Still Tasty

I found this really great website while perusing the internet for money saving realted sites.  It's called "Still Tasty".  Over at Still Tasty you can determine if using a product past the "sell by" or expiration date will be safe.  This site also offers food storage tips as well as advice on the proper way to defrost and prepare foods.  You can even ask any related questions and get reliable answers there. 

This site covers just about anything you wanted to know about food freshness and storage.  I see this as being a wonderful tool for those of us who coupon and stock up when the deals are hot so I have added this to the sidebar for quick reference.  For a link to another article about expiration dates, check out my other post here.

Stockpiling and Expiration Dates

In our house we sometimes push the envelope on product expiration dates.  When you are a serious couponer, sometimes you over estimate how much your family will need and use before the item gets to it's rock bottom price again; sometimes those items in your pantry don't stay organized and product with an early expiration date gets pushed to the back of the stack.  I will admit, occassionally I make my husband the guinea pig before I will try something beyond it's expiration date myself.  Then again, some things just aren't worth a trip to the E.R. and we let it go.  If you have ever wondered about expiration dates and if you should chance it, this is a great article to read. 

Of course, keeping organized and being realistic about your estimates are ways to assure you don't have a lot of expired food laying around but this article really makes me feel better about some of the chances I have taken in eating items beyond their "sell by" date.