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foreversomeday

Yoghurts are usually obvious if they are off too

After I saw that programme it changed my mind as well - I have never really been paranoid about use by dates (a lot of our stuff is frozen and defrosted anyway so the use by dates are meaningless) but I didn't realise meat and things were okay to eat if they had gone a funny colour. I always go by smell with meat and dairy now, and I always ate mouldy bread, I just cut the mouldy bits off! :rotfl: We haven't got ill since, so I'm not too worried!

pigpen

yoghurts.. the lids puff up when they have gone manky.. if the lids are still flat and firm they are fine.. I'd eat them sooner rather than later though if I were you!

As the others have said milk and butter etc will be fine

Eggs.. you aren't supposed to refridgerate them anyway.. but the best test here is.. plop them in a jug of water.. if they float to the top.. bin them they aren't nice.. if they sink or float a little way off the bottom they are fine.

Hard cheese will be fine.. I don't refridgerate cheese anyway... soft cheeses I'm not so sure about!

ecangel24

I'm here... I'm alive!

no ill effects. yay!

thanks everyone

taplady

I'm glad you're still with us!:j but really you shouldn't have eaten it, rice should be cooled immediately and kept in the fridge for only 1 day, its a breeding gound for bacteria and you could easily have got food poisoning.
Not sure how they get away with it in chilled meals though

stressedoutmumof1

Did a quick search, but couldn't find anything...

We had fish 'n' chips from the chippie for tea last £4.90 a portion :eek: Anyway DD had a mouthful of fish and about 3 chips, then said she wasn't hungry :rolleyes:

I wrapped it all back up and put them in the fridge, now I'm a bit worried, if I reheat it in the oven will it still be okay to eat for lunch

Thank you oh wise ones

newlywed

The chips will be fine - I often microwave them the next day (that way they stay soft which is how I like them).

Sorry not sure about the fish but if it's been in the fridge and then reheated so it's properly hot, I don't think it should be a problem

peb

I can't stand them reheated. however my father does and he reheats it in the oven rather than the mmocrowave - hot oven on a baking tray.

HTH

stressedoutmumof1

Thanks - it's not the chips I'm worried about - but the fish Don' want to poison DD

Biggles

If we're not finishing them off the next day, we pop them in the freezer. But they alway seem to taste best recooked in the oven rather than the microwave (a bit crisper).

LearningToSave.

can we still eat it?? is it safe??
i made it last saturday afternoon and its been in the fridge ever since.........remembered about it last night.

its made with various veggies and oxo cubes for the stock so no meaty stuff involved at all.

will it be ok for me,dh and 2 dd's(5 and 5) to eat as our meal today or should i just throw it and learn my lesson??