Do you eat out of date food?

[Amy Jade]

I have a phobia of eating anything even a day over it's best before, I had a jacket potato for tea and I was going to have crispy bacon on it but ut was yesterdays date so I was going to throw it out and my step Dad was like no way I'll eat that in the morning and I felt ill

[Josy]

No :omgno:

I'm so paranoid with food it's unreal.

I don't eat bread if it's been opened for more than a day.

[Amy Jade]

No :omgno:

I'm so paranoid with food it's unreal.

I don't eat bread if it's been opened for more than a day.

You're worse than me then, so long as it's closed I'm fine with bread haha

[Daniel.]

No

[Jason.]

Are you sure it's out of date though? Some foods have Best Before Dates and some have Use By Dates. The former is still safe to eat a while after the food expires, whereas the Use By date means it must be consumed before the date shown.

[MTVN]

Sure, they always play it safe with the dates so a day or two will always be fine. Can just use your common sense anyway going by the smell/taste/appearance if you're worried

[Will.]

No :omgno:

I'm so paranoid with food it's unreal.

I don't eat bread if it's been opened for more than a day.

wait, so if a loaf has been opened, you throw it away after a day? :laugh:

I keep mine in the fridge so helps a bit.

[Jason.]

To answer the question. No.

But if it's a day or two after the date, then I'll go ahead and eat it presuming it looks and smells fine.

[Drew.]

No chance, my mum always has a go at me whenever i do it saying theres nothing wrong with it but i refuse to eat anything thats gone past its date

[smudgie]

Yes.
Only thing not to touch are shellfish, corned beef if it has been opened a couple of days or fresh chicken that is out of date.
Yoghurt is ok a day of two but not weeks out of date.
Most fresh food is okay a few days out of date, tinned food can be months out of date, jam can be a good 6 months out of date as long as it is not opened.
My rule is if it looks ok, smells ok and is not slimey then it is ok.:shrug:




Oooops, read it wrong and put no.

[Cherie]

Depends on the food, bacon is fine as it is either smoked or salted which preserves it. Veg is fine and cheese. Fish or chicken nope

[Josy]

wait, so if a loaf has been opened, you throw it away after a day? :laugh:

I keep mine in the fridge so helps a bit.

I give it to the birds and keeping bread in the fridge is even worse, I just hate the texture of it eurgh idk.

[MB.]

Some foods I might eat a couple of days afterwards but I tend to be pretty fussy about things like that

[LukeB]

No, if it looks okay i would still throw it in the bin

[Josy]

Someone on here ate an out of date Cornish pasty once, I remember them making a thread, I think it was Ben.

[Will.]

I give it to the birds and keeping bread in the fridge is even worse, I just hate the texture of it eurgh idk.

ah ok, my nan does that, How many slices do you normally have left over a day?

[MTVN]

Had a tin of spaghetti that was about 5 months out of date for lunch the other day. Those tins never go out of date really though

[Josy]

ah ok, my nan does that, How many slices do you normally have left over a day?

About half a loaf :laugh:

[Jason.]

About half a loaf :laugh:

That would annoy me. Bread's increasing in price. Do you buy a new loaf every day?

[Josy]

Had a tin of spaghetti that was about 5 months out of date for lunch the other day. Those tins never go out of date really though

:shocked:

[Will.]

About half a loaf :laugh:

lol, least you give it the birds! :laugh:

[MTVN]

:shocked:

It will be tins like that from Arista's bunker which keep us all going in the years after the nukes go off, won't be able to be fussy then

[Will.]

I've noticed with sausages that they tend to tasty funny a day or so before they go out of date, so I normally throw them.

[goldensunlight]

Yeah, a week or so out of date doesn't hurt providing it looks fine.

[lewis111]

Maybe a day if there's nothing left to eat, but I always try and get the best dates on foods so don't have the problem often

[Will.]

Milk out of date is horrid.

[Suze]

Had a tin of spaghetti that was about 5 months out of date for lunch the other day. Those tins never go out of date really though

Yep, it won't hurt. I have eaten loads of tinned foods past their sell by dates. I buy tins with good dates though, but am still surprised how time flies and the tins go past the dates. I am only really fussy with tinned fruit incase it ferments too much. Working once as a date checker for foods in a supermarket, I learnt about dates on foods and know many are not harmful past their dates. I just hate the thought of being wasteful with food anyway.

[Daniel-X]

No because I'd rather eat something else than risk being ill especially if it's meat or dairy

[hijaxers]

I have a phobia of eating anything even a day over it's best before, I had a jacket potato for tea and I was going to have crispy bacon on it but ut was yesterdays date so I was going to throw it out and my step Dad was like no way I'll eat that in the morning and I felt ill

Yes all the time - yer all paranoid
Only ever had food poisoning once years ago and that was from Harrods Pate

[Jason.]

Milk out of date is horrid.

God, I had that last year with my cereal and I had diarrhea afterwards. Vile.

[armand.kay]

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[Daniel-X]

Last time I had food poisoning was off out of date meat I was served at my local wetherspoons

[Will.]

God, I had that last year with my cereal and I had diarrhea afterwards. Vile.

god, I've only had it when actually drinking milk, and I normally take a big gulp lol.

[Amy Jade]

Last time I had food poisoning was off out of date meat I was served at my local wetherspoons

sue!

[armand.kay]

I use to think wetherspoons was really posh until I went.

[Dollface]

i eat things if they're 1 day out of date

there was this lovely looking cake i really wanted to eat but i looked at the packet and it said it was 2 days out of date so i was like oh bye

[Daniel-X]

sue!

I was with my friends and I didn't want to highlight the fact to them that I'd vomited four times in the toilet

I use to think wetherspoons was really posh until I went.

I only go because it's cheap and like ten minutes away from my house :laugh2:

[Will.]

I use to think wetherspoons was really posh until I went.

I've never heard of Wetherspoons, what is the food like?

[Amy Jade]

I've never heard of Wetherspoons, what is the food like?

like cheap pub food :(

[Daniel-X]

I've never heard of Wetherspoons, what is the food like?

They're a chain usually attached to pubs or hotels. They do everything tbh you're bound to at least like something on there.

[Babayaro.]

I found semolina in the cupboard once and it was 3 years out of date

[Jason.]

Wetherspoons sounds nasty.

[Will.]

ah ok, thanks guys! Sounds like Harvester

[MB.]

I've never heard of Wetherspoons, what is the food like?

You've never walked down any given high street?

[Liam-]

No, if I see something that's out of date I throw it out, even if it's just by a day, Im so particular like that.

[Will.]

You've never walked down any given high street?

There aren't any in North London.

[MB.]

There aren't any in North London.

http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/find/london

You'll often find them as pubs under individual names.

[Will.]

http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/find/london

You'll often find them as pubs under individual names.

There aren't any in North or West London, some in central.

[Will.]

We have lots of Harvesters, which seem very similar.

[MB.]

Of course there are Wetherspoonseses in North London. :laugh: There are loads on that link alone. You only have to walk around a street corner to find one most of the time.

[Will.]

Of course there are Wetherspoonseses in North London. :laugh: There are loads on that link alone. You only have to walk around a street corner to find one most of the time.

Theres a place called the picture Palace in Chingford which has come on Google Maps. :laugh:

There aren't any in Winchmore Hill.

[Amy Jade]

There are loads of Wetherspoons in London, there is a massive one in Euston Station

[Jessica.]

I never eat things that are out of date, I've gotten into so many disagreements with my mother over it, I just can't do it. :umm2:

[Jordan.]

Your own judgement > an estimated date by the manufacturer

[Jake.]

God no, mum always tries the "there's nothing wrong with it" line but I know her game

[Shaun]

There's a couple of items I use in baking that're in the cupboard and say they went out of date like a year ago but taste/smell fine (lemon juice, vanilla extract).

I wouldn't risk it with meat but bread I'll use until it goes hard, and milk until it smells funny, etc. Potatoes are the weirdest 'use by' dates for me, always seem fine even for a month after it.

[Gstar]

The freezer is my best friend, I freeze everything so it doesn't go out of date. Hate wasting food

[jennyjuniper]

Of course. The sell by date is there only to protect the ones who make these foods. Tinned food, so long as the cans are'nt dented or bulging can last for years past their sell by date. They might not taste as good as new, but they are'nt harmful.
As for packaged food, that too is okay. Give it a good sniff, your nose will tell you if it's okay or not.

[kirklancaster]

The freezer is my best friend, I freeze everything so it doesn't go out of date. Hate wasting food

Same here. I remember when I was a kid and food was scarce.

[bots]

the example used in the op is interesting, because so many people don't know the difference between use by and best before. Use by is the important one as it could be harmful to eat after the date shown. Best before only indicates that the quality may start to degrade, it doesn't mean the food will become harmful in any way.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/food-labelling-terms.aspx#bb

[lostalex]

i always assume the date is the last date it's okay to SELL the food, which means it should be okay in the fridge for at least 1 week. I always add a week to the sell by date to figure out the EAT by date.

[billy123]

Just make your own judgement on whether it is ok or not of course the manufacturers are going to put the shortest shelflife they can get away with on the packet that way they get to fleece people that take any notice of the dates they put on their own products.

[Suze]

God no, mum always tries the "there's nothing wrong with it" line but I know her game
:nono: Listen to mum, mum knows best.

[Suze]

The freezer is my best friend, I freeze everything so it doesn't go out of date. Hate wasting food

I absolutely agree with you Germyle, that said though, many foods can only be frozen for a certain length of time. I freeze butter, cheese etc; as it is the dairy foods mainly that are the ones that need to be kept an eye on with dates, some even go off before the dates such as cheese. I freeze most foods unless it specifically states not to be frozen.