Smelly Chicken

ageandjo

I have 6 chicken breast in the fridge that I bought Friday from Tescos with a use by date of today on them, I opened the packet and 3 of them stink I flipped them over and they are going a funny color underneath YUK!! anyways I have used 3 of them in the SC for tonight dinner (the ones that looked ok) should I have thown them/taken them back to Mr T's what would you do? would you eat the ones that are in the Sc for tonight dinner???

Queenie

~ should I have thown them/taken them back to Mr T's
~ what would you do?
~ would you eat the ones that are in the Sc for tonight dinner???

#1 - If I'd opened them the day I'd bought them and made that discovery, yes, I would have taken them back. As it's now a few days later, a few factors could have contributed to the smell/discolouration: ie: how they were transported home/how long between leaving their fridge and getting into mine. Another factor which may be out of Mr T's control is the temperature of your own fridge.

#2 - If I had found poor smelling/discoloured chicken, it would hit the bin - even the one's in the same tray could have been infected by bacteria. With chicken (and as most of it is mass farmed) I wouldn't have taken the risk.

#3 - see #2 above.

bizzylizzy

ageandjo wrote:

I have 6 chicken breast in the fridge that I bought Friday from Tescos with a use by date of today on them, I opened the packet and 3 of them stink I flipped them over and they are going a funny color underneath YUK!! anyways I have used 3 of them in the SC for tonight dinner (the ones that looked ok) should I have thown them/taken them back to Mr T's what would you do? would you eat the ones that are in the Sc for tonight dinner???

I would have taken them all back to Tescos today, too late now I know, but do contact them and complain.
I had the same with an Asda turkey drumstick which I opened the day before the use by date, it stank and was all slimy :eek: so I threw it away then emailed Asda. A week later they sent me a £4 gift card and humble apologies which wasn't bad considering it cost £1.07.
I don't think you should eat the slow cooked ones, be on the safe side and throw them out!
An old saying which has always helped me at times like this "If in doubt, throw it out!"

squeaky

On a purely personal note - I wouldn't have used the others. To my mind, whatever got at the ones that stank would also be affecting the ones that didn't even if you couldn't see it.

shell2001

I had a chicken via home delivery, I went to use it a day before the useby date and that stank. Emailed customer services about it but they said the dates on there are for guidance and are an instore date rather than you taking it home and keeping it in the fridge. Was not happy as it sodes not state this on the packaging. This was before my OS ways now I would take taht further, then I just filled in the form with all the info requested and never heard anything from them.

Personally, would be straight in the bin for the whole lot - not worth risking it!!

Zed42

Sorry, but I echo the rest "bin it". It is not worth the risk.

Coupon-mad

Well I had a pack of chicken legs & pieces from Tesco, used a couple of the legs but didn't like the look of the rest. They were still in date so I took the rest of the pack back to Tesco and got all my money back.

If the pack stinks they are not going to care if some are missing, you can say you tried to cook some but they came out stringy/dry (must admit the legs I cooked were not the best, but we were not ill!).

So I would take them back, and pick up some free Sour Cream & Onion Pringles via their R&R policy while you are there (see misprices thread, I have had 20 tubs so far).

ageandjo

**BINNED**

Ideas for dinner now
I have lots of veg, jacket spuds, no meat out the freezer, erm.... timmed salmon and sardines, cheese, chips, baked beans...

Queenie

Coupon-mad wrote:

.... So I would take them back, and pick up some free Sour Cream & Onion Pringles via their R&R policy while you are there (see misprices thread, I have had 20 tubs so far).

ageandjo - this is the thread Coupon-mad is referring to, well worth a read

Tesco Misprices Thread 6

Grab a cuppa first though, it's a long one and worth reading almost each and every post.

skim

must admit I've had a few bad experiences with Tescos chicken & will never buy another chicken breast from there again. For some reason they always seem to be rubbery.

Queenie

ageandjo wrote:

**BINNED**

Ideas for dinner now
I have lots of veg, jacket spuds, no meat out the freezer, erm.... timmed salmon and sardines, cheese, chips, baked beans...

Roasted veg stuffed jacket potatoes with a grated cheese topping?

Salmon fishcakes with roasted veggies?

Chips with cheese (my eldest 3 lurved this at school :laugh: ) with baked beans on the side?