cleaning out the fridge

Cleaning out the fridge on a Saturday morning is like holding a referendum on the food you eat:

was it worth it to make an entire 13x9 baking dish of string pie?⁽¹⁾

why do I keep buying yoghurt for my wife's 'healthy' smoothies only to end up throwing half of it away, unopened and past the due date?⁽²⁾

why does celery have to come in such big bunches?⁽³⁾

what good is it to buy perogies if my wife's just going to eat all the sour cream anyway?⁽⁴⁾

does jam ever go bad?⁽⁵⁾

I'm constantly trying to course correct with my grocery decisions, because I hate making big batches of things only to see them become garbage a week later.

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⁽¹⁾Yes and no ... about three-quarters got eaten from the original supper plus taking it to work for lunch a few times.

⁽²⁾Because my wife likes to view her eating habits *optimistically*.

⁽³⁾Seriously -- I can *never* use it all.

⁽⁴⁾With ripple chips.

⁽⁵⁾It takes about a year (in the fridge).