It Can't Get Much Simpler Than This

Jorra
Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
edited September 29 in Food and Nutrition
If your food can go bad, it's good for you. If it can't go bad, it's bad for you. -David Zinczenko

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  • SetecAstronomy
    SetecAstronomy Posts: 470 Member
    Very good advice!

    I'm partial to this one:

    Don't sweat the petty things...and don't pet the sweaty things. --George Carlin
  • SavannaN
    SavannaN Posts: 148
    I like that!! although most of the time its in my belly before I can tell if it will go bad.....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    *Like*
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    What food can't go bad?
    Well I guess some grains when dried, and spaghetti when dried.
  • Lets_Do_It
    Lets_Do_It Posts: 202
    What food can't go bad?
    Well I guess some grains when dried, and spaghetti when dried.

    I heard doritos can't fully "go bad"
  • nurse_carolyn
    nurse_carolyn Posts: 348
    I like that !! I also heard somewhere to be aware of "beige and white foods" usually they are high in fats, sugars, carbohydrates -white sugar, flour, breads, chips, icecream etc.... And to eat foods with bright colours like fruits and vege's. It's not true of everything but it does make some sense.
  • rc630
    rc630 Posts: 310 Member
    I had a similar thought this morning.. I had to take out the kitchen trash and I though "Wow, this is stinky."
    But then, I realized it was stinky because it was filled with trimmed bits of meat, veggies that were no longer good, cheeses, and other food products than can go bad, rather than pastas and cookies and cake. I guess having a stinky kitchen trash after 3 days is a GOOD sign.
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    my gross neighbour put lunch meat in her recycling bin that sat there for months, it dint change colour, the flies didnt want it and in never molded over. After noticing that i only buy non preservative deli meat.
  • jbug100
    jbug100 Posts: 406 Member
    What food can't go bad?
    Well I guess some grains when dried, and spaghetti when dried.

    Highly processed foods generally take a long time to go bad. I used to buy a white potato bread that could stay on the counter for weeks without a sign of mold. Waay too many preservatives!
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    oh ...i misread that quote heh!
  • JellyPrz619
    JellyPrz619 Posts: 172
    "like" thanks for posting
  • keljo05
    keljo05 Posts: 173
    If your food can go bad, it's good for you. If it can't go bad, it's bad for you. -David Zinczenko


    Lol we have a muffin in a cellophane wrapper in our office. It's got to be close to a year that its been there and it hasn't changes a bit! We keep it as our experiment...its still soft even...not dried out at all...no mold. Definitely not eating that brand anymore lol
  • MsRobin_TheSequel
    MsRobin_TheSequel Posts: 127 Member
    If your food can go bad, it's good for you. If it can't go bad, it's bad for you. -David Zinczenko



    :laugh: That and "eat the rainbow!" (No, not Skittles! Although they are yummy)
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Lol we have a muffin in a cellophane wrapper in our office. It's got to be close to a year that its been there and it hasn't changes a bit! We keep it as our experiment...its still soft even...not dried out at all...no mold. Definitely not eating that brand anymore lol

    Gross! I've definitely had muffins and bread last FOREVER in my fridge until the next time I clean it out. I also have a box of hot dogs I bought in bulk (before MFP) that will probably last us until the apocalypse.
  • heyjude1358
    heyjude1358 Posts: 45
    My little grandson left some McDonald's french fries in the back seat of my car one time. It was almost a month before I discovered them while cleaning out my car... and I swear they didn't look any different. :sick:
  • MeganSWoods
    MeganSWoods Posts: 196 Member
    My little grandson left some McDonald's french fries in the back seat of my car one time. It was almost a month before I discovered them while cleaning out my car... and I swear they didn't look any different. :sick:

    That is so true! I need to remember that next time I'm feeling a craving come on!
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    My little grandson left some McDonald's french fries in the back seat of my car one time. It was almost a month before I discovered them while cleaning out my car... and I swear they didn't look any different. :sick:

    I believe that! I had half a pizza in my car's trunk for quite a while and all it did was shrivel. No mold, nothing.
    (Yes, that's incredibly gross. It was leftovers from my godson's baptism reception and I forgot about it.)
  • perceptualobfuscator
    perceptualobfuscator Posts: 159 Member
    Good rule!!

    I had a roommate once who would only buy white, mass-produced breads, but would never throw them out past their expiry date. I found one loaf three months past it's date, and it looked exactly the same as a new one. It was completely identical in feeling and smell to the brand new loaves. Gross. How many preservatives do you think are in something like that? I mean, it's bread!!

    On the other hand, lots of dried foods (split peas, beans, lentils, various grains) don't go bad for a very long time, and they're good for you, especially when fresh food isn't a viable option (such as backcountry camping trips).
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