Will this lot be ok to use or should it go in the bin

mum2many

Dry stuff

Falafel mix '07
Puy lentils 07
tapioca 06
ground rice 06
pearl barley 07
continetal lentils 07
red lentils 07
dry kidney beans 07
dessicated coconut 06
gelatine 07
fructose
yellow split lentils 07
sausage casserole mix 07
beef bourgingnon mix 05:o
soft dried prunes 06
poppy seeds 06


tinned stuff

evap milk 07
chestnut puree 07
condensed milk 06
coconut milk 07
cranberry sauce 06 and 07

And how can i disguise the pulses??? DH says he doesnt like them as they are bland and bleugh

Been and done my shop so stocked up on O/S stuff and hopefully it will last a while.
Got meat in freezer and large bags of rice and pasta. get veg box every week.

thanks em x

knittingnelly

Not much experience of using out of date dried stuff like pulses and whatever so no help there I'm afraid ... but I did give the family a tin of peas I'd found in a dark recess the other day - and they were dated july 2000! I just sniffed them and they seemed ok so...

floyd

I would use everything except for the dessicated coconut because it goes a bit rancid and the prunes because they will probably be dry (nothing a soak in cold tea can't fix though! )

I assume they are all Best Before dates and not Use By dates? Best Before is just a guideline so you won't be poisoned but the products may be dry/clumped/settled/separated but other than that perfectly edible

mum2many

floyd wrote: »

I would use everything except for the dessicated coconut because it goes a bit rancid and the prunes because they will probably be dry (nothing a soak in cold tea can't fix though! )

I assume they are all Best Before dates and not Use By dates? Best Before is just a guideline so you won't be poisoned but the products may be dry/clumped/settled/separated but other than that perfectly edible

nothing has been opened so will the coconut still be bleugh?

nmbash

My rule is that anything dry; rice, pulses etc you can use for ages after the sell by date. My dad used to say that the manufactures came up with the date thing just to make you replace it. In the hot countries where rice, pulses etc are the main food, they store large barrels of it. I think as long as they have been in a cool, dark cupboard then your ok.

I was told once, for ready-made cooked food, the film raises if it is off, because of the acid etc that it produces once it is going off. I don't know if this is true.
I tend to eat stuff that's been in the fridge at least 3 days after the sell buy date. I thing the manufactures must give some leave way.
Anything creamy I throw out. With Pork I don't take a risk with especially in the summer.

Izzy.

mum2many wrote: »

nothing has been opened so will the coconut still be bleugh?

Can you not open it to see what it looks like?

floyd

Decide on something to use it in that can still be made if its off (like coconut buns or biscuits) then open it and smell it. You will now straight away if its rancid as it smells like a damp mop

nmbash

mum2many wrote: »

Dry stuff

And how can i disguise the pulses??? DH says he doesnt like them as they are bland and bleugh

Does he like curry? There are lots of really tasty Indian dishes with pulses.

mum2many

nmbash wrote: »

Does he like curry? There are lots of really tasty Indian dishes with pulses.

yes we all love curry here, maybe i can add it with meat so he wont notice.

Hatster

You can definitely eat all the dried food. After all, how is a grain of rice going to go off? Even the dessicated coconut would be fine, I think - I just turned some 2006 coconut in an opened packet into coconut macaroons, and I just soaked it in water a little before cooking, in case it had dried out a bit in the last few years!

I'd sniff the other stuff and if it sniffs fine, I'd eat it!

mum2many

Hatster wrote: »

You can definitely eat all the dried food. After all, how is a grain of rice going to go off? Even the dessicated coconut would be fine, I think - I just turned some 2006 coconut in an opened packet into coconut macaroons, and I just soaked it in water a little before cooking, in case it had dried out a bit in the last few years!

I'd sniff the other stuff and if it sniffs fine, I'd eat it!

ok going to go with your sniff and eat technique. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: