Archive:Quick Questions on food safety / sell by / use by dates

kittyscarlett

And I bet you are all still alive and well and full of lovely roast beef

Gigervamp

kittyscarlett wrote: »

And I bet you are all still alive and well and full of lovely roast beef

Or at least have beef for sandwiches!

traceylou9

Agrah I made up HUGE batch of cottage pie last night (meat mix only) and left it out all night - in the pan with the lid on.

Will it be OK? Am guessing I'll have to throw it away but it's about 12 portions sob sob sob.

Tracey.

thriftlady_2

Unless your kitchen was unusually hot last night it will be fine.

Most people didn't have fridges 50 years ago. Leftover meat would have been unrefrigerated for several days although it would have been left in a cold pantry.

I think our obsession with food safety is the enemy of food economics. I wonder how much food has been thrown away needlessly?

*niptuckfan*

I would still use it, done it plenty of times and we alaways been ok:D

hilstep2000

Don't worry about it, it'll be fine!

cady

yeah it should be ok unless your kitchen is really hot or its been in direct sunlight or anything

traceylou9

Thank you so much! Just portioned it now in freezer.

Money saving at it's best :j

Mags_cat

Well done for not chucking it

People worry too much about food safety these days. As has been mentioned, we've not long had the joy of fridges/freezers and the population as a whole seems to be doing ok...

I'd trust my eyes/nose far more than a sell by/use by date.

And anyway - when you defrost/reheat it, you'll kill off any bugs that *might* be in it.

mmmmm...shepherd's pie...mmmmm

Krystaltips

I'm forever leaving things to cool down and forgetting about them until the next morning... As long as the cats haven't got at it, I just freeze it / eat it anyway...