I dunno, Nick. We could work for it, but it's going to be a stretch.

'Tis a miracle of modern science! A tool for people who have never owned a Sharpie!

Hopefully they come in longer amounts than 7 days. I'm not throwing away everything in my refridgerator every 7 days just because some fancy little strip told me my food's no good.

To answer that question, yes... yes I do.

You have no idea how long I sit there sniffing my milk trying to see if I can still safely drink it.

i think it's kinda cool.

Throw a pizza out after seven days?!?! hell no. Just nuke the bugger a little longer, that'll kill anything bad on it.

/Fuzz Adds Flavor

I could use a little strip for my stash. hate it when my
shiat gets too dry....

Makes me think of Leslie Nielson sniffing the old Chinese food and passing out.

DNRTFA, But this would work with the nitrogen enriched chopped meat where IT DOESN'T change color when it goes bad...

/Or you could just stop farking around with the meat
//buys organic, free range, vegan meat.
///because I hates eating carnivores.

food doesn't get good until about the 8th day

I think it's great. One less thing I need to keep track of.

I buy yogurt and throw it out as soon as I get home because it has bacteria in it.

sorry, mekkab, but I'm in college, so the rare occasion I do get steak, I doubt I can be picky about what that cow ate.

Now, chicken, on the other hand. Free range is better, and not terribly more expensive.

mekkab: //buys organic, free range, vegan meat.


Nice. "I'm not a vegan, but I do eat them for breakfast..."

Cottage cheese is a scam, just buy some cream and let it go bad.

one of the greatest songs of all time. we miss you Frank Zappa!

The dangerous kitchen
If it aint't one thing it's another
In the middle of the night when you get home
The bread things are all dry 'n' scratchy
The meat thing
Where the cats ate trough the paper
The can things with the sharp little edges
That can cut your fingers when you're not looking
The soft little things on the floor that you step on
They can all be DANGEROUS
Sometimes
The milk can hurt you
(If you put it on your cereal
Before you smell the plastic container)
And the stuff in the strainer
Has a mind of its own
So be very careful
In the dangerous kitchen
When the night time has fallen,
And the roaches are crawlin'
In the kitchen of danger
You can feel like a stranger
The bananaes are black
The got flies in the back
And also the chicken
In the dish with the foil
Where the cream is all clabbered
And the salad is frightful
Your return in the evening
Can be less than delightful
You must walk very careful
You must not lean against it
It can get on you clothing
It can follow you in
As you walk to the bedroom
And you take all your clothes off
While you're sleeping
It crawls off
It gets in your bed
It could get on your face then
It could eat your complexion
You could die from the danger
Of the dangerous kitchen
Who the fark wants to clean it?
It's disgusting and dirty
The sponge on the drainer
Is stinky and squirty
If you squeeze it when you wipe up
What you get on your hands then
Could un-balance your glands and
Make you blind or whatever
In the dangerous kitchen
At my house tonight

I think it was on Beyond Tomorrow where they had some for vegetables where you can tell when they're ripe. Works esp. well for mellons.

Um, yes, I could definately use something like this...

One time I made hamburger helper and when I added the milk, it refused to mix with the rest of the stuff. I'm *fairly* sure it was bad, but I finished making it anyway, 'cause the hell if I'm gonna waste a half pound of hamburger. I just cooked it a bit longer than average...

""Use by" dates are handy but they don't tell us when we first opened that pack of ham or fresh juice. "

You OPENED it?!? No wonder it went bad.

What we really need to worry about is what goes into the food container BEFORE we buy it!

The bottom of your fridge is colder than the top of your fridge.

The back of your fridge is warmer than the front of your fridge.

The door compartments aren't good places to keep eggs, mayonaisse or milk.

\Has drank chunky milk.
\\It's called yogurt.

Do they have a microwave with a barcode scanner on it yet where you just scan the barcode in and it sets the time/temp/etc on the microwave for you? That's what I want.

Or perhaps "Of course I don't hate vegans! Some of my best meals have been fed without using animal byproducts..."

I agree on the quality meat thing, BTW. I find "organic" a bit of a scam, but I am a big fan of free-range, grass-fed, hormone-free beef that's been raised by actual farmers and sold by a real butcher.

No science to it. All marketing.

It'll be like the Jiffy Lube sticker they put on your dash for 3000 miles when you only need change your oil every 5000.

The stickers will tell you your food is bad way before it's bad. Just to get you to throw it out and buy some more. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I'll take irradiated over organic, anyday.

I understand, Where wolf. Infact, in college was when I started hanging out with the vegetarian group. because they knew how to cook.


Adman12: I tend to have eggs for breakfast, so really its "I'm not vegan, but I eat their unborn young for breakfast. With hot sauce and pepper."


/damn, I'm getting hungry now

A couple of weeks ago I woke up for a quick midnight snack. With the lights off I ate a piece of plain bread. The next morning, to my horror, I noticed it was covered in mold. There should be an audible alarm on the strips.

mekkab: I tend to have eggs for breakfast, so really its "I'm not vegan, but I eat their unborn young for breakfast. With hot sauce and pepper."


No bacon? No sausages? No steak with your eggs?

Friggin hippie. Go back to France!

The Icelander: The bottom of your fridge is colder than the top of your fridge.


i guess an icelander would know all about cold.

but what i wanna know is, why do you need a fridge?

i lived in northern illinois. we kept our pop in the livingroom closet.

Bah, there are three more or less fool proof tests to determine whether food is good.

1. Visual (Has it grown fur, changed color, consistency, or size?)
2. Smell(does it smell like it did when it was fresh?)
3.Taste (take a small sample-- even if it is bad, a little bit probably won't kill you).

I'm a level five vegan.

Are these strips going to kick my roomates butts when they leave lunchmeat in the fridge since before christmas?

/green leaf lettuce in a bag lookes exactly the same after being in the crisper for two months... scary...

I try to eat the fresh food I buy as soon as possible after buying it. Fresh meat I buy the day of, or the day before I plan to cook it, max. Most other stuff gets used up before it can possibly go bad.

What do you people do, only shop once a month, or only eat at home once a week?

Occam'sLadySchick
"we kept our pop in the livingroom closet."

Why would you keep your father in the closet?

I see limited uses for a product like this in a home environment... geesh, just smell it or look at it...

Yet, in a restaurant, where multiple items are opened, closed, used by different people on different shifts on different days and health codes state nothing may be cooked / served after x days of opening, this has many positive benefits...

greenunicorns, do you pocket mulch as well?

greenunicorns: I'm a level five vegan.


mekkab! Breakfast!

Pair-O-Dice

Get yourself a humidor. My grass never dries out (not like it is around long enough to either).

bride_of_adam_cole: Do they have a microwave with a barcode scanner on it yet where you just scan the barcode in and it sets the time/temp/etc on the microwave for you? That's what I want.

Actually they do, I saw one for sale when I was working at Target. I just don't know how exact it would be and if you'd have to update the barcodes or not.

hobnail: 1. Visual (Has it grown fur, changed color, consistency, or size?)
2. Smell(does it smell like it did when it was fresh?)
3.Taste (take a small sample-- even if it is bad, a little bit probably won't kill you).

Might I add 4. Sound. Has it developed its own language, and is screaming at you to not eat it?

This would be useful for unfortunate ones like me, who have virtually no sense of smell

That said, i can tell when food is bad

/nasal polyp misery

muninsfire: hobnail: 1. Visual (Has it grown fur, changed color, consistency, or size?)
2. Smell(does it smell like it did when it was fresh?)
3.Taste (take a small sample-- even if it is bad, a little bit probably won't kill you).

Might I add 4. Sound. Has it developed its own language, and is screaming at you to not eat it?


Plus:

5. Touch. When you grab it out of the fridge, does it grab back?

Adman12:

Once a month...actually...sounds about right. Maybe twice, but that's only if I'm craving something or I forgot it the first time...

Vegans are a silly bunch. Do you see hatians refusing food because it s an animal byprodcut?

chaddsfarkprefect-
Works esp. well for mellons.


/mmmmmm mellons, I'll take two

muninsfire: hobnail: 1. Visual (Has it grown fur, changed color, consistency, or size?)
2. Smell(does it smell like it did when it was fresh?)
3.Taste (take a small sample-- even if it is bad, a little bit probably won't kill you).

Might I add 4. Sound. Has it developed its own language, and is screaming at you to not eat it?


Plus:

5. Touch. When you grab it out of the fridge, does it grab back?

6. Ummm, magnetism? Does the infected implant in your finger vibrate when it gets near the item?

The Icelander: \\It's called yogurt.

and I thought curdled milk was cheese.

/it is cheese.
//little miss muffet says so

If it hasn't started to develop its own civilisation, with temples and blacksmiths and civil wars and such, it's safe to eat

Bored24


Pair-O-Dice

Get yourself a humidor. My grass never dries out (not like it is around long enough to either).


ahhhh, that is sound advice

Really, though; it's a great idea for those older folks who, unbeknownst to them, their lack of smell is one of the first signs of dementia/Alzheimers. That said, with their loss of smell and memory, they could benefit. And their families who are way too busy to take care of them can scurry in every few days, look at the little strips and start tossing things that mom or dad don't remember when they purchased the items, or did they?