chicken

Auzelia

I bought a whole chicken today, to use for tomorrows sunday roast.
And I didnt check the date and its out of date today.

I dont have any space in my freezer plus I cant freeze and defrozt it by tomorrow.

Will it be okay to roast it tomorrow even though the label says use by the 20.09.08

Oh! and I have a 21 month old son , and I dont want to poison him. :rotfl:

Skint_Catt

Perfectly fine. The chicken doesn't know thats the date put on it and 24 hours isn't going to hurt anyone as long as its properly cooked (this applies inside the date too!)

Auzelia

really!

so Im not gonna get salmonella (as my mum keeps telling me)

oh thank god .. dont know if his lordship could take not getting chicken for his tea.

Always_Harassed

I would phone the shop and let them know and that way you can return it when you have time. I wouldn't use either chicken or fish past its date. I think you could be ok with red meat.
Other solution would be to cook tonight.

Auzelia

cant cook it tonight as I dont have the willpower to stay awake after xfactor lol..

lilac_lady

I'd cook it tonight and store the cooked parts in the fridge. If you can't do that, take it back to the shop tomorrow with your receipt.

Bitsy_Beans

I would do the smell test tomorrow - personally I doubt the chicken will self destruct within 24 hours of a date printed by a supermarket has expired. I personally feel a lot of these dates are too short due to health and safety. I'd much rather rely on how it smells/looks TBH.

Pitlanepiglet

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

I would do the smell test tomorrow - personally I doubt the chicken will self destruct within 24 hours of a date printed by a supermarket has expired. I personally feel a lot of these dates are too short due to health and safety. I'd much rather rely on how it smells/looks TBH.

Exactly....I love the thought that at 1 second past midnight the chicken will go off. Look at it and sniff it and it should be fine.

However, I would ring the place you got it from and have a moan about it.

rchddap1

My sister used to work at a supermarket. She told us that quite often things are perfectly fine after their use by dates. But you have to use your nose and see how things go.

evie451

well i bought a chicken that was out of date and returned it, not only did they give me a bigger chicken but a bottle of wine and 2 bunches of flowers too!

Auzelia

whats the smell test lol

cant be bothered to bring it back to be honest (i know not very moneysaving)
but i find going to asda bad enough as it is . never mind trying to return something.

Will give it a sniff in te morning and see how it is

suppose though when I defrost my chicken breasts they are out of date but are frozen and then unfrozen so ...

ach i will smell it thanks