Growing up in West Pa. My uncle had a huge dairy farm. On the weekend we`d grab the wooden thing holding 2 glass jugs and go to his farm. He had a room with a fridge in it like a old coke machine except it had big metal jugs of milk in it and dad would fill the jugs and toss a couple quarters in the upside down hub cap setting next to it. throw a wave good bye , headed down the lane to the beef farm. messy and smelly, didn't like it so much but dad would go in and point through the display case at the cuts he wanted. Sunday I be walking home from church and there dad would be on the front sidewalk grilling steaks. folks driving by waving "Hi". His steak would be like the one on the flintstones cartoon. lol HUGE!!

@AMCLady : My Kroger milk usually lasts several days PAST the expiration date. Since it's just me now, that's a plus.

@Catmae : That's great. You're doing better than me., 😊

@AMCLady :
All "refrigerated foods" should be kept at 41 degrees or below to retard bacterial growth....But they will "go bad"(experiance bacteria growth) after a time, the low temp only delays the process....
The Aldi I shop keeps theirs in a cooler behind glass doors also...I can't think of any stores that do differently....But that is a good point, if I went into a store and saw milk displayed on refrigerated "open air" shelves, I'd definitely not even try to buy it....

@EddyFree : HEB keeps their milk out in open air.

@AMCLady:Been a while since I've been to HEB, and I only usually go there for meat...And they aren't what they used to be, IMO....

@AMCLady : KPRC 2 Investigates 'Horrid look inside': Fungus found in bananas
You should read this report on the bananas. It seems that there is a bacteria that occurs naturally in bananas called Mokillo. You can't tell when you buy them that they have this fungus. It is very interesting and I know I don't use alot of bananas but someone that does this might be useful info.

@DAccountant : I think I saw that program a while back. Some lady was talking about HEB banana being moldy on the inside. I usually shop at Krogers and I'm noticing that when I get down to the end of my banana it's all black. So this must be everywhere. I heard also that bananas are going to disappear in 5 years because of some fungus or something that destroys the trees. I love bananas. 😞

@EddyFree : Yeah. I shop at HEB for meat only. I absolutely won't buy produce there. I've tried produce there multiple times, and it is never fresh. I have much better luck with Aldi's or SmallMart for produce. I was surprised by that; I thought HEB would have been good. I thought wrong.