. If there was a way to donate canned food to prepper families or families I know that are good people and not moochers, I would. |
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I did not expect this thread to get so big. As for preventing the FSA from getting the food. I feel ya. I dont want to support terrible behavior or entitlement in any way shape or form. If there was a way to donate canned food to prepper families or families I know that are good people and not moochers, I would. HTF thread maybe? |