Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Ah OK.
My feeling is that Americans (at least) are ridiculous nervous Nellies about food spoilage. I just don't worry about it, and have not had a problem yet. Maybe I've built up an iron stomach from decades of eating the oldest thing in the fridge before my wife got a chance to "waste it" by throwing it out - month old lunchmeat? Not a problem.
Naaah... that stuff is so processed it doesn't really foul. I just finished off some dressing that was 2 months past its expiration date and was still perfectly fine. If it smells or tastes funky, you'll know.
I just throw whatever in my panniers, milk, cereal, leftovers, yogurt... the only tricky part is making sure it doesn't spill, but I have glass tupperware containers for that which seal well - heavy but whatever, I'm only 5 mi from work (I guess the jar trick is fine too).