Yeah, the expiry is beaurocracy in action, but okay beiroacracy, I’m fine with putting the dates. But canned goods are eternal if stored properly, and doing a quick inspection for what you mentioned is all you need when you’re scouring the wasteland for Vienna sausages in the far off time of the year 2025.
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A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 months agocan food can last far longer than the expiration date, as long as it still has seal integrity, and not bulging.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Llewellyn@lemm.ee 5 months ago
What do you have against the word “bureaucracy”?
Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe that poster really meant dictatorship of the beautiful rather than dictatorship of the office?!
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I rely on auto correct to take care of things like that for me.
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah I’d argue canning is one of the greatest technological marvels of the 20th century. I never check the expiration date of the cans in my kitchen