I was mortified

Posted by Janice on January 23, 2010

I wanted to bake a cake earlier today, and I remembered that I had a couple of different cake mixes in the cupboard.  So rather than dashing to the store to buy a mix I thought I just find the mixes I already had and bake one of them up.  I was mortified to find that both the cake mix and can of frosting had expiration dates of August 2007!  So I threw them away.  Rummaging around I found more cake mix and frosting that hadn’t expired yet so I pulled them out onto the counter.  Reading the directions, it calls for oil.  Looking in the pantry I pulled out the jar of oil and see that it is almost empty.  Not quite sure I’ll have enough, so I went out to the “auxillary pantry” to pull out a full one.  That was was pretty far back on the shelf, so I decided to check the expiration date on that as well.  Darn if it was expired too!  Not by as much, but expired just the same.

I guess that means that it is past time for me to go through the cupboards and check the expiration dates on all of the goods and throw them out!  Not a fun job, but one that needs to be done.  I hate wasting food!