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Old Jello Question. LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION?
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Understandable, considering you don't know of the Secret. We're definitely jokingnjmac said:I couldn't tell if he was joking about enlightenment - and now I can't tell if you are joking too.
Update
In other news The Jello is taking a little bit longer to take form than was stated on the box. It has been 8+ hours now and the box said it should only take about 6 I am in the works of contacting my local Jello Representative now. I will let you know when I try and eat it. I just wanted you all to know that i appreciate all of you taking you time away from your families (lol) to help me with this pressing matter. You all are truly men amongst men. (except for those of you who are ladies.)
Sir Spencer XIII
Do you want to drive me out to the store?skipskop24 said:
In other news The Jello is taking a little bit longer to take form than was stated on the box. It has been 8+ hours now and the box said it should only take about 6
I am in the works of contacting my local Jello Representative now. I will let you know when I try and eat it. I just wanted you all to know that i appreciate all of you taking you time away from your families (lol) to help me with this pressing matter. You all are truly men amongst men. (except for those of you who are ladies.)Sir Spencer XIII
You know, enough already.
macgeek2005 said he doesn't think Jello is healthy. It's not an extreme position.
The off topic mockery of him and his beliefs reads like intimidation and baiting.
To the OP: Don't eat the Jello. I know you're seeing an opportunity for safe risk taking, but there are so many other similar opportunities that don't involve stomach cramps and potential insurance costs.
thedude110 said:
wrong side of the bed today eh?
certainly not stated in a very opinion like way. moreso a decree from Above.
jelloshotsrule said:
This is definitely the reason for all the flak macgeek2005 gets. It was definitely the reason he got temporarily banned. He states his opinions and beliefs as fact and acts as if you're a moron if you don't take his word for it.
Macaddicttt said:
i guess that's where he and i differ. i have come to accept that those who don't know The Secret will never Understand, so i don't bother trying to force it on anyone.
that said,
Jello IS Poison
sjpetry said:
Bah! I grew up in a third-world country. Prissy Americans who go live/work for several years in the lowest economic conditions on the planet and then return to the US find that they have gone through 4 stages regarding packaged food:
Stage 1: If you open a package and it's expired or has bugs in it, you throw it out.
Stage 2: If you open a package and it has bugs in it, you sift them out and use it anyway, ignoring the expiration date.
Stage 3: if you open a package and it has bugs in it, you just use it as-is. You actively look for expired stuff of the right 'vintage' because you've gotten used to the taste.
When you return to the US, you find that you have reached...
Stage 4: If you open a package and *don't* find bugs in it, you look around for bugs to put in it so it's like 'home'. Stuff that hasn't expired yet sits on the shelf because, hey, it can last a couple more years!
Seriously, expiration dates on anything other than pharmaceuticals are bogus (tetracycline gets toxic if it's more than a year past expiration date). For eggs, place them in a bowl of room-temperature water. The freshest eggs will lay on their side on the bottom. Standing on their end is OK. floating slightly above the bottom is dubious, but probably OK if cooked. If it shoots straight up to the top and floats mostly out of the water... DO NOT crack it!! (trust me!). If milk is bad it'll let you know... and WTF needs an expiration date on bread?!? If it's rock-hard or has fuzzy green stuff on it, toss it.
Hell, just mail it to me. I'll eat the poison. My life's been enjoyable. If I'm gonna go down via food poisoning, Jell-O sure is a tasty route.
And there's always the chance my luck will hold out and nothing bad will happen to me.
And there's always the chance my luck will hold out and nothing bad will happen to me.
sjpetry said:P.S. Boggle I'll take you up on that poison mailing dealy.
just make sure it's not a white powdery material.........
Baron58 said:
Some of the first sensible statements yet. People have gotten very soft about what they eat. Too much focus on expiration dates, not enough focus on actually eating the food. 99% of expiration labels on food products are just estimates of how long the food will have it's freshest taste/texture. After that, it could be stale. OH NO!!!!!!
Much of America has lost touch with its food, and fear over expiration dates is just one more example. Being 'too clean' is very often a problem, as we don't develop resistances to things we usually would, because everything is so clean.
Interesting article: http://www.anapsid.org/tooclean.html
Sure, It cant be that bad. I would say differently it was over 2 years... but Oct 2005? Thats nothing.
BARON58 said:
I have to disagree with the rock hard part. A lot of rock hard bread can be put to great use. Bread pudding for one. Yum. Even better with rock hard stale bread. It soaks up the milk egg mixture.
About the floating eggs, I hardboiled a floater the other day and it did taste a bit sulphuric but I am still here.
I was never really picky about expired food. But a few years ago they had me on 80mg of that great and terrible drug Prednisone. When you are taking that you will eat anything. Remembering some of the lengths I went to trying to get enough food, I am somewhat ashamed but much more willing to eat almost anything
max_altitude said:This thread has inspired me to go make some jelly. I hope we have some in the cupboard.
Just make sure that you check the expiration date on the jelly first.
MongoTheGeek said:
True, but it depends on the bread. Not sure I'd be into bread pudding made from rock-hard whole-clove-garlic bread..... I didn't really think about that because I don't coat meat with breadcrumbs (e.g. schnitzel, chicken parmegiana, or breaded fish), but you're right, it's a great 'second life' for stale bread.
Since you are putting boiling water in the Jello, no problems there.
However if those are Jello pudding snacks sitting there unrefrigerated, I'd be a little more worried.
Jello shouldn't kill you, but a lot of the use by dates on some food are for optimum flavor.
Since they may burn through the protective layers on the packaging and start tasting like metal or plastic, or since a lot of foods are basically chemical stews -- they may combine in odd ways past the use by date making horrid smelling/tasting combinations.
However if those are Jello pudding snacks sitting there unrefrigerated, I'd be a little more worried.
Jello shouldn't kill you, but a lot of the use by dates on some food are for optimum flavor.
Since they may burn through the protective layers on the packaging and start tasting like metal or plastic, or since a lot of foods are basically chemical stews -- they may combine in odd ways past the use by date making horrid smelling/tasting combinations.
max_altitude said:
That's precisely what I do too. Although, I'm a stickler for fresh milk. I always dig to the back of the milk case at the store when I'm buying milk. I want the coldest, freshest carton. Yeah, very Clerks, I know.
