Definitely helps some of us remember approximately how old something is.
Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoLeave your beef out on the counter for a day and I assure you, the expiration date will be useless.
Expiration dates are 99/100 times a baseline for guessing if an item is safe to consume. If you’re not using your brain and actually checking, you’re gonna have a bad time.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
You don’t even have to leave it on the counter sometimes. I had a steak a bit ago in the freezer, thawed it, smell test, it had gone bad. Best guess is some point in the store or transit it got stored improperly and it was bad before it got to my freezer. Always check even if in the expiration date food poisoning is awful