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Wedding Woes

Unless it's meat or dairy, i'd let it go

Dear Prudence,

My in-laws are obscenely cheap and often keep food that has expired well beyond the “best by” date. I wouldn’t care about this, except my kids go over there after school, and I never know how fresh the food they are being served is. Trying to speak to my in-laws about this myself has gone nowhere; my husband is no help either—he says his parents did this when he and his brother were kids, and they were fine. We rely heavily on my in-laws to watch our kids during the school year while we are at work. Short of packing food for the kids to take from home (which I cannot be certain they will eat), what can I do here?

Re: Unless it's meat or dairy, i'd let it go

  • What are you talking about for the food they're served? 

    If the milk smells off or is chunky they'll know on their own and ditto for plenty of other dairy items.  Other stuff is just going to smell bad so I think you're going to have to be somewhat specific.

  • Why is packing them food not an option? 
  • Why is packing them food not an option? 
    Exactly. Pack their food, explain to them how to tell if food is good or bad, and help them make good choices with what they have. 
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