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Would you eat out-of-date food/drink?
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rolpaula
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My neighbour just gave me four bottles of Grolsch with a sell by date of 30/04..............i drank them all...........
Do you eat or drink things past their sell by date?
Do you eat or drink things past their sell by date?
:whistle:Make Hay While The Sun Shines:think:
Would you eat/drink out-of-date food/drink? 103 votes
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My neighbour just gave me four bottles of out-of-date 30/04/05 Grolsch lager and of course i drank them.............
Would you eat/drink out-of-date food/drink?:whistle:Make Hay While The Sun Shines:think:0 -
Yes. Depends what it is and how out of date of course , you can't be too careful with some foodstuffs. I personally don't think a few days out of date on a lot of food and drink is a problem although my husband makes me throw some things away when I would keep them a bit longer :rolleyes:Same old same old since 20080
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Prawns and certain seafoods we won't touch out of date.....
Milk we both will still drink it (until it really smells funny)..........
Cheese we cut the mould off nobody knows any difference
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bread we look for the mould usually ok for few days past its date......:whistle:Make Hay While The Sun Shines:think:0 -
Yeah, I'm with you on that and wouldn't touch seafood or chicken if it smelt iffy, but other stuff I don't mind, and sell-by dates don't always indicate something is past eating anyway, it's just a safety measure for manufacturers/retailers."An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
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I agree with Sheel on what it is and how out of date it is.:think:
Also agree with with the fish and chicken things , they can be very dodgy.
And the sell by dates do cover the manufacturer as you say, its suppose to be when the product is at its best, but some are ok past there dates.:)
Hope no one gets a funny tummy with the chances that we take._pale_
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Is this one a whoopsie:D or am I just seeing double.
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I think it all boils down to common sense really, and trusting your eyes and nose to judge whether something is fit to eat or not "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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Curry_Queen wrote:I think it all boils down to common sense really, and trusting your eyes and nose to judge whether something is fit to eat or not
Could'nt have put it better myself.:)
And boil is the key word, boil it up on a fast heat and it suppose to kill anything (bacteria) that is.:)
Thats what I was trying to say in a round about way.:shhh:0 -
Curry_Queen wrote:I think it all boils down to common sense really, and trusting your eyes and nose to judge whether something is fit to eat or not
Agreed!
It's all about using 4 of your senses .... sight, smell, taste and COMMON!
I've used rice which was 2months out of date - I live
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Gosh, what did people do before there were dates on packets?
All preserved food .... I'd smell & taste. So that's tins, jars, dried food. Tins - look for damage.
Meat, fish & dairy, I'd be careful of - smell & taste.
Mould on cheese & bread is unlikely to be harmful - just unpleasant.
My cleaner took all the out of date food out of my cupboard and asked me if I wanted her to chuck it :eek: spices, pickles, tins ...... no thanks, I think I'll survive Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac0
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