Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Snapper, are you a microbiologist perchance?
Should I eat it
- Thread starter Greedo
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thomas
the tank engine
- Location
- Woking/Norwich
My sandwich bread had a bit of mould on it and gone off coleslaw, and I'm still here 
...I avoided the green bits though.
...I avoided the green bits though.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Hmm ... I can imagine what my BIL would think - he's in the food industry (mirco-biology sort of person) and has to be one of the pickiest persons about dates, and keeping food correct etc. Sometimes we have to hide food when he comes around in case he see's the date
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XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
I would eat it; I've eaten plenty of things that were past their best-before date and I have had Diarrhoea and Vomiting once (yes, once) in the last 10 years and that was in the wilds of Thailand after eating God-knows-what (unidentified meat in very hot sauce). I last had a stomach ache about 3 years ago!
Well whilst we're exchanging bad food stories, I once ate an Octopus Pizza. And very nice it was too. Unfortunately I was not to know that it had been caught in the Bay of Acapulco which is, I was told afterwards, the most heavily polluted area of sea worldwide (or one of them). I can only say, I was glad that the bath was so close to the lavatory in that hotel. Three days of my life lost.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
How are you feeling Greedo? Any immedaite urge to puke, stomach cramps or headache?
You didn't give the cat a piece first just to be sure?
You didn't give the cat a piece first just to be sure?
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Too late since its been eaten but since I find this topic quite interesting I'll give my 2 cents.
People often get confused by use by and best by dates, to be honest it is misleading, if a food item has best by on it, its still edible after that date, however for how long after? You dont know, hence the whole system is quite silly, it should have a date for both on all food items.
Coming from a food sustainablity point of view (since I work in research in the field) best before and use by dates are on the most part, rubbish and lead to huge amounts of wasted food stuffs. They are unscientific and hence they are given a large margin of error. This means people (and supermarkets) throw away huge amounts of food that are perfectly suitable for consumption with no detriment to their quality. So chances are that food would be fine.
If its milk thats out of date you know, if its something like sea food or chicken dont risk it, but if its something preserved and been well refrigerated, chances are its okay.
People often get confused by use by and best by dates, to be honest it is misleading, if a food item has best by on it, its still edible after that date, however for how long after? You dont know, hence the whole system is quite silly, it should have a date for both on all food items.
Coming from a food sustainablity point of view (since I work in research in the field) best before and use by dates are on the most part, rubbish and lead to huge amounts of wasted food stuffs. They are unscientific and hence they are given a large margin of error. This means people (and supermarkets) throw away huge amounts of food that are perfectly suitable for consumption with no detriment to their quality. So chances are that food would be fine.
If its milk thats out of date you know, if its something like sea food or chicken dont risk it, but if its something preserved and been well refrigerated, chances are its okay.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Greedo said:Hi,
This is Greedo's colleague. He's currently en route to hospital with suspected food poisoning. The idiot ate a pack of meat 2 months out of date and no we don't have a cat in the office. Don't know many offices that do have a cat either
RIP Greedo.
Shall miss his encyclopedic knowledge of images of scantily clad brunettes with long dark hair .......
.The Great Greedo felled by his hunger for a small piece of salami......
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Greedo said:Hi,
This is Greedo's colleague. He's currently en route to hospital with suspected food poisoning. The idiot ate a pack of meat 2 months out of date and no we don't have a cat in the office. Don't know many offices that do have a cat either
Ok a parrot, mouse or rat?
mr Mag00
rising member
- Location
- Deepest Dorset
does his widow need a shoulder to cry on? 
dudi
Senior Member
- Location
- Ipswich, Suffolk
I generally trust my nose on these things.
if it smells appetising - eat it.
if it doesnt smell appetising - don't eat it.
I sometimes have milk that on the turn, never seems to do me any harm.
Fizzy yoghurts are interesting too.
mouldy cheese doesnt bother me - just cut off the mould.
Bread - just pinch our the blue/green bits.
Fruit & Veg - if it's too soft - don't eat it.
If it was edible when it went into the freezer, it will be edible when it comes out of the freezer.
I think theres a big difference between 'best before' and edible.
if it smells appetising - eat it.
if it doesnt smell appetising - don't eat it.
I sometimes have milk that on the turn, never seems to do me any harm.
Fizzy yoghurts are interesting too.
mouldy cheese doesnt bother me - just cut off the mould.
Bread - just pinch our the blue/green bits.
Fruit & Veg - if it's too soft - don't eat it.
If it was edible when it went into the freezer, it will be edible when it comes out of the freezer.
I think theres a big difference between 'best before' and edible.
snakehips
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Twixt London and Leafy Surrey
I've got some SIS Go gels with a Best Before date of May 08. What do you think that means ?
They would kill me ? Make me ill ? or just not give me as much energy as they would have before May 08 ?
Snake
My Library
They would kill me ? Make me ill ? or just not give me as much energy as they would have before May 08 ?
Snake
My Library
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
Without realising, I had cerials with milk that was a whole day past its date last week. For me, (who inspects the bread if it's more than a day old looking for blue bits) this is not good.
I felt fine until I discovered what I'd done.
I felt fine until I discovered what I'd done.
