Read Your Labels, Mom Always Said

I stopped off at Safeway in Scotts Valley on my way home from Mass this afternoon. Amongst other things on my list was cottage cheese. I grabbed a carton and checked the expire date. 2 Jan 2009. Ooops!

Grabbed the next carton. Same date. Went through several cartons and got a date back in December amongst the Januarys.

Kept going. Found one from 23 Nov 2008.

I looked at the whole lot, at least two dozen, and not one of them was in date…

Caveat emptor.