• Food Expiration

    From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to All on Mon Feb 6 05:59:00 2023
    THE FOOD EXPIRATION DATES YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY FOLLOW

    The first thing you should know? The dates, as we know them, have
    nothing to do with safety.

    By J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

    Have you been reacquainting yourself with the forgotten spices and fusty
    beans from the depths of your pantry? How fusty is too fusty? When is
    the right time to throw something out? And what about fresh ingredients?
    If I'm trying to keep supermarket trips to a minimum, how long can my
    eggs, dairy and produce keep?

    Here's the first thing you should know: Expiration dates are not
    expiration dates.

    Food product dating, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls it, is completely voluntary for all products (with the exception of baby food,
    more on that later). Not only that, but it has nothing to do with
    safety. It acts solely as the manufacturer's best guess as to when its
    product will no longer be at peak quality, whatever that means. Food manufacturers also tend to be rather conservative with those dates,
    knowing that not all of us keep our pantries dark and open our
    refrigerators as minimally as necessary. (I, for one, would never leave
    the fridge door open for minutes at a time as I contemplate what to
    snack on.)

    Read the rest of the story @ https://tinyurl.com/IM-EXPIRED

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Scraped Icebox & Dishrag Soup
    Categories: Meat, Potatoes, Vegetables, Herbs
    Yield: 6 servings

    6 c (to 8) water
    4 md (to 6) potatoes; in small
    - chunks
    1 md Onion; rough chopped
    2 cl Garlic; fine minced
    +=OR=+
    1/2 ts Garlic powder
    16 oz Can tomato sauce or crushed
    - tomatoes
    1 lb (to 1 1/2 lb) meat, cooked *
    15 oz Can (ea) green beans, corn, and
    - carrots
    +=OR=+
    2 lb Bag frozen mixed veggies
    1 tb Worcestershire sauce
    1 ts (ea) Oregano, parsley or
    - whatever spices you have
    - on hand
    Salt & pepper

    * roast, hamburger, sausage, chicken, venison, whatever

    Brown meat if it isn't cooked, chopping into sm pieces

    Place meat, veggies, tomato sauce, and spices in large
    pot, adding enough water to cover everything and begin
    to float the veggies.

    Bring to a boil, allow to simmer (covered over low heat)
    for 30 to 45 minutes, until potatoes are soft and meat
    is cooked through.

    CHEF'S NOTES: Using whatever happens to be ripe in the
    garden works well with this for seasonal variations.
    I've been known to use leftover spaghetti sauce for the
    tomato, as well as tossing a couple of fresh tomatoes
    from the garden into the blender on puree.

    2 Cups of cooked rice can be substituted for the
    potatoes as a starch variant.

    Any combination of spices and seasonings can be used:

    Cumin and a bit of chilli spice mix will give you a
    Mexican taste.

    Curry powder works well for an Indian variant.

    Substituting Soy for the Worcestershire and using ground
    ginger and cilantro will give you an Asian variant.

    By: Erin Palette

    RECIPE FROM: https://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com

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