So I often make what Brian (I am sure lovingly) refers to as "classic Molly kid meals." That means you take what is in the fridge and try to cobble together a meal based on food groups. Black beans, fruit, chicken nuggets, cheese. Check. (No, not all mixed together.)
But tonight I was kind of excited. I had discovered when putting groceries away in the basement freezer this weekend that we had a frozen Bertolli bag down there. It was garlic shrimp alfredo or something like that. Noah loves shrimp. Caleb and Eli love pasta. Bingo.
So I pulled it out tonight. Noah was running around singing about how shrimp is his favorite seafood. Caleb was fist-pumping about what a great meal it was. Eli refused to eat it, but that happens from time to time. Overall feeling pretty good about myself. Well as good as you can feel about yourself for opening up a frozen bag of food, bringing it to a rapid boil and serving it.
And then I started to clean up the dinner. And as I picked up the package to throw it away, I noticed this:
Hmmm, three years expired. Is that a bad thing? I mean it's been in the freezer the whole time. How bad could it be?
So kids, if you are reading back on this someday and remember back to that early November 2009 when you had horrible food poisoning. I am still very sorry. But, we managed to avoid that unpleasant incident, I hope you will just think back to that amazing pasta dinner Mom once made on a cold night and we can pretend the rest never happened.
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So are you feeling inspired to clean out the freezer or feeling encouraged to go ahead and eat whatever's in there? ;)
so far so good. unless you count that strange outbreak of hives Mr. C had today.
Hmmm. Does he eat shrimp frequently? People who are allergic to shellfish can get hives.
Ha, funny. No, Caleb wouldn't touch the shrimp. It has kind of come and gone over the past few days. Seems to be faded now. Guessing it was really just a manifestation of the flu.
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