How do I know when my parsnips have expired ?

Put it in the curry.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q

I might or might not if I understood what this is about ? Any chance you could spell it out for us thickos out there? Non-packaged foods such as veg getting an expiry date or something like that?

I've had pretty horrible veg within expiry dates, mouldy beans, spotty greens, part rotten onions and also perfectly good veg well beyond the expiry date, it so much depends on how things have ben handled and stored. You really have to use your own judgement anyway. Parsnips are easy they go soggy and mouldy when really bad. Bendy and pitted you can cut off the worst, peel and use as usual.

Wasn't that about two years ago?

Yep - 2022... metro.co.uk/2022/08/03/which-supermarkets-are-scrapping-best-before-dates-and-why-17117556/

Some people are gormless enough to take Use By as gospel and bin perfectly good stuff? More fool them. If a small change to wording can reduce that waste, what's the downside?

FSA advice on the subject, first published 2018 - www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/best-before-and-use-by-dates

I've noticed that a lot of pre-packaged veg doesn't have any date on. I'm intelligent and competent enough to know what a manky potato looks like without having to look at the packaging.

exactly I look at packs of uncooked meat and if it's swollen or looks brown then I find another pack.

Veg, I just know how it should look.

of course you can't tell grotty celery ( that's suffered from a lack of water ) until you cut it and it's hollow in the middle, and only fit for stews

I buys lots of short dated packs of mange tout and mini sweetcorn in local supermarket it seems many of the locals only understand carrots, peas, beans, cabbage, swede, leeks and onions anything remotely exotic is ignored

tescos only have sprouts for about 10 days