Eating out of date food. Do you?

[Slioch]

I've just had haggis for breakfast which was 3 days past it's "use by" date, and very tasty it was too, So far, a couple of hours later, there have been no ill effects.

The reason I was eating it is because Mrs S refuses to eat anything that is past it's best by date, and is indeed firmly convinced that doing so will result in a 99% probability of death.

I, on the other hand, am much less fussy and will eat pretty much anything within reason and hate wasting food. I will happily eat anything out of the fridge which is 4 or 5 days past it's "use by" date, and have eaten tinned food without any problems which is months out of date.

What's the oldest thing you have eaten, and where would you draw the line?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

When the turkey or chicken has turned green I tend to give it to the fox

hate wasting food.

Mould on bread can be torn off if it isn't riddled with it.

 

[snorri]

You appear to have an eminently sensible attitude to Use By dates, as long as you retain your sense of smell and sight you should live to a ripe old age.
I don't record dates and have no firm lines drawn regarding discarding or consuming.

 

[ianrauk]

All the time.
Drives Mrs Ian nuts when I don't let her throw stuff away.
She would even throw stuff away that it after its 'best before' date.

Wasteful.

 

[classic33]

Oldest I'm aware of eating was a tin of beans that was five years old.

 

[stephec]

I spend a lot of time in food factories for work, so I have a much more relaxed attitude to dates than Mrs Stephec.

I think the record in our house is when my ten year old daughter drank five day old milk by mistake, didn't do her any harm.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Yep. If it tastes horrible or smells a bit funky though, it gets posted in the bin.

 

[KneesUp]

I'm pleased to say that even DD(5) will eat yogurts past their date "It's only a few days over, daddy - and it smells fine, so it is fine"

 

[Slioch]

Oldest I'm aware of eating was a tin of beans that was five years old.

Aah! That explains your avatar then.

 

[welsh dragon]

If it looks ok and smells ok, then I ignore best before dates. Im a bit more careful with use by dates, especially where meat is concerned, but if its only out of date by a few days, then I'll eat it.

 

[classic33]

Aah! That explains your avatar then.

Got some sweets from 1977!

 

[perplexed]

I had a bottle of beer last night which was nearly 3 years out of date. We virtually never throw anything out.

 

[robjh]

If I was a food manufacturer stamping 'use by' dates on food products then I would choose a date way before the food went off or became unusable, partly to protect myself from even the teensy-weensiest chance of getting sued if someone gets a little tummy bug that a clever lawyer could try and link to my product, and partly so that my more naive customers will throw away good food early and then buy more of my products.

I bear this thought in mind when I see 'sell by' 'best before' and 'use by' dates.

 

[stephec]

If it looks ok and smells ok, then I ignore best before dates. Im a bit more careful with use by dates, especially where meat is concerned, but if its only out of date by a few days, then I'll eat it.

Is that how you choose your men as well?

 

[Levo-Lon]

If it looks ok and smells ok, then I ignore best before dates. Im a bit more careful with use by dates, especially where meat is concerned, but if its only out of date by a few days, then I'll eat it.

same here.. my wife is very picky tho especially with milk , bread and all meat..