Rincewind Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 There is a thread 'Would you eat out of date food' or something. Probably on the 50th page now. Manufacturers cover themselves by putting the use by and sell by stamps on as well as encouraging people to buy a fresh product. Food Banks will not take anything out of date but the people at the RJFP will as their aim is to highlight food wast. If something is packaged and stored right it is fine.They are trying to get the law changed regarding use by dates (or is it sell by?)
Bobby Hundreds Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 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. Just that got me retching.
The Blur Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 Saw some orange spots in philadelphia cheese- not sure if it is just chilli jam specks or early stage of mouldiness? Do anyone know?
Rincewind Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 Will have a better idea if you eat it. Let us know tomorrow. Of course if you don't post tomorrow we will also know the result. Win win.
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 I'll never eat off meat, you can tell from the smell instantly if any meat is off or not and if it is it's in the bin. I go by the if it smells alright I'll eat it policy and generally works out well.
Wycombe Fox Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 I have the outlaws down at the minute for over Christmas. Ma Outlaw goes crazy about food waste even if it's way out of date (which is why I don't eat at her house!!). When the shopping arrives at our house, I use what I can of the previous week's shop and bin the rest. On Saturday I got rid of a bag of baby potatoes about 5 days out of date with the stalks sticking out. Bad move - she spotted them in the bin and told me not to throw anything else out as she could've made soup with them. I used pretty much everything else but had some lettuce and tomatoes left that had gone a bit manky and didn't want - needed the space for the fresh ones. I was ordered not to throw them away so I bagged them and gave them to her - they are still in her car as it's 'cooler' out there. Soup to follow no doubt. This morning I got asked about the chicken carcass from Sunday's dinner. I binned it Sunday having stripped it of any signs of leftover meat for the cat. Bad move - she was going to make feckin' soup with that as well. She goes on about food waste but leaves lights on, fills and boils the kettle for only one cup of tea and puts loads of bread and toast crumbs in the margarine (sorry - a bit anal about that one!). We do get on OK, honestly
AyewJoking Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 bit into a pork pie that was past its "display until" date. it was like when you step in dog shít and you freeze for a second to minimize the damage.
VLC86 Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 Went in the coop yesterday and picked up a pineapple that had a reduced sticker on, scanned it at the self service checkout and had to call someone over, they refused to sell it to me yet would have sold it 12 hours earlier. Madness
Raw Dykes Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 I've got a jar of Marmite that was best before November 2014. Looks, smells and tastes perfectly fine, and hasn't made me ill. Accidentally pouring gone-off milk into a cup of tea or a bowl of cereal is a pet hate of mine. I have to fight my gag reflexes pretty hard when catching sight and smell of the cottage cheese slopping around the sink. Ruins the day.
AKCJ Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 First of all, I'm a fan of jam. Absolutely love jam, me. Well, when I was younger I took a jar of jam out the fridge and was about to put it on me toast wen i realised it were covered in mould. Said, "nah m8" and slung it in the bin. Mum goes "what you doin that for? you just take the mouldy bit off it and hey presto bobs ur uncle". Said, "nah m8". She went "we've always done that". Absolutely ruined my love for jam for bout 3 years.
Babylon Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 Absolutely spot on. My mum is exactly the same...I was clearing out her kitchen cupboards the other week back and found a jar of 'Lyles Golden Syrup' that was out of date by...wait for it...three years! When I told her she replied that I was fussing.. Ha I was just about to say Lyles Golden Syrup, my mum always has a tin of that at the back of the cupboard. Best I found was about 6 months ago, it was a jar of cranberry sauce that I won at a school fair when I was about 8.... I'm now 36.
Raw Dykes Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 Ha I was just about to say Lyles Golden Syrup, my mum always has a tin of that at the back of the cupboard. Best I found was about 6 months ago, it was a jar of cranberry sauce that I won at a school fair when I was about 8.... I'm now 36. I once won a can of Guinness at a school fair. I must have been about 10 years old at the time. The old woman on the stall couldn't work out whether she should give me it - she didn't take much persuading. I walked around the fair swigging that lovely beer like a don and I was suddenly everyone's best mate. Then the headmaster saw me and confiscated it. I think he even gave it me back when I was about to go home.
MC Prussian Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 bit into a pork pie that was past its "display until" date. it was like when you step in dog shít and you freeze for a second to minimize the damage. So, come on and spill the beans: What did it say on the expiry date label?
Freesolo Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 yea sometimes as long as there is no mould and i am cooking it at a high enough temperature to kill any bacteria
Steven Posted 22 December 2015 Posted 22 December 2015 I'll never eat off meat, you can tell from the smell instantly if any meat is off or not and if it is it's in the bin. I go by the if it smells alright I'll eat it policy and generally works out well. Quite.
Bettsj2 Posted 31 December 2015 Posted 31 December 2015 Not exactly with the topic but my sisters driving down to Cornwall from Leicester tonight for new year. She's gonna pick up some maryland wings which re-heat fine (done it before). What do people thing about the fillet burgers? Would they be ok on a 6 hour drive then reheated?
Countryfox Posted 31 December 2015 Posted 31 December 2015 All the time, except for when the bread has those bluey green bits on.
Vlad the Fox Posted 1 January 2016 Posted 1 January 2016 Often eat out of date food well past its date, it's the old if it looks and smells fine then eat it. Though it's a battle with the Mrs who thinks food switches off once it reaches its date, I even had to stop her throwing some cream out a day before the date last week. I've had a couple of incidents though, once was a time when I poured myself a bowl of Frosties that tasted a bit strange but thought nothing of it, the next day they tasted quite a bit more strange so felt I needed to investigate, first stop was the box of the Frosties, all fine, next was the milk and quick swig and smell soon had me gagging. The other time was the Christmas together with the Mrs. We ordered the biggest turkey and gammon. A week later I was still eating it when one day I went to the fridge and was appalled to find it gone, the Mrs had binned it, I wasn't happy. However the stomach cramps I'd become used to did quickly stop that day.
Vlad the Fox Posted 1 January 2016 Posted 1 January 2016 Oh and mouldy bread is rank, you only need to do it once and you'll always check bread after.
BeerMe Posted 1 January 2016 Posted 1 January 2016 If it's within reason like a few days or maybe a week I might consider it, but no more than that. My grandmother is real bad about it though. I went out to visit her in October and she gave me a bottle of Bailey's that expired in 2004. I tried pouring it out but it was massive chunks. I went through her refrigerator and she had mustard from 2009, which means she consciously moved it with her when she changed house two years ago. WtF?
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