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Archive:Quick Questions on food safety / sell by / use by dates
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Don't use it throw it out it's not worth the risk.
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Whatever did our grandmothers do when there weren't any dates on food?
If there are any bacteria present in the raw meat, then they will be killed when it's cooked thoroughly. If it has spoiled (and spoilage bacteria are not necessarily pathogenic) then taste it once it's cooked and decide what to do.
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What kind of mince is it? Pork/Beef/Steak?If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands
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I tend to go by smell but as the saying goes 'If in doubt throw it out' HTH:j Started my weightloss journey, its neverending!! :j
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If it smells ok, use it. Taste it after. My (now ex) wife used to be a butcher.. she'd cook meat even I turned my nose up at to begin with. I'm still alive.. and it usually tasted amazing!
Don't waste it. 100 years ago they didn't have 'best before/use by' dates, they just made a judgment call.Starting Debt: ~£20,000 01/01/2009. DFD: 20/11/2009 :j
Do something amazing. GIVE BLOOD.0 -
Well it's finished cooking now and it tastes.....like cooked beef mince
. I'll be using this later now rather than buying some more. Thanks for all your replies guys.
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If the meat has been chilled ever since it was bought there's no reason to think that it has become spoiled, especially since it smells OK. I'd cook and eat it without a moment's thought. The proper way to treat fresh meat is to hang it, often for quite along time at slightly below room temperature and I doubt your mince has had that, so storing it in the fridge for a couple of days past the use-by date should equate to the same thing.0
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Beef/Steak mince will be fine for a good few days after the best before/use by dates. Infact when I get Steak or Steak mince, I always leave it past the use by date as it usually tastes better...
Never do the same for pork mince though, it wouldn't be a good idea...If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands
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Well it's finished cooking now and it tastes.....like cooked beef mince.
Great :j Well done on using your insticts and senses :T I'll add this to the exisitng thread on "dates" to keep ideas together.
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0
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