Gary the Canary

I can always count on Gary to let me know when food has gone bad, generally right after he staggers out of the bathroom. 

“THE YOGURT HAS TURNED,” he will intone. “I AM THROWING IT AWAY.”

I don’t think this is the best way to find out the food is bad. I prefer to look at the dates printed on the package, but Gary doesn’t understand those dates. 

I will tell him, “Gary, don't drink the milk. The date says it’s bad.”

“NO THE MILK IS FINE IT HASN’T BEEN OPENED.”

I don’t get this rule that milk doesn't age as long as you don’t open it. Still, I like having a big guy who can eat the food in the fridge and then take the hit for me. He says he’s like a coal mine canary, putting himself in the way of the contaminants.

Comments

[KC]

While yes, milk does remain okay longer if it hasn't been opened than if it has, *it can still go bad* and honestly the best way to figure that out is to smell it, not drink it and then have Regrets? But maybe Gary's sense of smell is blunted such that his only canary powers are digestive...

Nice of him to be willing to take the hit for you, though. Even if you would have skipped the milk anyway due to its being expired...

[theQueen]

KC - this milk was two weeks past its date.Also, “canary powers' - funny!