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The Reason Is

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The reason is Once opened please consume within three days that's what the smudgy printed label says 'Best before' highlighted in big letters for after that it won't get any better. 'Use by' is not for info, it's a warning so you must eat it all up by the morning You make sure that it's all gone by the date then wonder why you don't lose any weight.

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Julia Ward

Date: 8/31/2015 2:27:00 AM

I enjoyed this, Viv. A 7. Julia, :)

Casarah Nance

Date: 8/5/2015 6:06:00 PM

That is true, I know I waste so much food because I can never finish off a tub of sour cream or a gallon of milk before the use by date.

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/5/2015 11:58:00 PM

I can tell that you don't stuff yourself silly, Casarah, you look like you're ready to run the Chicago Marathon. I can just about run a bath.... thanks for dropping by, Viv x

Carrie Richards

Date: 8/4/2015 7:40:00 PM

So true !!!!! How often have I eaten something up......just so it isn't wasted !!! (I can still here my mother saying "think of all the starving children, clean your plate, don't waste, waste not, want not, ...etc..... ) Ha ha!!

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/5/2015 12:42:00 AM

....in my case, it was 'if you don't eat your greens, you won't get any pudding'. But I didn't like green salmon...... Thanks for popping by, Carrie, Viv x

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/4/2015 5:58:00 PM

hahah. VERY clever. and I think you are right about it!!

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 6:24:00 PM

...but not in your case, Andrea, you have a great figure, in my humble onion (use by 08-11-2015) Viv x

Constance La France

Date: 8/4/2015 3:55:00 PM

Viv, good one, I often have problems with those darn warnings not eating the stuff fast enough it ends up in the garbage and thanks for visiting my poem, 53 bells

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 6:04:00 PM

It makes you wonder how any food can go off when you look at what they put in it nowadays, BW. I think they should do away with the chemicals and just marinade everything in whisky. Then we wouldn't care anyway. Viv x

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/4/2015 3:03:00 PM

- Very relevant ........ confused ??? ..... I laugh :))) - Well done, Viv !!! - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 6:02:00 PM

I can't believe that it's relevant to you, Anne Lise, I bet you're as svelte as a Gazelle. Viv x

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/4/2015 3:59:00 AM

so true, viv.. sometimes, products are on sale 3 days before expiration.. well told in a whimsical way!..huggs

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 7:05:00 AM

nette, I'd leave all of the shopping to my good lady if I could- she can tell at a glance and with a squeeze if something is past it, so God knows why she's still with me :). Thanks for dropping by, luv 'n hugs, Viv x

Jan Allison

Date: 8/4/2015 3:36:00 AM

This made me smile Mr Viv - info from my course book... Use by:- for highly perishable foods like cooked meat fish and dairy - any food that has passed this date is LIKELY to be unfit to eat and COULD cause illness and should not be sold or served to you in a food establishment. Best before - for less perishable items - the date indicates when the food is at its best condition. love your comments below lol:-) hugs jan xx

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 7:06:00 AM

Thou shalt NEVER escape the mighty poop, Jan x

Jan Allison
Date: 8/4/2015 7:04:00 AM

ha ha ha I remember that skid paper and its medical smell - ugh - and there is me trying to get away from poop poetry lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 7:01:00 AM

Thanks Jan, we are a hardy breed- back then no larder was complete without Bisodol and Izal toilet paper- the shiny one that left a racing stripe up to your neck. Happy days....gooey, but smelly... Viv x

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 8/4/2015 2:14:00 AM

Hey Viv... I wonder about this use by date scam and how our minds have been tuned to think that a product is great one day and lethal the next - nice little poem Viv - Lidsay

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 2:29:00 AM

I firmly believe that the built-in obsolescence is to make you buy more, and waste more. Chicken or fish, yeah, don't take chances, but if we use our five senses I think we can work it out by ourselves. Anyway, gotta go- nine week old Yoghurt is chasing my Cat around the kitchen. Thanks for dropping by, Lindsay, regards, Viv

Kp Nunez

Date: 8/4/2015 1:30:00 AM

:-))) On point, Viv! Do you think the processed food manufacturers have a Conspiracy...to ensure that each product comes with a side effect that another another product can address...and so on and so forth? :-)))

Viv Wigley
Date: 8/4/2015 2:27:00 AM

oooh, disturbing thought, Kim. All those e-numbers and enhancers.... As a child, we wouldn't throw bread out even if it had penicillin on it, cheese even if the edges would make a good chisel, cabbage until it crawled out of the larder on it's own, and potatoes that you had to fend off with a broom handle. And I'm still here. VIV X