[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

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]

Originally Posted by Josy

No

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Are you sure it's out of date though?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.]

Originally Posted by Josy

No

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?

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Only thing not to touch are shellfish, corned beef if it has been opened a couple of days or fresh chicken that is out of date.
Yoghurt is ok a day of two but not weeks out of date.
Most fresh food is okay a few days out of date, tinned food can be months out of date, jam can be a good 6 months out of date as long as it is not opened.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




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]

Originally Posted by Will1999

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

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.]

Originally Posted by Josy

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]

Originally Posted by Will1999

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

About half a loaf

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Josy

About half a loaf

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

[Josy]

Originally Posted by 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

[Will.]

Originally Posted by Josy

About half a loaf

lol, least you give it the birds!

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Josy

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