Hatch-date

The date by which surviving larvae in processed food will hatch. (Remember, the government regulations set thresholds below which insects and other contaminants are permitted in the food you eat in order to protect corporate profits.)

Processed food manufacturers presumably need know the hatch-date for their product, so they can set the "sell" by" or "use by" date at an earlier point in time. It may be viewed as better for business for you and your family to eat the food with bugs in it before they hatch so you don't know how contaminated it is.

Hatch-dates are not important for foods that are wet, pulverized, get embalmed in salt, or get sterilized by processing. You wouldn't recognize the contaminants, or at least they will not be crawling.

Hatch dates may be more critical for nuts and grains with a low degree of processing, such as oatmeal, chocolate covered nuts, etc.

All Grandma had to share with the kiddies were boxes of unopened fancy chocolate nuts, several years old. Each chocolate had a telltale pinhole showing where a newborn worm had escaped from its sweet lair, shortly after the hatch-date.

by The Milwaukee Merle November 1, 2013

hatch up

hatch up is a verb used to describe the activity of building a community, mostly through events.

I hatch up something there. It is a community in the eSport scene.

by AlexHLD May 14, 2021

flatch hatch

n. An automotive sunroof whose rear end may be elevated for emergency ventilation.

I'm riding to the Chili Cookoff with Tom -- his car's got a flatch hatch.

by Zappin' Nap October 22, 2007

Hatch a plan

The act of "Hatching a plan". As defined in the TV series, The A-Team. The act of sitting down, pondering and planing how to achieve something.

Let's hatch a plan of how to fullfil our goals.

by FHM_TGN May 3, 2020

hatch a deuce

to slam a giant pile of human feces from the anus into the toilet or wherever

Can I hatch a deuce in your BR before I dip?

by HC Greenly December 7, 2006

Hatched a plan

As defined in the TV series, The A-Team. When a plan has been completed, set in motion, but it hasn't (yet) come together.

We have hatched a plan and set it in motion, now we have to wait.

by FHM_TGN May 3, 2020

Hatching a plan

Defined in the TV series, The A-Team. The act of sitting down, pondering and planing how to achieve something.

I'm hatching a plan of how to fullfil my goals.

by FHM_TGN May 3, 2020