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

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  • Old_Joe
    Old_Joe Posts: 243 Forumite
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  • Stuff it, you have to cook it to a high heat to get the skin cripsy anyway. Just cook it and eat it. :)
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  • Jackop
    Jackop Posts: 150 Forumite
    Hi All,

    Quick question about some chicken mini fillets I have left over.

    Found them in the back of the fridge this morning, they went out of date yesterday. They still smell fine and iv cooked it a day over before.

    My question is if I cook it tonight can I leave it until tomorrow? Theres loads of it, so ill make it tonight but eat the rest tomorrow.

    Is that ok or pushing it too far?

    Cheers!
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  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,792 Forumite
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    I would.

    As long as it is cooked today, I would have thought it would still last 3 days in the fridge, but I try to eat things in 2 days where poss. Or you could freeze once cooked :)
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  • Jackop
    Jackop Posts: 150 Forumite
    Cheers Fruball, I suspected as much. Ill make a double batch curry tonight I think.
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  • I wouldn't but then I am very very careful when it comes to chicken as my oh once had salmonella for a good couple of weeks and it was caused by chicken (not caused by me I might at but a famous fast-food chain). It was horrendous so has probably made me over cautious! However I guess if you have done it before and there is no smell, it shoud be fine.
    :cool:"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." - Harold J. Smith:cool:
  • seabright
    seabright Posts: 639 Forumite
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    So long as they smell OK, you should be fine. I've gone much more than 24 hours over the "use by date" and no-one's been ill
  • Jackop
    Jackop Posts: 150 Forumite
    Curry has been on for about 1.5 hours now on 150 degress. Sealed the chicken chucked in the le creuset, its going to cook for another hour. Taking no chances and it should be 1 beautiful mush by the end! haha

    Cheers all
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  • Wonderfuel. And if you does it like mes, I fester mine on the stove over a couple of days for more potency.
  • Jackop
    Jackop Posts: 150 Forumite
    Was a wonderful rogan josh. We will wait and see if it was edible or not!!

    After seeing in the news about all our wasted food. It's nice to we on mse are trying to get the average down!
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