A lone can of Mountain Dew (labeled Mtn Dew on many shelves) has a way of outliving everyone’s memory of buying it. It turns up at the back of a pantry shelf, under a car seat, or at the bottom of a cooler from a party two summers ago. The date is faded, the can is war… Read more
Every summer, a half-finished case of Coke ends up forgotten in the garage, the basement, or the trunk of somebody’s car. By the time you find it, the date stamped on the cans is long gone. The good news is that cola is one of the more forgiving things you can leave si… Read more
Somebody in your house swears by ginger ale for an upset stomach, so there’s always a few cans around, usually outlasting everything else in the pantry. Eventually you notice the date on the bottom has already passed. Carbonated drinks don’t spoil the way dairy or meat… Read more
You’re restocking the pantry, and you’re holding a can of SPAM, wondering whether it belongs on the shelf with the canned beans and tomatoes, or in the fridge with the deli meat. It’s a fair question. A can that’s full of meat looks like it should need cold storage the… Read more
You open the washer to start a load and a sour, musty smell comes out first. Here is how to get rid of washing machine smell and keep it gone: clean the door seal, the detergent drawer and the drain filter, run a monthly cleaning cycle and let the machine dry out betwe… Read more
That bag of apples in the crisper drawer may be the reason your lettuce is going limp. Here are the foods you should never store together, and what to do instead. For most of these pairs, the culprit is a natural gas called ethylene, which some fruit gives off and some… Read more