Author: Lou

You find a bottle of Captain Morgan in the back of the cabinet, maybe left over from a backyard barbecue or a beach trip. Does Captain Morgan go bad? The short answer: No, not in any meaningful sense, and the mechanics are the...

There’s a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth’s in your pantry, not the fridge, and it’s been there since some pancake morning you can’t quite place. It looks the same as it always does. Before you write it off, or worry about it, it’s...

You just picked up a jar of Miracle Whip from the condiment aisle, not the dairy case, and now you’re wondering why something with egg in it was sitting on an unrefrigerated shelf in the first place. It’s a fair question, and...

You’ve got a jar of Miracle Whip in the fridge door that’s been there since, honestly, you’re not sure when. It looks fine. It smells fine. But you also know it’s got egg in it, and that’s usually the point where people start...