Monsters in the Pantry

Have you looked through your pantry lately? Sharleanna posted a few months back on how she organized her pantry. I'm going to take that one step further and challenge you to really look at what is in your pantry. You might be surprised at what you will find! There could be monsters lurking in there with out you even knowing about it!

Expiration Dates!!! Yes, canned food, condiments and even jars of seasoning all have expiration dates. I recently helped my mom sort through her pantry. Now what you need to know is that mom loves to cook and she keeps her kitchen fairly organized and clean, so we were both surprised when we found close to 30 cans/jars that were close to or had expired!

An expiration date will be stamped on the bottom of a can or sometimes even on the side of a bottle.

You'll need two bags. One for the emptied expired cans and one for the contents of those cans. Make sure to double them!! You shouldn't throw the cans away unless you empty them first and rinse them out. This way they can be recycled.

Others may feel comfotable throwing away the contents in their sink and using the garbage disposal but we didn't want to risk clogging our pipes. Doing so would also waste a lot of water.
These bags aren't doubled yet, we should have doubled them to begin with. As mom was carrying the paper bags with the emptied cans to the garbage the bag broke and we had another mess to clean up!

What will you find in your pantry?