Out of date food

[les_taxi]

My ongoing experiment eating out of date food continues-today's challenge is 2 days out of date Sainsbury's prawn linguine !
Lets hope I'm here tomorrow,if I'm dead I wont be posting :-)

[imagine]

why

[grahamw48]

That's about all I eat.

[imagine]

theres sell by and use by , now theres a difference to out of date food

[les_taxi]

Because it's a load of bull,All you have to do is smell it,if it does not smell bad it's not (according to some food scientist) I believe it to be true.

[imagine]

Because it's a load of bull,All you have to do is smell it,if it does not smell bad it's not (according to some food scientist) I believe it to be true.

try that with chicken the date stamps on most foods will be good for a few extra days, they have to date it earlier than it needs to be, and of course it depends if the food is kept in the conditions its supposed to be,either stored in a cool place or refrigerated

[les_taxi]

they have to date it earlier than it needs to be

Thats the bit I'm getting at
The simple rule is if you unsure smell the food,if it doesn't smell off it's not
I tried it with prawns-which are probably as dangerous as chicken if off,I'm fine this morning

[stevewool]

try that with chicken the date stamps on most foods will be good for a few extra days, they have to date it earlier than it needs to be, and of course it depends if the food is kept in the conditions its supposed to be,either stored in a cool place or refridgerated

so then Stewart how long can you keep a chicken in the fridge for

[stevewool]

Thats the bit I'm getting at
The simple rule is if you unsure smell the food,if it doesn't smell off it's not
I tried it with prawns-which are probably as dangerous as chicken if off,I'm fine this morning

well you are still alive it seems

[jake]

What's next... a fast food diet for a month

[imagine]

so then Stewart how long can you keep a chicken in the fridge for

i dont take any risk at all with chicken, though probably more risk from handling it raw than there is after its cooked

i always buy frozen that way its cooked the day its taken out, or take out at night to defrost, cooked the next day , no longer

[grahamw48]

so then Stewart how long can you keep a chicken in the fridge for

Wouldn't that be a bit cruel Steve ?

[Dedworth]

The well out of date food can normally be found at restaurants employing illegal immigrants

[Arthur Little]

... just READING this thread, is enough to make someone like me - whose appetite is legendary - go on an immediate "crash diet"!

[Terpe]

You sound just like my wife Les

If it smells OK then it is.....

As others said there are a number of clues, Best Before dates, Display by dates and Use by dates.
My wife has used her 'nose' ever since we've been together and we're still here

Personally, I put chicken at the top of my danger list followed closely by pork, and I do take care.
Often my wife has eaten out of date pork where I have not. But she's shaky on chicken.

For vegetables and salad stuff I completely ignore those dates.

Oh, with seafoods I'm also very careful. Can be much more dangerous than just out of some date.
Although I doubt a day or two would be any difference.

[grahamw48]

I buy nothing but frozen cooked chicken breast strips ( decent quality ones).

Easy to cook, no bones, no waste and no worries about freshness.

[Dedworth]

My wife's the same Terpe - she always laughs at the fact that our eggs are dated

[grahamw48]

How else do you know when they're going to hatch ?

[Terpe]

I buy nothing but frozen cooked chicken breast strips ( decent quality ones).

Easy to cook, no bones, no waste and no worries about freshness.

Don't know what you think Graham, but these days you can buy a 'fresh' chicken or chicken portions so cheap, freeze and cook yourself no problem.
The only time I'll buy cooked chicken is the rotiserie chicken from Costco

When I was a kid we only had chicken at Christmas.
I love chicken, especially chicken breast. My wife loves to chew on them bones. Wings, ribs and legs
Works good for me

[Terpe]

My wife's the same Terpe - she always laughs at the fact that our eggs are dated

My wife has told me NOT to throw any food out based on date. She'll be the one to decide

And eggs, yep she still mocks that date stamping even now.

[grahamw48]

Don't know what you think Graham, but these days you can buy a 'fresh' chicken or chicken portions so cheap, freeze and cook yourself no problem.
The only time I'll buy cooked chicken is the rotiserie chicken from Costco

When I was a kid we only had chicken at Christmas.
I love chicken, especially chicken breast. My wife loves to chew on them bones. Wings, ribs and legs
Works good for me

I suppose to me it makes no sense buying something, half of which you're going to chuck out (bones, gristle and other yukky bits).

Also, I hate eating anything that looks like it might have been alive at some point.
- Should be a veggie really.

[sars_notd_virus]

thats poo we eat out of date food all the time 'cuz its cheaper

[Terpe]

thats poo we eat out of date food all the time 'cuz its cheaper

I don't think any retailer is allowed to sell out of date food.
Often it may be reduced in price due to a short sell by date..... but not out of date.

[raynaputi]

My wife's the same Terpe - she always laughs at the fact that our eggs are dated

That's what I thought the first time I saw the dated eggs! We used to have a sari-sari store in Manila and we sell eggs and I've never seen them have dates!

Keith always tells me to throw away stuffs like bread, milk, etc. after 3 days. I'm not used to that. When I was in the Philippines, as long as I can't see a mold and it doesn't smell, it's still okay. I've never got sick! It's a waste for me throwing it just like that. Good thing though I can feed the bread to the birds.

I just do what Keith wants with his food now. But I don't want him get food poisoning like the last time he had at the RAF (he said around 30 of them got food poisoning because of under cooked chicken).

[SimonH]

thats poo we eat