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

zzzLazyDaisy

Is there any blue stuff growing on the surface? If not use it

elfen

If it's not cloudy go and fill ya boots!

Alison_Funnell

Yep, use it.

maryb

It's pure sugar which is a preservative. I'm still using some which was use by 2007!!

angelpye

:D:D Big thank you to those who replied - wow loads for such a little poll! i will throw caution to the wind and use it! Yay! Lol! I kind of thought that would be the reply but thank you for your time. :D:D

mrbadexample

I'd use it even if it was dated 1908.

mikey72

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Is there any blue stuff growing on the surface? If not use it

I'd scrape it off and use it.

andygb

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Is there any blue stuff growing on the surface? If not use it

I would stir that in well, then use it, because I need a magic weight loss plan after Christmas!;)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

morganlefay

I'd use it too, however old it was. Did I read somewhere that they are now going to stop labelling foods as 'eat by....' and put something less specific because we're all wasting so much food because of these silly dates scaring us off perfectly good stuff. (Well of course we old ladies eat all sorts of old stuff and it doesn't kill us, but my daughters stick to the 'eat by...' dates religiously)

wannasavemoney

I would say definitely eat it. I used up a tin of condensed milk that was over a year out of date, used it to make a rice pud in the slo cooker, it was yummy!