My husband goes into the fridge and throws out random stuff without even reading the label or opening it saying "it's old."
Drives me fucking insane. I've never thrown out food that isn't rancid/moldy.
Drives me fucking insane. I've never thrown out food that isn't rancid/moldy.
She threw out salt because it was past the "best by" date. Mind you, that salt has spent millions, possibly billions, of years in the ground. I asked why. She said, if the manufacturer says that, why would they lie?
I don't often find myself reaching out for facepalm memes or "SMDH", but I sure did then. I just said okay, but don't ever throw out salt again.
A best by date implies it is stored properly even then there’s a difference in taste/quality before and after the best by date. Which is not true for salt.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and...
So there you go. Also, if you look at context, the poster I replied to asserted that salt clumping was not a change in quality (hence the form of my reply).
Salt can spoil due to humidity if not properly stored within a day, or may never spoil, ever, if stored properly. That kind of spoilage has nothing do to with age and hence my issue with a best by date for salt.