Do you follow Use by and Sell by Dates, and other food safety issues

Gem_

My mum is famous for this - her worst being 18 years out of date candied peel :eek:

However, we are all still alive and the only time we have ever had food poisoning it was from food that was bought the same day and very much in date!

Chocolate does start to taste funny pretty quicky especially if it is not stored in perfect conditions so I would treat that with suspision. For the other stuff, if the date is 07 or 06 then I know I would still use it (as long as it looked and smelt ok).

Gem

Miss_Cinnabon

well i used my plain flour last night for macaroni, already boiled pasta, started sauce only to find the the best before date was may 07:rotfl: oh well used it anyhow:D

didnt notice any difference to the macaroni:rolleyes:

have chucked it now though

susie

purplecatlover

thanks, think ill keep the plain flour then and pasta stuffs to use. the other stuff i dont use much anyway. i must admit i was surprised not to find lil black things int he flour given its open and has been since my last baking spree about this time last year.

newlywed thanks fot the link to the recipe thread. i wasnt having any luck finding it anywhere.

lolarentt

....stir fried some prawns last night using a few drops of sesame oil with the sunflower. I noticed the BB date on the Waitrose sesame oil bottle was June 2006! It was still fine.

sticher

Have just found that the pasty I bought has gone out of date and should have been 'used by' ......... 31st Dec (hangs head in embarassment:o ). I haven't opened it but as it is only really flour, fat and water, would it still be okay to use do you think?

Just had to bin some unopened coleslaw and cheese so was hoping to salvage something.

Thanks.

purpleivy

I've thrown away ready pastry when it had mould on it. give it the sniff test and see what it looks like. Would imagine it would be OK.

Psykicpup

having come home one time to find DH making bacon slices, I mentioned I'didnt think he had had been to the shop to buy more pastry..... turned out the pastry he used was the pack that had sat at the back of the fridge -opened I add - for 3 weels past it's date:eek:

it looked & smelled fine tho & tasted good too;)

ours is a very cold fridge & stuff seems to last for ages (except salad stuff pushed to the back that gets slightly frozen:o )

sticher

Ok thanks I will open it and give it a sniff. Dates don't usually bother me too much, but thought I would just get some second opinions.

Psykicpup

What are you going to make Sticher? have you decided yet?
Let us know how you get on.............

chops

I don't usually worry about dates on packets but I've got some dried chick peas, haricot beans, adzuki and pinto beans which are dated 2003. Should I use them or chuck 'em?