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share what you know is safe to eat DESPITE what the ""expiration date"" is
- I have no idea why hot sauce says to refrigerate after opening, but that's basic shit
- ranch is completely fine after being left out for 2 weeks at least
- milk is only ever bad if you can smell or taste that it's bad, so like ~2 weeks past label but it's fine since you can definitely tell if it's bad
- bread slices, if it gets mold on it just remove the moldy slices, the other ones are fine but you should obviously inspect it before making your next ham and cheese sandwich
- i've left taco meat on my stove for like 6 days (covered by pan lid) and nothing bad happened after eating it
- chicken is fine even after it gets slimy, you just need to cook it longer
- red meat the same, it looks more dead and bad but it's already dead rotting flesh, just cook it more
- eggs literally don't go bad, even the smelly rotten eggs can be eaten
- lettuce is good to eat even after it gets kinda brown and slimy, it's a different texture kinda so i can see how one wouldn't want to eat it
- tuna can stay out on your counter for weeks (the longest i've gone is 24ish days, it doesn't even smell bad
- ice tea mix put into a pitcher with water will go bad in less than week, mold will grow on the top
- non-heavily-processed cheese will get mold after like 3-4 days not refrigerated
- garlic goes bad in 5 weeks even after refrigerated
- ice cream will get freezer burn in 3 weeks
- your Brita filter and knockoffs need to be changed every 2 months, you can definitely taste the fluoride if not