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

LittleVoice

cheletastic wrote: »

Hi

I've just gone through my cupboard and found tinned pineapple, tinned peaches and tinned rice pudding that are past their bbe dates. Do you think they'll still be ok as I hate chucking things out?

Thanks

Chele:rolleyes:

BBE = best before end

It just means that it will deteriorate in quality after that time. They are not saying it will be in an immediate "don't eat me" state - that's what they suggest with the use by date.

Shocking_Blue

nick_b wrote: »

No, I do the same! My Mum used to do it as well and I turned out alright...

I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Mould that grows on cheese like cheddar etc. is probably just as harmless as the mould that grows on stilton. It's more a matter of personal choice/taste to either keep it or not.

When it comes to soft or processed products like cheese slices, Philadelphia, or mozarella, I'd throw them away immediately if mould appeared.

spendaholic

Psykicpup wrote: »

(ever since the give up supermarkets for Lent thread:A )

Whoa! I missed the "give up supermarkets for Lent" thread? Remind me to be around next year and give that a go.

I'm a real date freak and I do fret about it to the extent that I'll chuck food out the day before the use by date. I'll always check bread and cheese for mould and stale smells, but everything else, if it's that close to that date, out it goes. I'm getting very good and freezing it or cooking it before the date comes around now, and then I can have very cheap shopping weeks where I just buy milk and fresh fruit and veg, and live out of the freezer.

jess444_2

Hi,
I have a large tub of cream - use by date 15th march. It tastes and smells o.k. Do you think it will be O.K. to use today?
If so does anyone have any recipes that use lots of cream - maybe a pudding or a quiche. Thanks

noonesperfect

If it smells and taste OK I would chance it, but make sure whatever you make with it is eaten today.

LumpyCustard_2

Unless it's single cream, you could whip it slightly and freeze it. Then you wouldn't have to use it all now.

Rikki

noonesperfect wrote: »

If it smells and taste OK I would chance it, but make sure whatever you make with it is eaten today.

I agree.

If it smells and tastes okay use it.

I always employ the sniff test before I throw anything away.

Pink.

Hi Jess,

These older threads might help:

how to use up single cream?

Whipping cream to use up. Ideas?

Double Cream

making butter from double cream

Can I freeze cream?

Pink

Angelina-M

jess444 wrote: »

Hi,
I have a large tub of cream - use by date 15th march. It tastes and smells o.k. Do you think it will be O.K. to use today?
If so does anyone have any recipes that use lots of cream - maybe a pudding or a quiche. Thanks

If its anything but single cream then its perfect for buttermaking.

TAG

jess444 wrote: »

Hi,
I have a large tub of cream - use by date 15th march. It tastes and smells o.k. Do you think it will be O.K. to use today?
If so does anyone have any recipes that use lots of cream - maybe a pudding or a quiche. Thanks

I have often used double cream up to a week past it's use by date and we're all still alive.

Sorry can't help with any receipes though.