My grandmother did that. I don’t make bacon often enough.
Add me to the list of people who freeze butter. I stock up when its on sale.
Always good… no problems with texture or taste.
The texture in cream cheese will change slightly (if you freeze it), but if I’m cooking with it – that’s fine, but if you spread it on a bagel – you’ll notice a change in texture.
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My MIL always froze hers in the original packaging and i nevernlticed any issue with that (other than the fact that she usually bought Aldi butter, which I didnt like as much as others).
I never freeze it because even when I’m buying a bunch on BOGO, we go through it before we get close to sell-by.
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Well, you need to batter coat it and deep fry it.
Then you will become a true believer.
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I have some ketchup in the fridge that dates back to the mid 90s. I really should pitch it since I haven’t used it this century 
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Wow. Wonder how it tastes? I’d think the vinegar would have mostly permeated through the container and it might taste pretty, uh, I guess “flat” might be a good descriptor?
Edit - come to think of it, if a local uni has a food science degree-granting department, you might consider donating the 28 year-old refrigerated “corpse” for them to study.
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I think you are onto something!
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I have a bottle of Campari from 1978-82. How do I know? Because of the price sticker with the liquor store’s name on it. I moved away in ‘82 and haven’t been back. Truth to tell, it looks … disgusting. If i open it, demons will fly out. But I just see that sticker and it’s like a souvenir. Someone will have to hold my hand as I toss it.
I also have a powderhorn Dickel bourbon bottle. Unopened. And for you Trekkies, yep, the Saurian Brandy bottle prop from TOS.
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True story.
I was over at my in-laws for thanksgiving. In their drawer were these packets of ketchup that must have been there since they were newlyweds (they’re in their 80s and my wife, their daughter, is in her 40s). Those packets were completely flat. Tearing one open revealed ketchup powder.
I think this is how Ferran Adrià got his start in molecular gastronomy.
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One year after my mom died my dad decided to sell the house and move into an apartment. When I was cleaning out the liquor cabinet I found a bottle of Port in the back. My dad didn’t drink and my mom rarely did - usually having sherry or wine. There were maybe a couple of glasses of Port left so on my last night in the house I had some as a night cap. There was absolutely no flavour to it and no buzz from the alcohol. I had the other glass the following weekend when I was at home in Ottawa and got a terrible headache even after one sip. It was as if all the alcohol was concentrated in that last little bit.
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I found some port like that when I was cleaning out my Dad’s place after he died. I searched in vain for some kind of info about it; finally decided it was brought back from a trip my parents took somewhere - probably in the 1980s. I opened it - didn’t look appealing - put a drop on my finger - and tasted it - it went straight to the trash.
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So this means I can’t keep my little packets of Heinz tartar sauce that expired in May?
I won’t live long enough for them to ….well.
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No, it means that if you keep those packets of tartar sauce post-May you can open up your own pop-up El Bulli or maybe Alinea.
To expand a bit on this, I wear monthly contact lenses. These are called “Night & Day”, which I think is both pretty old and the very first version of silicone hydrogel (originally launched in 1998) and I’ve been using them since 1999.
I took my son in for his annual visit in March 2019, and while there asked if I could buy another 6-pack (6 month’s worth of) my left eye prescription. I was short on it because that’s the eye I’m under-powering so I can still read, and me and the doc had gone back/forth on which was better for reading (with him being right, and me being wrong, so anyway at that time I’d bought a half-years worth of both his (right) and my (wrong) guessed strength).
The gal there said no way I could buy more because I was within 3 mos of my next checkup date.
So I got kinda pissed and said (sotto voce, not to her) screw you guys. So I’ve been wearing the same contact lens for over 4 years. I clean it once a month, per the original replacement schedule, but it’s been just fine.
I wonder if I now offer the manufacturer’s R&D department a chance to examine a lens that’s been used ~ 50 months more than they say it’s worth, would they gift me another 6 or 12 in the same strength?
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TIL that there are people who don’t freeze butter.
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Thank God! I’m ready to retire from my current punishment, but I need to keep busy!
I used to wear monthlies. Never had a prob until I was stricken with a dry eye. Then I switched to dailies (which as far as vision correction is concerned, suck mightily). But now I order my lenses through Costco, and since I often just wear one lens around the house, I order extras from Costco. It isn’t a problem just to order for one eye.
Y’know, unlike food, if it’s something I’m putting into my eye – like directly onto my cornea – I am kind of inclined to follow directions, even the equivalent “use by” or “best by” dates for contact lenses.
Call me crazy, paranoid, or a combination of both, but that’s how I think I would roll if I wore contacts.
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Oh, those of us old enough to have worn “lick and stick” lenses (hard contacts) can talk you down off the ledge.
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Freezing butter is my regular practice. I buy a pound of butter, keep it in the freezer, and take it out (into the refrigerator) a stick at a time.
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