NeilT

got a lovely chunk of salmon in the fridge, thats got a use by date of 6th oct (i.e. yesterday )

Yes, theoretically I should bin it, but what a waste, surely less than 24hrs later it isnt realistically gonna cause me any problems is it? Surely the supermarkets must build in a day or so as a margin for error?

What do you reckon?

Neil

Lee247

It's your belly, but I wouldn't

NotoriousREV

Leave it in the airing cupboard for about an hour (or on top of a radiator) until it's nice and lukewarm then eat it with some slightly warmed up, day old rice.

Can I interest you in a will?

corradoboy

Just eat it ! People are always ill these days 'cos they don't build up any resistance to germs. We are too clean !


I accept no responsibility for the consequences of your actions on this matter

NeilT

lol!

had seconds thoughts on it and binned it, fresh (within date) chicken now a cookin

Neil

James Neill

iTrader: (1)

You'd have been fine. 24 hours is not a problem. Crickey - we're all pansies these days.

MK5

i wouldn't worry about the date - what does it look and smell like...?

renny

iTrader: (2)

Jeeez,some people.

A day out of date,is that all?

vindaloo

I'd have eaten it unless it was pongy or had bits growing off it.
One day over with no adverse smells or other symptoms would have been fine.

Should have whacked it in the oven with lemongrass and corriander, a hint of chilli and maybe some fennel or kaffir lime. Serve with new pots and butter.

Admittedly, my cooking tends towards crispy than lightly warmed though.

J.

WRX_Dazza

You done well to chuck it.....

One of our Essex members ate day out fish yesterday and spent the rest of the day heaving into the porcelain telephone!!!!!

boxst

Meat is generally okay past its sell by date. Fish is a different matter and in my (not very happy) experience one minute past the date and you are going to be ill.

Steve

MrJim

you should have eaten it ,if it was off you would have smelt it when cooking.Jim.

Leslie

In the days of no refrigerators, people use to keep their meat outdoors in a meat safe which had perforated zinc sides to allow air circulation. Nothing was thought of scraping bluebottle eggs off the meat before cooking it"!

I would eat that salmon since it has been kept in your frig.

Les

ricardo

A lot depends on how long the original date was. Some stuff has a date a month in advance, so the date is set so that when stored correctly (but allowing for fridges that are sometimes not too good) the food is still ok on that date.

Other stuff has very short dates, maybe a few days, so a day over might be significant, especially if it took a long time to get it home and in your fridge.

It isn't as if food is ok at five past nine and suddenly becomes deadly at ten past nine on that date. The stuff with a long life probably has days of leeway.

The ones I hate are ham where it says 'use within two days of opening'. If I take a couple of slices out and stick cling-film over the pack is that still two days, or does that assume people leave the package open in the fridge ?

Iwan

Correct answer. I had some chicken the other week that was in date but smelled rank, I thought 'meh' and made it into a curry anyway, and was horribly ill within minutes of eating it.

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Check your fridge, then - first I knew of our old one packing in was milk going off before its date. I left a thermometer in there overnight and it was reading 10 degrees...

Chip Sengravy

Not strictly true. An ex missus of mine was a nurse and she was forever ill with something ( I probly gave her AIDS ).

Gastro is a different matter though, so you are right on that score. The retailers build in a massive margin for error for fear of litigation, Abdul from your local kebab shop has less to loose than John J Sainsbury, so he doesn't give a ****. Take Sainsburys 21 day steak for instance, don't think for one minute it started life any differently to thier regular stuff.

I eat stuff thats way out of date all the time, never did me any harm. Apart from the tinned fois-gras pate' that is, that kept me off work for three weeks. It was 10 years past though

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

It would have been fine if it smelled ok.

What got me was a takeaway that was late, delivered ages after ordering.