Thursday, September 26, 2024

Let's Avoid Food that is NO LONGER ALIVE!

 Do you believe storing food in the fridge or freezer will make it safe to eat for good? We all know that such belief is no more than a myth. We need to stay alert when it comes to the shelf life of each and every food we take in, because quite a lot of foods lose their freshness way faster than we could ever expect. Why don’t we fill in the blanks of the following sentences to express that “something is no longer safe to eat” and stay on the safe side?

  




    1.  Check the expiration date and smell the milk before you chug it. It’s been a while since I put that carton of milk in the fridge. Guess it must be sp________ by now.

 

    2.  You could use unsalted nuts as your daily nutritious snack, but make sure they are not ________id.

 

    3.  Just use up cilantro leaves and parsley before they get wil_____.

 

    4.  Will it be safe to eat this Colby Jack cheese if mo____________  parts are cut off?

 

    5.  This leftover potato salad has gone b______.

 

    6.  Thats morning roll is gone st___________!

 

    7.  I know you love overripe bananas with lot of brown spots, but you’d better not eat them. They look totally ro__________.

 

    8.  How could they sell yogurt that is cur___________ like this?

 

    9.  Spr__________ potatoes are dangerous.

 

   10. This creamy clam chowder soup tastes a bit so________. Is it from a store-bought can that’s expired?

 


 

Answer Keys

1.  spoiled

2.  rancid

3.  wilted

4.  moldy

5.  bad

6.  stale

7.  rotten

8.  curdled

9.  sprouted

10.     sour

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