It’s amazing what one can find lurking in the back of the kitchen cabinets.  Every so often I’ll grab a flashlight, sit on the floor, and pull things out of my lower cabinets.  I am often surprised.  Last night I decided to do a cupboard purge.  On the top shelf, I found a whole can of coffee, a can stuffed full of bags of assorted gourmet coffees, and a box of sweetener all of which had managed to travel to the back of the cupboard.  All of which, I had completely forgotten about.

     I found an unopened bag of coconut, powdered sugar, and a box of black tea bags in the back on the shelf below.   I need to hit the other pantry shelves later today.  I wonder what I’ll find there?

     Why am I doing this purge?  I found a can of tomato sauce in the one cupboard that had a use by date on it of 2009 the other night.  Highly unusual in this house.  I tend to rotate foodstuffs often but somehow missed that can.

     After cleaning out the hoarded mess that was the MIL’s house for over a year, I swore my house will never come anywhere close to that.  Yet, there it was, staring me in the face, a can of tomato sauce years past its expiration date.  Yikes! 

     You all have a good one and check those dates!