pasta sauce recipes

LittleLauz

Definetly eat it!
Though I'm def not the most cautious person.... My friend and I had a BBQ in summer with Iceland cook from frozen BBQ food, didn't cook all of it and left it out on the side for about 22hrs in the middle of summer! We were both fine, thanfully. As you can probably tell, I've never ever had food poisoning, otherwise i'm sure i'd think twice about doing that.

meritaten

I usually leave things to cool to room temperature before putting in the fridge or freezer and that can take a couple of hours - so I dont think 4 -5 hours is gonna hurt!
btw - when I make cawl I leave the pan of cawl overnight in the kitchen and then bring to the boiling point and simmer for about twenty minutes. and that cawl can last days!!!!!!!!!!!!! its never refridgerated and always been brought to the boil each day and simmered- been doing this for over thirty years and my nan did it for over 60 years - and between us thats ninety years and NO-ONE got a single tummy problem in all that time!

Pink.

Hi smeeinnit,

I would think it will be fine. As you've made your decision I've added your question to the existing thread on food safety as it may help others in the same position.

Pink

mcculloch29

I subscribe to the theory that if it smells ok, it probably is ok, and if it's in dry, well stored, sealed packaging it's going to have to practically defeat science in order to go off.

I wanted to make a rocky road loaf (chocolate, marshmallows, walnuts, biscuits) that didn't get made at Christmas then realised I had no digestive biscuits. Discovered a pack of 'Dr Who' biscuit mix that was never used, dated Oct 2009. It was fine. As was the pizza I made the previous day with bread mix dated July 2010 and a jar of tom. puree dated Dec 2010.

I've taken a quick glance at a yogurt before now and eaten it two month OOD (read a 6 as an 8).
I'm not stupid, I don't risk anything that 'looks' off, though I have been known to remove the top furry layer on a near full jar of jam and keep half a jar.

If one third of food that is bought gets thrown away, who is throwing out my share, then?

zippychick

ive merged this with food safety

OrkneyStar

:eek:
Ok so somewhere along the line my stock rotation has failed these chickpeas.
Would anyone still try using them ? Or will it be a waste of time and energy ?
Ta

ETA Also some organic coarse bulgar wheat, same BBE!

(:o:o:o:o:o not sure HOW I missed these as normally quite scrupulous!)

*Maya*

I would definitely try them especially if they are unopened. If you soak them and cook them seperately you can taste them before adding them to a recipe.

Dippypud

I've got one of those,

Ive planned to soak 'em this weekend to see if their any good!!

Shall we compare notes

Penelope_Penguin

I'd do them in the pressure cooker, but as you probably suspect, they may take longer than usual

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the exisitng thread to keep ideas together.

angelaf_3

This is probably a very stupid question but I've just found some onions which I bought before Christmas. They are fine except that they have started sprouting. Are they still ok to use?