Should I eat this?

Blue_Monkey

I made a chilli con carne last Thursday evening. Instead of putting the leftovers in the freezer, I stupidly only put it in the fridge. It's been there since Thursday night in a tupperware tub.

Should I eat it? Just being cautious as I'm preggers.......

PS. And the MSE element is that I don't want to waste it, buy something else in for dinner tonight!

ashaput

I won't eat that. But I don't know, may be you can warm it up.

denton6

Dont think i would take the risk to eat it , especially since you are pregnant. think better to be on the safe side and buy something else in for tea.

tanith

No I wouldn't eat it either ..........

mummyroysof3

i would have eaten it over the weekend but not as late as today hth

lisa26_2

I probably would eat it but would give it a good boil on the hob for a few mins. Would probably think differently if I was pregnant though!

Lotus-eater

I'd eat it, but not if I was pregnant. But if I was pregnant, I'd be eating caviar off gold plates anyway

pigpen

I'd warm it up to very hot and taste a tiny bit.. if it tastes ok I'd eat it..

faithcecilia

pigpen wrote: »

I'd warm it up to very hot and taste a tiny bit.. if it tastes ok I'd eat it..

Yes, me too (cept I'm veggie, lol!). I usually reckon on 5 days in the fridge for meat/egg/cream foods, but thats always a rough guide as if it tastes off its probably off and if it tastes fine its probably fine! I'd let it bubble a bit to be sure its cooked through properly. When I was little we always had a stew on the stove for a good week at a time and would just reheat it every day. None of us came to any harm.

pigpen

faithcecilia wrote: »

Yes, me too (cept I'm veggie, lol!). I usually reckon on 5 days in the fridge for meat/egg/cream foods, but thats always a rough guide as if it tastes off its probably off and if it tastes fine its probably fine! I'd let it bubble a bit to be sure its cooked through properly. When I was little we always had a stew on the stove for a good week at a time and would just reheat it every day. None of us came to any harm.

well if we are getting pedantic .. I wouldn't eat it cos i don't like chilli lol.. if it was bolognese I'd eat it though..

:D

we used to have a stove pot of soup as well that was added to frequently and none of us died,.

HappyMJ

I'd eat it...by tonight it'll be 4 days old that isn't that much. If cooked thoroughly in the first place, kept cold and then reheated properly there is little risk. You would smell it if it were bad. The general rule with cooked foods is eat it within a week.