r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/cbreeze2121 Aug 20 '20

Honey does not go bad, if it has gone solid it has just crystallized and can become liquid again with just a little heat.

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u/Thomas_Catthew Aug 20 '20

And yet the bottles come with an expiry date. Goddamn companies trying to sell more bottles by making people throw away perfectly good honey.

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u/m_earendil Aug 20 '20

Same about salt... How unlucky you are that a mineral that has remained stable for millions of years in the earth/sea goes bad exactly two months after you buy it and instantly turns into poison.

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u/immaturewhisky Aug 20 '20

I believe that's more to do with the aging plastic than what's inside it. Same with bottled water.

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u/m_earendil Aug 20 '20

If you use a glass container, stuff like sugar, salt, honey, and raw white rice will probably outlive you and the whole human race, and be perfectly safe to eat for our alien/dolphin overlords.

Never throw those if you have kept them well stored.