pasta sauce recipes

Shocking_Blue

I buy a lot of these reduced items. Luckily I live very close to a Morrisons as well as an ASDA, which allows me to go there almost every night and check-out the bargains. There are certain items I rarely buy for the regular price such as bread, meat and most fruits. By getting all those bargains I also get to try a wide range of items that I wouldn't normally buy. Plus I don't have to think hard what to buy, just see what's on the reduced shelf.

On the other hand, standing in a crowd and waiting patiently for the yellow labels to be put on can be a nightmare, in particular when you're surrounded by scruffy, smelly, pushy people who can't get enough into their trolleys. If it's too bad, I just give it a miss and come back the next day.

Shocking_Blue

lbr102 wrote: »

I defrosted a pack of sausages on Wednesday. DIdn't then use them until Thursday and left two over which I was planning to use on Friday night but didn't. Do you think I'm OK to have them this morning for breakfast? They have been refrigerated.

If they looked and tasted alright, I'd eat them. I've eaten sausages well over the sell-by date, about a week. They're not like fresh meat, they're preserved, and as long as they look, feel and smell good, they're most probably fine to eat.

There are some items that can last way beyond the sell-by date, such as soured dairy products and many fruits. Yoghurt can last for quite a while when kept cool all the time, I'd easily eat one that's five, six days over. Citrus fruits, if kept in a cool place, can last for several weeks beyond their sell-by date. I bought loads of citrus fruits the other day when they had them reduced to 10p.

Also bread, when kept cool, can last for ages. I keep mine outside in the cold, and 4-6 days after the sell-by date are no problem.

charleybabes

hi all

i took out a pack of chicken thighs first thing this morning from the freezer.. stuck them in a dish and left them under cold running water for an hour .. and now ive browned them and put them in the slow cooker
my husbands just rang me and said that im probably going to give us all food poisening and that you cant defrost chicken thighs like that..
im now worried!!!..

they didnt feel frozen to me when i put them in the pan they felt just like raw chicken but now im not sure . dont want to make everyone ill !!!

Penelope_Penguin

charleybabes wrote: »

hi all

i took out a pack of chicken thighs first thing this morning from the freezer.. stuck them in a dish and left them under cold running water for an hour .. and now ive browned them and put them in the slow cooker
my husbands just rang me and said that im probably going to give us all food poisening and that you cant defrost chicken thighs like that..
im now worried!!!..

they didnt feel frozen to me when i put them in the pan they felt just like raw chicken but now im not sure . dont want to make everyone ill !!!

Did they smell bad when you started to cook them? If not, and you make sure they're fully cokked, you'll all be fine

Oiut of interest, how would he have rather you;d defrosted them?

hilstep2000

As long as you cook them thoroughly it doesn't matter. Either casserole them till they fall off the bone, of roast or fry till juices run clear. You'll all be fine!

ginvzt

charleybabes wrote: »

hi all

i took out a pack of chicken thighs first thing this morning from the freezer.. stuck them in a dish and left them under cold running water for an hour .. and now ive browned them and put them in the slow cooker
my husbands just rang me and said that im probably going to give us all food poisening and that you cant defrost chicken thighs like that..
im now worried!!!..

they didnt feel frozen to me when i put them in the pan they felt just like raw chicken but now im not sure . dont want to make everyone ill !!!

The only thing I would have been worried is having the cold tap running for an hour!

LandyAndy

I've cooked chicken legs from frozen before now. Just brown them and then casserole them until cooked. It just takes a bit longer.

If you are determined to defrost them first you would be better putting them in a pan of cold water and changing the water every 15 minutes. Running the cold tap for an hour is madness.

themull1

Thats fine.

liney

This is why my DH does not need to know some details about my day. Food poisoning, my eye.

babyshoes

Just make sure they are well cooked all the way through - juices should run clear when you pierce the deepest part of the meat, and if you cut into a bit there should be no pink left next to the bone. If you check it like that, you will be fine.