The Week contest: Moldy meals
This week's question: A Maryland man spent a year eating food past its expiration date — including year-old tortillas, 9-month-old yogurt, and moldy butter — in an effort to prove that those dates are arbitrary. If Scott Nash were to write a cook book full of recipes for outdated foods left in the back of supermarket shelves, what appetizing title could he give it?
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THE WINNER: "Green Eggs and Ham and Cheese and Salami"
Paul Buchheit, Chicago, Illinois
SECOND PLACE: "Better Ate Than Never"
Greg Thomas, Mercer Island, Washington
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THIRD PLACE: "Everything Mold is New Again"
Cathy Fischer, Oakland, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Stale-eo Diet"
Bess Schrader, Alexandria, Virginia
"Pasta its Prima"
Robert Van Name, Newberg, Oregon
"Eat. Pray. Live?"
Dave Price, Lincoln City, Oregon
"You've Got Stale"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Gone Appetit"
Barbara T. Rosenthal, Baltimore
"From Trash to Table"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"Spoil Yourself Rotten"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"From Expired to Inspired"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Moldies but Goodies"
Robin Turco, Tallahassee, Florida
"Baking Bad"
Nathaniel Pattison, Dallas
"Out of Date and On Your Plate"
Susan Smith, Raynham, Massachusetts
"Expi-Rations"
Catherine Pomiecko, Natick, Massachusetts
"Don't Cry Over Spoiled Milk"
Robyn Kupferman, Culver City, California
"Breaking the Mold"
David Dunbar, Queen Creek, Arizona
"The Green New Meal"
Steve Patton, Tomahawk, Wisconsin
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