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<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Dear Poor Lucky Me, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I recently indulged in a few pretzels from my desk drawer that were stamped with an expiration (I prefer the \u201cBest Used By\u201d variation) date of December 2008. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now that we are in late May, I thought this may create a problem for me, digestive or otherwise. However, the taste was similar to fresh and so far the only side-affect has been a filmy after-taste \/ residue in my mouth. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is my problem; I have tossed the half bag of pretzels but continue to wonder if I should\u2019ve just went for it and finished the bag. I fear that during these downward economic times, my colleagues and family members would be furious with me if they found out I wasted all of those pretzels. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please help. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yours truly, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dear Stalemated, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have long been suspicious that those “best by” dates are really just a ruse to get us to buy food, dispose of it, and buy more. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n They (the evil snack food conglomerates) don’t care if you eat the food or throw it away as long as you buy more as soon as possible. How rotten can a bag of snacks really get? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And they’re in my head now: when I reach for something in the fridge and it’s anywhere near the expiration date\/freshness date I gag. My brain is flooded with images of botulism and mold and bird flu. I know it’s not rational, but it’s still terrifying. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \nMaybe it’s time to fight back, and get under the warm protection of the bad economy to do so. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let’s keep our milk two days after it’s freshness date! Let’s cut the visible mold off our cheese and keep- ugh I just gagged- eating it! If my dog can eat garbage and think it’s delicious, surely I can eat wilted lettuce. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reach into that garbage can, brush off the coffee grounds and shredded paper, and finish those pretzels with pride. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If anyone sneers at you, ask them why they take such pleasure in being wasteful. <\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sincerely, <\/strong> Dear Poor Lucky Me, I recently indulged in a few pretzels from my desk drawer that were stamped with an expiration (I prefer the \u201cBest Used By\u201d variation) date of December 2008. Now that we are in late May, I thought this may create a problem for me, digestive or otherwise. However, the … Continue reading “Edible Mystery”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3787,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/3787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nStalemated <\/p>\n
\nPoor Lucky Me<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"