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

bargainbetty

Open 'em, sniff 'em. If you don't recoil, then eat 'em. I'd be tempted to combine them with a big pile of veggies and rice and call it a curry night.

Scrape the jelly off first...

System

I read they are safe to eat unless the tins have got any signs of rust or seepage on them.

I'd risk it unless i was feeding the young or the elderly.:o

Farway

The rust is probably because you have them in the fridge, condensation forming

Just eat them

Swan_2

tinned stuff keeps for a lot longer than its 'date'

I'd definitely eat them, other than in the very unlikely event they smelled bad

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

homealone wrote: »

thanks, no. none of the tins are opened i think they ended up in the fridge as i ran out of cupboard space, anyone else around have any ideas?

Put kettle on.
Put pan on

Get can opener, open tins.

Pour it to pan.
Stir and enjoy.

If you do not post again, we shall always remember you and note, to ourselfs, not to eat out of date food ever again

Butterfly_Brain

We never had date codes in the seventies, and us oldies are still breathing, so it will be fine.

cheekyweegit

Had a lovely chilli the other night with a jar of Asda sauce 2010 was the date on it.. Both me and my son were fine (I didn't tell him though).

If it's a jar make sure the lid doesn't pop when you press it, if it does chuck it as the seal is broken.

zippychick

ill merge this with our food safety thread later

Zip

Farway

I had a frozen veggie roast, BBE Dec 2009 the other day, still alive

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

cheekyweegit wrote: »

If it's a jar make sure the lid doesn't pop when you press it, if it does chuck it as the seal is broken.

Jam today, jam tomorrow.

Jam would not last that long here.

As homealone as not posted again, I think we can assume that it was some curry they had then, and we can expect the ...