Have you ever looked in your cupboard and wondered... is that food still good? Have those cookies expired? Are those cans of soup still alive?? Sometimes you can tell by the smell... Rancid rice and/or noodles are no fun! But, some things you can't smell... like botulism... Sometimes you can tell by looking at things. If your bottle of V8 juice in the fridge has fuzzy green/blue rafts floating in it... probably not a good thing! But, some things you can't smell... So, how long does food actually last in our cupboards? Or our fridge? Or our freezer?
Sometimes the food will have a best before date... which helps immensely... But some food doesn't. How long can you keep spices?? How long can you keep frozen vegetables?? How about mustard or ketchup or HP sauce in the fridge??
Well... have I got the website for you!!! http://stilltasty.com/
It's great!! Simple, easy to use. Tells you how long you can keep things in the fridge and/or freezer. Tells you whether you can freeze things... How soon you need to refrigerate or freeze things... Mind you, it doesn't have canned goods on it... But still, it covers a lot of the main food groups...
It also has a bunch of stuff on how to store foods properly... Did you know onions and potatoes should not be stored together??? They both give off gases that will accelerate the spoilage of the other... Not a good mix!
Take a look...
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