Inconvenient Annoyances

But the most recent example was lemon curd. We bought one with no preservatives so I could try it, very clearly says "refrigerate after opening", has eggs and butter in it. It's been in the cupboard since buying it. I noticed him putting it on his toast this morning, realised its been opened and not stored in the fridge. It's been open for a week! Not moldy yet but... Eww.

Oh, ew, no. That is not all British people from my experience...that might just be your husband not noticing? Or maybe he was part of the small minority that were raised without putting these things in the fridge? Dunno!

In searching for lidl I learned there's an aldi down the street! Going to check that out too. Yay for cheaper eats.

Lidl just had rice cookers for sale this past week. We've had one from Lidl for the last year or two and it's brilliant. I can't imagine NOT having a rice cooker now that I have it!

I got one for pretty cheap (£10, I think) in Argos.

Sorry XKOD, your husband is right on the sell by dates, and best before dates.  You can eat stuff way past those, especially if they have been kept cold reliably.  All that is a scam to get you to throw away perfectly good food. If it doesn't smell bad, you'll be fine.  Be careful of fish and mayo but everything else is fair game. 

I'd eat Lemon curd that was in the cupboard for a day or two.  More if it smelled Okay.  I bet the eggs are pasteurised and butter is fine to leave out.

Rice is the secret killer with food poisoning. 

Thank Goodness most of us aren't celebrating Ramadan because all we ever do is sit around talking about food. 

Sorry XKOD, your husband is right on the sell by dates, and best before dates.  You can eat stuff way past those, especially if they have been kept cold reliably.  All that is a scam to get you to throw away perfectly good food. If it doesn't smell bad, you'll be fine.  Be careful of fish and mayo but everything else is fair game. 

I'd eat Lemon curd that was in the cupboard for a day or two.  More if it smelled Okay.  I bet the eggs are pasteurised and butter is fine to leave out.

Rice is the secret killer with food poisoning. 

Thank Goodness most of us aren't celebrating Ramadan because all we ever do is sit around talking about food.

I know he's right but I still just can't! I want to gag looking at something that's a year out of it's "best before" date! He's like "best before doesn't mean it's not only A YEAR LATER". I cannot bring myself to eat those items hahaha

These are things in jars/boxes/etc. and not only things kept refrigerated.

I know he's right but I still just can't! I want to gag looking at something that's a year out of it's "best before" date! He's like "best before doesn't mean it's not only A YEAR LATER". I cannot bring myself to eat those items hahaha

These are things in jars/boxes/etc. and not only things kept refrigerated.

To be clear, I would never serve anything suspect to guests (we usually buy all fresh ingredients if we know we're having company), but we use things outside the sell-by and best-by dates, and we occasionally break the cardinal rule and give the use-by date stuff the sniff test.  We have a saying: "If it was fine yesterday, and it looks and smells okay today, it didn't magically go bad just because of the date on the container."  We don't use things more than a day or two out, but it's not like some magical threshold was crossed at midnight that made it go from safe to not-safe instantly.

To be clear, I would never serve anything suspect to guests (we usually buy all fresh ingredients if we know we're having company), but we use things outside the sell-by and best-by dates, and we occasionally break the cardinal rule and give the use-by date stuff the sniff test.  We have a saying: "If it was fine yesterday, and it looks and smells okay today, it didn't magically go bad just because of the date on the container."  We don't use things more than a day or two out, but it's not like some magical threshold was crossed at midnight that made it go from safe to not-safe instantly.

I don't mind a day or two (few days isn't too bad), but a year?! Nope.

When your husband doesn't check his email and misses the notification from Virgin that your internet will be down for a few hours in the middle of the work day. Arghh.

When your husband doesn't check his email and misses the notification from Virgin that your internet will be down for a few hours in the middle of the work day. Arghh.

UGH that is awful! Can you either tether from your phone or go over to use the wifi at Starbucks? Definitely inconvenient last minute though

UGH that is awful! Can you either tether from your phone or go over to use the wifi at Starbucks? Definitely inconvenient last minute though

Unfortunately can't tether for the data levels 2 people working remotely would use (it's all huge files), and working with customer data in Starbucks isn't safe.

Unfortunately can't tether for the data levels 2 people working remotely would use (it's all huge files), and working with customer data in Starbucks isn't safe.

Could you tether off your phone and your husband tether off his? Or is it literally just even for you all the files would be wayy too big?

Could you tether off your phone and your husband tether off his? Or is it literally just even for you all the files would be wayy too big?

Literally all too big. I mean I work with excel and giant csv's over a network connection but on the local machine, unlike when you're using citrix and its all server based. I would not want to know how much this would cost when paying 2p per MB (we don't have an unlimited data cell contract, we are both payg.)

Literally all too big. I mean I work with excel and giant csv's over a network connection but on the local machine, unlike when you're using citrix and its all server based. I would not want to know how much this would cost when paying 2p per MB (we don't have an unlimited data cell contract, we are both payg.)

ahhh right. Rubbish. I take for granted the fact I'm on VF lol

I don't mind a day or two (few days isn't too bad), but a year?! Nope.

I'm willing to bet money you've got spices that are out of date by years.

I'm willing to bet money you've got spices that are out of date by years.

Well I don't anymore. I went through when we moved house and through those suckers out! He had some with a best before date of before we had even met!