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Would you eat.

Hi

I came home from shopping tonight, and when putting shopping away I found a fajita kit at the back of the cupboard (spice mix, tortilla wraps and spice mix). Just the thing for dinner tomorrow night.

Now here's the problem. Everything looks fine, but the BBE date on them is April 2015.

Similarly, in the fridge I found some Mozzarella with a Use By date of 11th December.

Would you risk eating these, or bin them?
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  • elona
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    I would eat it.
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  • torbrex
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    Don't see why not, sounds like a good meal :)

    just give the cheese a sniff to check though
  • PasturesNew
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    Definitely eat them. The kit would be OK for donkeys' years, it'd just dull down in taste over that time.

    If the mozzarella isn't going green or growing legs it's good to eat.
  • trolleyrun
    trolleyrun Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Yup, I'd definitely eat them. For my dinner today I used beef mince that was two days out of date and I'm still alive and intend to be for quite a few years yet. I regularly use stuff that is out of date, including herbs and spices, flour, tins of stuff and things that have been in the freezer for longer than it says on the packet.
  • pm2326
    pm2326 Posts: 1,096 Forumite
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    I'd eat both unless they were green and walking out the kitchen on their own!
  • SailorSam
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    Of course you can eat. If you wont i will.
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  • pigpen
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    omg.. yes... well, no because I don't like fajita's.. or mozzarella.. but yes.. I'd eat
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  • HOWMUCH
    HOWMUCH Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    Yep I'd be good to go at eating them
    Why pay full price when you may get it YS ;)
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    Definitely, and if you're not wanting the mozzarella right now, you can freeze it.
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