Do you eat out of date food?

[Samilktray]

As someone who works in retail, why would the big corporations not want to cut down on waste, it's 1 of the biggest things on our agenda

[Guest Mee-9]

I'm at uni, it's fair to say it's more shocking if I eat something that's in date. 

[davieG]

I've got some pepper that you grind as required that's dated best before 2005 which I still use.

 

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[simmo1977]

I went away with some mates in April in one of those massive motorhomes, cost my mate about £50,000.

 

Anyway on the trip up to Whitby he says I've chucked some beers in the back there out my garage, one of the lads handed me a can of Carlsberg and the bottom of the can looked a bit rusty. I decided to check the sell by date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 1994.

[ScouseFox]

I went away with some mates in April in one of those massive motorhomes, cost my mate about £50,000.

Anyway on the trip up to Whitby he says I've chucked some beers in the back there out my garage, one of the lads handed me a can of Carlsberg and the bottom of the can looked a bit rusty. I decided to check the sell by date.

April 1994.

did you down it

[Webbo]

Somebody gave me a bottle of Becks that was 5 fives out of date. I gave it a sip. It was fecking mank.

[pSinatra]

Had some double cream on Sunday that had been in the fridge for about a week (maybe more?).  Whipped it up for a few minutes & made butter that I used on the roast chicken.

 

The missus was alright, but I had stomach cramps & was pissing out my arse 10 mins after dinner

[bovril]

Somebody gave me a bottle of Becks that was 5 fives out of date. I gave it a sip. It was fecking mank.

 

So it had kept well then.

[Webbo]

So it had kept well then.

Becks is one of the better lagers.

[bovril]

Dad was a food scientist and used to eat out of date stuff all the time. Chicken is a no-no but I'll eat  anything as long as it's been reasonably sealed, even if it hasn't it's usually ok. When did we become such squeamish fvckers. And what's with this British fear of eating lukewarm stuff? If it's not piping hot everyone has a spaz attack.

[Free Falling Foxes]

Wife did a spring clean of our pantry a while ago. She found a malt loaf right at the back. 'Goodness knows how long we've had this'. She said.

 

In my lunch box the next day.....................

[MC Prussian]

Most food items can be consumed past the original expiry date - especially when they're left unopened.

That applies to dairy products as well as meat and fish.

 

I do this on a regular basis, because it hurts throwing food away into the bin. Makes me feel very guilty with all that hunger in the World (honestly!).

 

However, rotten or old fruits, eggs and vegetables are a different case - I'm usually less lenient with those three produces; mildew and salmonella are two powerful natural born killers.

 

The other side of the issue is food that more parts of the food palette have become rather cheap, people buying more food than they ought to as well as the lack of a budget.

If more people were more conscious about what food/how much food they actually need at home, we'd have a lot less trouble with wasted leftovers or food items in general.

[Rincewind]

Just  watching  the programme about waste. They went around with a bloke who goes to places like Tesco after closing.

Talking to women about clothes shopping. One keeps her stuff two weeks before buying more fashion stuff then throws them away.

It takes Britain 10 minutes to throw away 7 tons of clothes.

[oxford blue]

If anyone shops at Aldi, you'll know they don't display 'best before' dates as was explained in last night's Channel 4 Dispatches. Apparently it's 4 numbers - the first two are week number in year, second two are day of week. The programmes showed food being sold that was out of date, so some shoppers probably will have done.

[pSinatra]

I worked in the meat department of Asda when I was a teenager.  It was over 20 years ago & we packed our own meat.  We didn't have it delivered like it seems they do now.

 

Only with beef, but if it reached it's best before date & was still red & healthy looking, we would re-pack it & print a new label with a new date on it.

 

If it went brown & still hadn't sold, it would go in the mincer

[Webbo]

I worked in the meat department of Asda when I was a teenager.  It was over 20 years ago & we packed our own meat.  We didn't have it delivered like it seems they do now.

 

Only with beef, but if it reached it's best before date & was still red & healthy looking, we would re-pack it & print a new label with a new date on it.

 

If it went brown & still hadn't sold, it would go in the mincer

My wife works at Asda,sometimes she finds stuff she had put in the waste has been put back on the shelf.

[sphericalfox]

I worked in the meat department of Asda when I was a teenager.  It was over 20 years ago & we packed our own meat.  We didn't have it delivered like it seems they do now.

 

Only with beef, but if it reached it's best before date & was still red & healthy looking, we would re-pack it & print a new label with a new date on it.

 

If it went brown & still hadn't sold, it would go in the mincer

 

I'm astounded that it's nearly impossible not to be able to be decent sliced ham, that isn't meat-glued, even from the deli counter.

[pSinatra]

My wife works at Asda,sometimes she finds stuff she had put in the waste has been put back on the shelf.

 

I'm not sure if it's illegal or not, but it seems to be a risk worth taking

[Rincewind]

If anyone shops at Aldi, you'll know they don't display 'best before' dates as was explained in last night's Channel 4 Dispatches. Apparently it's 4 numbers - the first two are week number in year, second two are day of week. The programmes showed food being sold that was out of date, so some shoppers probably will have done.

Just saw your post. In the programme  I saw they were throwing too much away. One supplier of parsnips went out of business because of the 'cosmetic food' culture. Someone from Morrisons tried putting courgettes of two qualities  next to each other and customers bought most of the better looking ones. Understandable when they were priced the same.  If they had been priced differently I am sure the less good looking courgettes would have faired better.

I see Despatches is not really on the same subject.

Did not seem anything wrong with those carrots. They  were sealed and dry.

[Parafox]

I find Aldi fresh produce only lasts a few days before it goes off, particularly salad stuff. Obviously they deliberately try to confuse customers by coding the best before date and what they're doing isn't illegal.

[AyewJoking]

I worked in the meat department of Asda when I was a teenager.  It was over 20 years ago & we packed our own meat.  We didn't have it delivered like it seems they do now.

 

Only with beef, but if it reached it's best before date & was still red & healthy looking, we would re-pack it & print a new label with a new date on it.

 

If it went brown & still hadn't sold, it would go in the mincer and sold to mcdonalds

[ranieri99]

I do it regularly. 3 days past the sell by date is my limit. Some people refuse to eat anything 1 day out of date, such a waste!

[Steven]

I have eaten "fresh" stuff over two months past the sell by date. :xmasbiggrin:

[Beliall]

yeah, 3  days  past the date on bread ftw, love the green bits

[kingcarr21]

Obviously depends on what it is you're eating. Every food item with a date on will have some sort of safety factor added to it so companies avoid food poisoning. So your loaf of bread may have a date until say 23rd of December when in actual fact it will be fine for a day or 2 after that (provided its been stored correctly)