That's what helper monkeys are for.

I was thinking chunks in the liquid.

I'ld never let it get that bad. (Although in college I let the salsa con queso dip get furry. I regreted opening that jar.)

Sometimes a person just gets forgetful. And by "a person," I mean me. Plus, I've noticed that Trader Joe's organic liquid dairy products (milk, half-and-half) go bad really quickly. I expect them to last longer, and then WHAMMO! solids in the milk.

Other organic milk -- I usually drink Horizon -- has a MUCH longer shelf life than plain old Kroger non-organic milk. Weird.

Although in college I let the salsa con queso dip get furry

Eh, you could have just scraped it off....

I don't think I've ever given myself food poisoning. I've had chinese takeout go very wrong over 24 hours (I guess. I ate. 15 minutes later, it reversed path.) but that was likely not my fault.

All milk smells bad to me, so I just don't drink it.

When I moved out of the first apartment I lived in away from home, we threw away a jar of black mayonnaise that was hiding behind the baking soda. My roommate—who'd lived there several years longer than I—had no idea where it came from.

Eh, you could have just scraped it off....

Have you been taking cooking hints from Sean?

I got the nastiest food poisoning once from some slices of pizza I bought (from a place that had the slices sitting under a heat lamp for God knows how long).

I was throwing up about once every half-hour for 12 hours. I felt like crap for almost three days.

Have I mentioned how I love the internet? I realized I wasn't really sure how to pronounce the name of the person I'm interviewing with, so I googled it, and a ton of stuff came up!

So many freaking preservatives, I don't worry much. And I know I've got a pretty decent anti-food-poisoning system. I usually do toss them though. Wouldn't risk it on guests.

In my attempts to thwart impending lactose intolerance, I've been trying to switch to whole milk instead of hanf and half in my coffee. (Working on the theory that because skim milk never makes me sick, skinnier milk overall is better.) Unfortunately, a quart of half and half lives for like 2 months, while a quart of whole milk gets 7-10 days at most. While it's never taken me 2 months to finish a quart of coffee-filling substance, it usually takes longer than 10 days.

As I discovered, Monday, while making my coffee. It was a bummer.

Eh, you could have just scraped it off....

Have you been taking cooking hints from Sean?

Anything to save a buck...

I've never given myself food poisoning but the spicy chicken sandwich from Steak-n-Shake did once. I've never gone back since.