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

Eliza_2

If we were all genuine old stylers we wouldn't even be discussing it - they died of other things in the olden days, not this sort of stuff!

So much modern indoctrination - ho hum. I'm with you Jackie! Our stomachs can cope with far worse than this, that's why they're full of bacteria, acid etc, to kill the nasties. We should give them something to work on now and then, they're as mollycoddled as we are!

Pippin12

Thankyou for all your replies. My gut instinct is just to eat it so I'm glad I'm not being too off the wall thinking that. The kidney beans were tinned ones so already cooked and there's no meat in it at all. Plus I have a pretty strong stomach! Thankyou all.

Nottoobadyet

Hello all.

I have had some lamb chops out of the freezer and in the fridge for 5 days or so because I didnt get to making them when expected. I went to marinate them last night and they smelled fine and hadnt gone grey, but I felt like after touching them my hands were a wee bit sticky feeling. The are in a basalmic and mint marinade now and I'll be making them tomorrow night.

Do we think its ok to eat them so long as they still smell fine and are cooked through?

pigpen

yes it sound fine.. they go green and shiny like oil on a puddle when off

nannyboo1

If it was just for me and hubby yes but if I had children of my own wouldn't give it to them just in case (I am a childminder so wouldnt give it to minded children ever - health and safety etc)

peachyprice

blossomhill wrote: »

It has kidney beans which are a source of a fatal toxin if not prepared properly

They've already been prepared and cooked before the chilli was placed into the freezer, the toxins can't re-appear.

tommyknocker

If you do eat it you'll find within a matter of hours that you become constipated, quickly followed by an explosion of pus-filled boils erupting all over your body. Dizziness - turning into long periods of blackouts - will bring welcome spells of relief as your stomach bloats out to the size of a camels hump, accompanied by excruciating abdominal pain akin to being spit-roasted like a hog. Vomiting everywhere, you are in unbearable agony.

Huge painful and grotesque hernias start to manifest as your abdominal cavity linings collapse, and your frequent toilet visits are now unbearable as you squeeze the (by now) liquefied intestines out of your wretched body.

Turning blue, and with your bloodshot eyes bulging from their sockets, you crawl to the telephone and dial the emergency services. Unfortunately, when they arrive some hours later, it is too late . . . and the scene that greets them is of two tabby cats and a pet guinea pig lapping at a great pool of your bodily fluids on the kitchen floor. Your adjacent distended corpse bears no resemblance to the former you.

Far better I would say to bin the meal you propose to eat and save the tragedy of the aforementioned. Why not just order a lovely grease laden mixed kebab from that fast food joint down the road, with extra sweet chilli sauce to mask the taste. You know, the one that's just reopened following the 6 month closure by the food inspectors. Never mind that illegal immigrants work there, and there's always grisly bits of unknown ingredients that get wedged in your dentures. Apart from the trots for a few days, as least you know it won't go as far as to kill you.

Say grace first, whichever option you choose

Muppet81

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

babyshoes

If they look and smell fine, then I'd probably eat them - but make sure they are properly cooked through, not rare.

Nottoobadyet

Just to upadate ate the chops after ensuring they were cooked through and they were very tasty indeed. No deaths yet!