On Monday night I had class so I put the string cheese from my lunch in the fridge in my purse and went to campus. I got dinner and proceeded to completely forget about my cheese.
The next morning, I popped another string cheese in my purse. Now there were two but I figured, one will be cold and I can eat that one!
However, at 10am, when I finally remembered my cheese sticks, I was having trouble telling which one was colder. I fondled them a bit and couldn't decide. I thought, 'maybe a second opinion will help?' and asked my coworker "can you tell me which one of these feels colder?"
She squeezed both cheese sticks but was equally perplexed.
I put them both in the fridge, at least allowing myself the opportunity to play cheese roulette in the afternoon, should the mood strike me. It never did. I am one of those people who are totally freaked out by expiration dates and thoroughly confused by "purchase by" and "consume by" dates and just get antsy if either is approaching. The cheeses both prominently displayed the words "KEEP REFRIGERATED" in large black letters so I let this one go.
A couple of weeks ago I'd asked my coworker something similar about some yogurt and she said "If you have to ask...." I think I'll keep her around. I'm not a survivalist and having someone to steer me away from spoiling milk products is a good plan.
