Food safety

meritaten

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

We normally eat Pate up to 2 weeks 'Out of Date' and had no ill effects in our house yet!

Smell it, get the OH to try it... if he's okay eat it

That wont work in MY house - my OH has a cast iron stomach! years of his mothers sloppy housekeeping and cooking trained his stomach to tolerate every bacteria going!:)

Adebisi

I have been buying very cheap £3/kg pre cooked (steamed and frozen) chicken breast from my local Chinese cash and carry in bulk (10kg box). I use it quite often for curries/stews etc - I defrost then chop it up and add to the pan. I normally make a quite a few meals and refrigerate or freeze them then heat them up in the microwave (I also freeze cooked brown rice with them). It seems I am eating chicken that has been cooked 3 times. Should I be dead? I have been doing this for about a year. :eek:

paidinchickens

I am really funny about chicken. I don't know why I am so bad as when we were younger my mum made chicken stew and it was reheated every day until it was gone, sometimes it would last for four days if she kept chucking more veg in

HelenYorkshire

At that price, I'm not convinced there'd be much chicken in your chicken
Having said that, I've reheated things more than once, twice, thrice.....and am still here! I'd go by look, smell, taste...and avoid leaving it loitering at room temperature.

Adebisi

HelenYorkshire wrote: »

At that price, I'm not convinced there'd be much chicken in your chicken
Having said that, I've reheated things more than once, twice, thrice.....and am still here! I'd go by look, smell, taste...and avoid leaving it loitering at room temperature.

it's 100% chicken breast (in a full breast not messed about with) - pretty good. Much better than the frozen 'added' water raw breast meat. It's what all of the local Chinese (and others) takeaway and restaurants use in my local area. I got the tip about looking in a Chinese cash and carry from this site a while back. Really good bargain.

JulieGeorgiana

I've bought food called 100% chicken breast in the past and it was 78% chicken... but all the Chicken was 100% Breast! Not saying your right or wrong... But I have noticed it before!

Ps. I cook a Chicken, and freeze... defrost and make a curry... and freeze leftovers! So pretty much the same thing... never thought about it x

chrisb1357

Hi all,

We have a whole chicken that has been in the Fridge from Thurs 15th and the Use By Date was Yesterday 17th Dec.

Will this be still ok to cook and eat today 18th Dec

Cheers

Raspberry_beret

I would open it and smell it. If it smells off, I'd rinse it under the cold tap (sometimes the juices get an off smell but it isnt the chicken itself) then smell again. I wouldn't eat if it has an off smell about it. Then again, in a newspaper they tested all sorts of different foods 2 weeks after their use by dates and not one of them would have actually made you ill, even the raw chicken - smelt off but if cooked properly wouldn't have caused illness.

viv0147

I would bin it

bramble1

I would cook it.The chicken doesn't know the exact date it's supposed to go off and supermarkets probably cover their bums and give an early use by date to reduce the risk of any comeback on their part.

If it smells off don't eat it, but would just bung it in the oven.