Decluttering, encore
Sep. 5th, 2010 03:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceI'm sorting out the kitchen cabinet, sort of: shifting stuff between shelves, cleaning a little as open space emerges, tossing out the occasional item. Who would have thought the old man to have had so much mustard...?
I'm keeping all the mustards, mind. Mustard doesn't go off, it's a natural preservative.
In general, I'm fairly slack anyway about use-by dates and best-before. Especially on tins and otherwise sealed packages. On the other hand: well, it's not that "1996" unnerves me, particularly, but if I haven't found a reason to eat the contents in the last fourteen years, I think it's fair to say that it can go. (This, I know, is the argument some people use on their books; the argument, indeed, some people think that I should use on mine. What they don't understand is, I don't argue with my books. There's no point. They move in, find a space for themselves, and that's that. Kinda like cats, really...)
Two packets of Imperial green rice, neither one opened. Both dated back to 2005. Hmm. I remember these: I was interested briefly in exotic rices, green and red and black. Not interested enough, apparently. Not sure why I bought two, either: special offer, most likely. I'm a sucker for a bargain. What do we think - keep, chuck or compost...?
I'm keeping all the mustards, mind. Mustard doesn't go off, it's a natural preservative.
In general, I'm fairly slack anyway about use-by dates and best-before. Especially on tins and otherwise sealed packages. On the other hand: well, it's not that "1996" unnerves me, particularly, but if I haven't found a reason to eat the contents in the last fourteen years, I think it's fair to say that it can go. (This, I know, is the argument some people use on their books; the argument, indeed, some people think that I should use on mine. What they don't understand is, I don't argue with my books. There's no point. They move in, find a space for themselves, and that's that. Kinda like cats, really...)
Two packets of Imperial green rice, neither one opened. Both dated back to 2005. Hmm. I remember these: I was interested briefly in exotic rices, green and red and black. Not interested enough, apparently. Not sure why I bought two, either: special offer, most likely. I'm a sucker for a bargain. What do we think - keep, chuck or compost...?