I'm one of those people that likes to completely ignore expiration dates on food and rely on my nose.  It hasn't gotten me into any trouble yet, but I'm sure its bound to eventually.  For those of you that read thsoe expiration dates, you must keep in mind that not everything has an expiration date printed on it.  What do you do for those items?  Realsimple.com has a pretty extensive list of expiration dates for food and drinks that usually don't have an expiration date printed on the side.  You can find their list by clicking here.