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

kah22

For many it's a big Oh NO ! for me it's a giant Y E S; Y E S; Y E S. :T:beer::j

Took my Christmas Cake out of the oven yesterday. Halloween is a great time to start Christmas baking

Anyway enough of that. I've just discovered a few jars of sweet mince left over since last year. Would it still be safe to use?

Kevin

maman

kah22 wrote: »

Anyway enough of that. I've just discovered a few jars of sweet mince left over since last year. Would it still be safe to use?

Kevin

I'm assuming by sweet mince you mean mincemeat as for using in mince pies. If that's the case then it'll be fine to use. It's a preserve just like jam.

LameWolf

I loathe cooking/baking, but bit the bullet and did my Yule puds yesterday; we don't bother with a cake, there's only the two of us, so it'd be kicking around for ages.

Re the mincemeat - I've had two-year old mincemeat before now, and it's been fine; mind you, I do make my own, (did that yesterday, too). I don't know if you're talking HM or shop-bought? But in any case, one-year-old should be perfectly alright.

[Deleted User]

We're having a wartime christmas this year so I'll be making carrot cookies, oatmeal macaroons, a wartime christmas cake and pudding along with some mince pies made with a mincemeat based on grated apple. We're having a nice brisket joint for christmas day cooked in the slow cooker overnight (makes the house smell wonderful) along with all the trimmings and we'll have lots left over for cold cuts and bubble and squeak with homemade pickles for boxing day lunch. Love this time of year and all the cooking involved too!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Cake, soaked in orange whiskyband iced. Done.
Pudding, steamed. Done.

Christmast Sorted.

maria3104

just put a batch of cranberry and cinnamon rolls into the freezer. Am well chuffed. Took me two goes to get a batch good enough! Ah well. Stopped me from spending.
Also decanted the damson and sloe gins into bottles. Homemade mincemeat is done. Made it a bit too boozy, sure no one will complain!
I just need those sprouts and some fresh veg....Love it

themull1

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

We're having a wartime christmas this year so I'll be making carrot cookies, oatmeal macaroons, a wartime christmas cake and pudding along with some mince pies made with a mincemeat based on grated apple. We're having a nice brisket joint for christmas day cooked in the slow cooker overnight (makes the house smell wonderful) along with all the trimmings and we'll have lots left over for cold cuts and bubble and squeak with homemade pickles for boxing day lunch. Love this time of year and all the cooking involved too!

Can i ask why a wartime christmas?

[Deleted User]

It's the first year of a grandchild and one DD will be starting her own christmas traditions. They will visit us before christmas so the remaining 3 of us felt like 'playing' as we've an interest in the Home Front and how people managed on rations and in hard times. I've quite an extensive collection of recipe books from that period so we thought we'd see how christmas was for my parents. I've made many things from the recipe books and I'm constantly surprised at how nice they are despite only having limited amounts and ranges of foods to choose from during the war. We're not going to be hungry I think or bored with the meals we make and we're limiting presents to one practical thing each and a stocking each hopefully with as much homemade or rescued in it as possible. Should be fun, should be interesting. It's certainly in keeping with Austerity Britain isn't it? Lyn xxx.

ciderwithrosie_2

maria3104 wrote: »

Homemade mincemeat is done. Made it a bit too boozy, sure no one will complain!

Is there such a thing as too boozy mincemeat? My mince pies have to be served with a warning for anyone driving!

kah22

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

We're having a wartime christmas this year so I'll be making carrot cookies, oatmeal macaroons, a wartime christmas cake and pudding along with some mince pies made with a mincemeat based on grated apple. We're having a nice brisket joint for christmas day cooked in the slow cooker overnight (makes the house smell wonderful) along with all the trimmings and we'll have lots left over for cold cuts and bubble and squeak with homemade pickles for boxing day lunch. Love this time of year and all the cooking involved too!......
......It's the first year of a grandchild and one DD will be starting her own christmas traditions. They will visit us before christmas so the remaining 3 of us felt like 'playing'

Great idea