MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should Tyrone & Molly serve picky guests out-of-date food?

I probably wouldn't serve frozen pies to guests at dinner. However, I was brought up to believe that when you go out for a meal you should have the politeness to eat what you're given without derogatory comments.

Two years is a bit much though, even if Molly would eat them herself. If it was a few months over the date, I'd say serve them up and keep schtum. However, as they are now two years past the date - and they are meat pies - I would not serve them. Too risky.

It's very easy to make a lovely fresh meat pie. I'd do that and then reap the compliments for my cooking, hehehe...

Even if they're hamless, i can't imagine being frozen for so long would have done the texture any favours. 2 years is too long even for me lol.

I personally wouldn't serve anything SO far out of date, especially if I could just eat it myself on another occasion. (2 yrs? I wouldn't!) I have served things like unopened bags of salad with perfectly perky leaves post bb date, and meat a day past. I regularly make tea and coffee with milk well past: I'm more likely to chuck milk that's been open 3 days than an unopened carton 3 days past. You know pretty quickly if it's turning. I think I'm the only one of my friends who goes past the date or at least who admits to it! I make an total exception to eggs as they are rarely fully cooked and would pose a considerable risk. I would absolutely hate to send anyone home with food poisoning so I'd most likely use my best judgement. After all, if you buy veg prepacked it has a date on it and if you buy it loose (as all money savers and eco considerates should) it doesn't so you're using your best judgement in those circumstances anyway.

I take it this happened in Corrie recently. Anyway two years is a bit much, I eat things maybe a few months over like chocolate (though normally it's gone white and horrible) but two years! No, that is what we used to call "trampy" at school and I'd save the pies for another night and serve something nice instead or why not pop over to the Rovers for one of Betty's hot pots.

Sounds to me like Molly seriously needs to get her act together regarding using the oldest stuff up first - BEFORE it gets to be so out-of-date.

No, I don't think I'd serve something that had been frozen for that long to guests; but I have to say, any pies in my freezer would have been made by me in the first place, so wouldn't have a Best Before date on.