Check your fridge. And your cabinets.

This is one of my public service announcements. Normally, when I make one of these things, it's tech related. But this time, it's more food & safety related.

Check your fridge. Check your cabinets. Check the quality of the stuff that you have - have they gone bad / expired? What about your sauces? Fruits and vegetables? Poultry / dairy products? Anything dodgy that you think should be thrown out, like that coffee grind that expired 4 years ago? Or chocolate that you bought from that trip to Belgium 2 years ago? Or that piece of chocolate that's like an elephant in your fridge (i.e.: nobody seems to take any notice of it)?

Genuinely, I found these from my parents' cabinets and fridge:

HP Barbacue Sauce, expired 2009

A1 Barbacue sauce, also expired 2009

Butter, expired May 2010 - already, there's mould forming.

Cocoa Crunch Breakfast cereal, expired May 2010.

A jar of Skippy peanut butter, only used once, and with an expiry date of 25 August 2010 (3 days from the time of post)

"illy" Coffee grind, expired 2006.

Olive Oil and Rosemary vinegar that I bought from Italy in 2007, expired in the last one year.

Milk, expired 3 days ago. Oh wait, I ate Honey Stars with milk this morning... 

Conclusion: 

Check your cabinets and fridges. 

Just because it has preservatives, doesn't mean it will definitely last longer than you.