Out of date food

[Oma]

Your right plant ,
Milk and fresh orange juice delivered to the door ,
Shopping done every day but a Sunday ,
We bought bacon cut fresh from the counter , sugar in blue bags and butter in pats ,
Daisy I'm sure you will remember that with your parents shop.

[Daisy]

Plant, yes I think shopping was done every day, and it was usually the woman of the house doing it. As I've mentioned before my parents had a grocery shop. We had no refrigeration so in the summer it was hard to keep bacon safe. It came as a "side", with bones in. We just had a cool dark area off the shop, under the stairs basically, where we kept bacon, cheese, eggs and anything else that needed it. We sold milk, but only sterilised (UHT nowadays) so that had a long shelf life. There were certainly no chill cabinets for things like fizzy drinks, etc.

Gem, you're not alone. I think most people feel they shouldn't ignore use by dates.

[Plantaholic]

I was a child during rationing so not many treats.