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

Missli

Thanks, I thought it might be, but have never done so with fish before. It doesn't smell off, so will have it for my lunch. :T

dreamywings1

Would you use them?

joedenise

Yes. Dried foods keep for ages.

Denise

katep23

Definitely but they might need cooking for longer than normal as might be a bit tough.

Tinks32

Would the answer be the same if they were in a can?

emmaneni

Yes to both questions from me! Go for it.

Seakay

Yes from me too. Soak the dried beans overnight and discard the water and any floating bits before rinsing and cooking.
It the tin hasn't blown (doesn't have a convex/pushed out lid) and isn't rusted through to the lining then the contents are fine. Applies to all timnned stuff.

zippychick

ive merged this with food safety

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Wellyboots6

I currently have a chicken carcass simmering in a pan of water.

The chicken was previously roasted and most of the meat picked off and the carcass then frozen as I couldn't use it straight away.

Is this OK? Just thinking about it now realised it is going to end up being heated a couple of times.

My plan is to use the stock to make a sort of stew with a half empty bag of barley I found in the cupboard, celery, onion, carrot, a sad looking potato I found and herbs. I also have some accidentally defrosted yorkshire puddings to attempt to rescue to have with it.

BitterAndTwisted

Of course it's OK. Once made I wouldn't freeze it more than once.

Just make sure you reduce the stock enough to ensure it's got some flavour in it.