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i like when you’re in the grocery store and you see people buying eggs because they always pick up the carton and then open it like it’s a metal briefcase full of cash involved in a drug deal and they’re confirming it’s money. “don’t bother counting it, it’s all there. 12.” then they always pick one up and inspect it like, “yeah, it’s grade A alright…the real deal.” 

People are checking to see if any of the eggs are cracked you walnut

Tbh, I always saw my mom check the eggs in the carton and for the longest time I didn’t know why and everytime I went out and bought eggs I’d copy her because that’s what everyone does, open the carton. So I’d always just end up staring at an open carton of eggs in the grocery store thinking “Yes. These are eggs”. And I’d buy them. 

Smh how come y’all never asked why? I’ve known since elementary school

Social anxiety is usually the answer.

FYI for folk who wondered but didn’t want to ask, you open the carton and gently twist each egg in its socket.  If the egg moves smoothly, the shell isn’t cracked.  If it sticks, there’s probably a crack underneath (the yolk sticks to the cardboard) and you should not buy it (cracked eggs are potentially sick-making eggs).

Likewise, when buying meat, check to make sure that the plastic wrap is intact, and there’s no juice leaking through.  If there is, and you can, you’d be doing a good thing to bring it to the store manager’s attention.

Reblogging for people who didn’t know. I knew but both those techniques are very useful. 🙂

Reblogging for useful knowledge! I’ve been grocery shopping with my dad since I was a toddler, and one of my responsibilities was always the egg checking, so it never occurred to me that people might not be familiar with why it should be done.

Other things that might be useful:
Don’t assume all the milk has the same expiration dates. If you notice that the milk you’ve grabbed is close to the date, rummage around for a newer carton. But please also have the decency to put things back tidily when you’re done, don’t just leave milk everywhere.

Ditto for bread. That plastic tag on the opening isn’t just to hold it shut, it’s also got a best before date on it.

Be wary when buying bagged/packaged vegetables. If anything was moist or a little overripe during the packaging process, it’s likely spread. Check the bottom of the container/bag/etc, give it a light shake to move things around a bit.

Most big chains will give you the price per item and the price per gram/ounce/whatever your dry and liquid measure of choice may be. Check these! Sometimes it’s a *much* better deal to buy a bigger package, especially for dry goods which you can store for a long time.

I’m sure there are tons more, but these are all good tips for staple purchases.

Watermelon should sound hollow when thumped.  Thump near the top for the best test.

Canteloupe should smell like sweet melon.  Smell at the end opposite where the stem was.

The lower end of the pineapple should smell nicely like pineapple. If it’s not ripe, it will smell “green”, and if it’s rotten or mouldy, you’ll smell that too.

Anything non-vegetarian that has a bloated package: Do not eat. It may contain harmful bacteria and poison.

Also, if your bread has gone mouldy, it does not help if you toast it. It isn’t the mould itself that is the problem, it’s the toxins it leaves behind.

Last but not least: Use best before dates only as a rough guidance. They’re a guarantee by the producer that the product will keep the consistency and other properties. They have nothing to do with food going bad or being unsafe after that date, and the food is perfectly fine to eat after the best before date. However, if food has a use by date (this is usually the case with fresh meat or fresh fish), then you have to throw it out after that date, because that is indeed the date until the producer guarantees that it’s safe to eat. There’s a lot of food going to waste because people think that best before dates are the same as use by dates, compounded by the problem that a lot of people have never learned how to check if their food is still safe to eat.

With eggs, my mum and I check the bottom of the closed egg carton to see if any were broken cause it would soak the cardboard and then we’d turn it upright to open the carton and just check the tops for any cracks.

Trust your nose when it comes to food. Bacteria, mold, all that stuff produces a funky smell so if you’re not sure about how good something is, give it a wiff. If it smells okay, it’s okay. If it smells off, then it’s bad.

Also, use by dates are cool but don’t mean anything if you freeze your food. Food in the freezer can spoil, but most likely it’ll just get freezer burn after like 8 months. Again, smell check it.