[Josy]

Originally Posted by the truth

people used to eat much of this food for weeks beyond the dates they suggets nowadays and they lived to tell the tale. just watch those shows were the homeless take tons of food from the large bins.

BBE dates dont suggest you will be ill or worse if you continue eating the stuff after the date though, it's just a suggestion that it will be better quality if consumed before that date...I take Use By dates more serious.

I am very cautious when it comes to food in general though and must admit I do throw a lot of bread out, I don't like eating it if it's been opened for more than a day and tend to throw the rest of the loaf out to the birds and open fresh stuff.

And no I don't think it's a con.

[Nedusa]

Don't you just hate it when you buy a bunch of bananas that are green and not ripe enough to eat. So you wait a few days and a few days more for them to yellow and ripen.

Then you turn your back on them for 5 minutes and hey presto they are black and rotting...!!

What the hell's that all about.....???

[InOne]

I always tend to buy thing I'm going to eat in at least a week. I don't do mass shops for the month, find it a bit pointless.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I'm quite gross when it comes to food though, I have been known to cut mould off bread so that I can still have toast with it and stuff

I've done that, when desperate for bread to dip in my soup and couldn't be bothered going the shop.