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 Normally I don't pay attention to expiration dates

    Sometimes that causes extra work.

    Jackie likes to make crescent cookies for Christmas.  (And I like to eat them.)  They need crushed walnuts.  I found some walnuts in the pantry, they were good until September 2025.

    Now, that is not too bad.  It's only a couple of months. 

    They were sitting in the pantry.  Opened, but sealed. 

    So I used them.  OK, hey had a strange smell, not walnutty  at all.  (Honestly, I have no idea what a walnut smells like, but these did not smell right.)

    I put them in our chopper and chopped them up.  Then we made the cookies.  

    But the cookies had that same "off" smell.

    I tasted one, and it wasn't bad.  It just didn't seem right.,

    Yesterday I bought new walnuts. and we made the cookies again today.    

    This time they did not smell off, did not taste off, and I was much happier.

    But what to do with the old cookies?

    I put them in our dicer and chopped them up.  My thought was to put them out with the bird seed.  Is that a bad idea?  They didn't make us sick, so they probably should not make birds sick, right?

    The last thing I want is a yard full of dead birds. Or birds with the runs.

    I wonder if I scatter the crumbs on my raised gardens if I will have crescent cookies growing next year.

    Speaking of expiration dates, here is a puzzler.

    I like quart size milk.  We don't drink a lot of milk, and usually end up throwing away much of the half gallon jugs.

    I noticed on the quart bottle the expiration date is in January!  

    Why is that?

    It's the same milk, right?

    Does it last longer because it is in a smaller container, thereby getting less oxygen and not spoiling as fast?

    Inquiring minds want to know!

    I am just glad I don't come with an expiration date.

Peace and Love