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

Steve059

Where has it been? Freezer? Fridge? Worktop?

Even if it was the worktop, for just 2 days over an arbitrary date, I'd still sniff it and, if I didn't pass out, then I'd cook it. Cook it thoroughly, but you do that anyway, don't you?

[Deleted User]

definitely cook it after the 'nose' testI would eat it without a second thought as long as it smelled ok If its in the fringe its unlikely to have 'gone off' I would have thought .When I was a child it almost had to be walking off the plate before it was binned :):)

OurLass

Another one who says your nana was right.:)

zippychick

merged with food safety

sunnysurrey_2

Hi, I have half a pack of unsalted butter use by of 7th may.. It doesn't smell bad, do you think it'd be okay for cakes?
Thanks

sunnysurrey_2

*its best before not use by

PasturesNew

It'll be absolutely fine. Just look at it, if there's a 'darker crust' on it you might prefer to scrape that off ... but it's fine. I've even cut green bits off the edges of well-out-of-date butter in the past.

sunnysurrey_2

Wow that was quick, looks good enough to me *off to switch the oven on* thanks

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Our current butter, salted, for frying the fish on Sunday is dated 11 April. It was used in anger on Sunday. I have manged to exhaust my body from it, and I am still walking.

I shall be doing the same come this Sunday, but if you are weak skinned, you could give it up for anerboric disgorgment instead abnd add to the food waste mountain

Gigervamp

It'll taste rancid if it's off, so just taste a little bit.

For future reference, butter can be frozen.