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Do you think this is safe to eat?
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It depends on your take on risk.
Personally I wouldn't want Christmas 2013 to be remembered as the year mummy couldn't separate herself from the toilet long enough to cook dinner.
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It is just freezer burn, perfeclty safe to eat once cooked, although supermarkets have meat under read lights, not all meat is red.
Have a sniff before you cook it, your nose will tell you
Mince turns grey once you start to cook it any way
Go for it
PS the thing to watch out for is the packing swelling, not shrinking
Ah bum, better go fetch it back out of the bin and cook it. Whoops!Money money money.
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abby1234519 wrote: »Ah bum, better go fetch it back out of the bin and cook it. Whoops!
I wouldn't if I was you :eek:0 -
please let us know if you survive! Personally i'd rather be safe than sorry. :money:0
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abby1234519 wrote: »Defrosted this overnight and its a bit of a grey colour and also the packaging has sort of vacummed? I'm trying to eat through the freezer (I've been a naughty mummy and kept buying food)
You are going to feed that to your kids :eek::eek:
On Christmas Eve?
Even if money is really tight, I wouldn't. I'd rather give them toast and jam for one night, than risk giving them food poisoning on Christmas Day when the pharmacies will be shut, and when they will have been looking forward to a day of fun, not a day throwing up or running to the loo.
Seriously, it only cost £1. Would it be the end of the world to throw it out? Is making everyone ill and ruining Christmas for the whole family only worth £1?0 -
I wouldnt, not on Christmas eve. Have had it happen to good frozen mince before but wouldnt risk it!0
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No, I wouldn't chance it. Squitteries is bad at the best of times, but at Christmas it's truly horrid.0
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Personally I would say no, and I used to work in a meat department for a supermarket and take a few items home too that looked a bit dodgy.
It is 5 months past the use-by date and clearly there is something not right about it. The packaging seems to have shrunk, perhaps this packaging had 'blown' and has been pierced in the freezer and then shrunk down. Air has definitely got to that, in an unsafe way.
You seem to have decided to use it anyway, so seems pointless asking here to not agree with the majority of the opinions. Hope your children don't get ill.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
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