Keep It or Toss It?

In keeping with the multitude of food articles we've had here lately, I bring you the most handy food website yet. Wondering if the leftover Chinese food in the back of your fridge is still safe to eat? Still Tasty can tell you. The site includes a neat "Keep It or Toss It" feature where you input the name of the food and it tells you how long that item will be fresh enough to consume.

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Posted By: Nethie - Wed May 13, 2009
Category: Food | Science

Comments

I could see this being useful for some people. I usually have no problem figuring out if food is still good or not.

Posted by Matt in Florida on 05/13/09 at 10:04 AM

Reminds me of George Carlin's "what does it smell like?"
"It doesn't smell like anything! It's absolutely odourless!"
"Just put it back in the fridge; it'll turn up in something."
"That's what I'm afraid of!"

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 05/13/09 at 01:25 PM

This would have been handy for my Mom after she lost her sense of smell. And because she couldn't smell, she couldn't really taste to well either. So she had a very hard time determining if the food was spoiled or not. Fortunately, it was only a temporary condition!

Posted by vegas_girl in Vegas Baby!! on 05/13/09 at 04:39 PM

I'm with you Brian, there's not a college kid on earth who hasn't eaten pizza that sat out overnight ... or over several nights :lol:

Posted by Nethie on 05/13/09 at 06:56 PM

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