Beans! Beans! They're good for your heart!

This Thursday is International Night at my school and I am making Black Beans to represent mi orgullo Cubano. One of my favorite recipes for this is by my friend Kikita and when I made them last year, they were very well received. So, I am so ready to make them again this year. This afternoon, I went into the grocery store to buy my (shhhh) canned black beans. As I filled my cart with cans, I noticed that one of them had different colored numbers on the top of the can. I looked at the dates and sure enough, 9 of the cans had an expiration date of Nov 2011, but the 1 odd can had an expiration date of October 2008!!!! I couldn't believe it. I went to the employee working in the aisle and showed her the date. She didn't even act shocked. She simply put the can in her cart and said to me "Well, that's why you need to check the dates."