FabSwingers.com forum: Will you eat things out of date?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Today local shop had cans of lovely cider going out of date end of the month 5.99 to 1.99 ... I got 8 cans . Sure it will be ok.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

And Drink THINGS OUT OF DATE .????/

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Best before means that it may have lost some of its quality or flavour.

Use by might give you the shits so I tend not to if it's more than a day over.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Best before means that it may have lost some of its quality or flavour.

Use by might give you the shits so I tend not to if it's more than a day over."
my cider go out end of this month I look at today and today is last day . lol well having a BBQ tonight 5 of the family I am not saying a thing . lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As long as it looks, smells and taste ok I don't care what the label says haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had some bulmers cider that was 2 years out of date.It tasted the same and was lovely!!

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

Yoghurt; yes, it's safe for months.

Beef; sniff test.

Chicken; never.

Milk; never.

Clotted cream; yes, keeps for weeks.

Fresh prawns from a very well known supermarket; there is something very wrong when they show no sign of decay despite being 5 months past their BBD. Kept, purely as an experiment.

Otto Spunkmyer banana and walnut muffin; don't ever eat one. I have one that has no BBD / SBD and shows no decay at all, despite being over 4 years old. Again, kept as an experiment as the ingredients list appeared to be inversely proportional to something that I would want in my mouth.

Chocolate muffin from a well known British manufacturer; see Otto Spunkmyer above. Still unchanged despite being 8 years old.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I unwittingly bought a 2 litre bottle of cider a few years back. When I had my first mouthful I was nearly sick.

It was 9 months out of date and tasted like vinegar

The shopkeeper apologised and gave me 3 bottles of new stock

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By *ikki ShooterTV/TS
over a year ago

Epsom

Any out of date beer/cider I use on my bbq for marinade or in a spray to keep the flames down...

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

Yes as long as it's not mouldy etc.

Food that's contaminated with salmonella, e-coli etc will generally look, smell and taste fine. So they look, smell, taste test is pretty useless

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I won't eat anything that has gone out of date and if something says keep open and use within 7 days it's binned soon as the time is up. We actually write what day some things were opened before putting it back in the fridge so we know when it's got to be binned. Can't stand the thought of eating stuff out of date even though most things are probably fine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Food and drink never lasts that long in my house with a permanently ravenous teenager and his friends ..... locusts leave more behind than they do in the fridge.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i have a freezer full of out of date stuff.

i always buy it.

its much less than half price.

filled my freezer with loads of stuff on whoopsie at asda for 15 quid.

have no problem with it at all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Today local shop had cans of lovely cider going out of date end of the month 5.99 to 1.99 ... I got 8 cans . Sure it will be ok.

beer/cider will be no different for a month after the best before date

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

On the label of a bottle of cider it usually says :-

Once opened, keep refrigerated and consume within 3 days.

3 DAYS

Lucky if it lasts 3 hours

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"On the label of a bottle of cider it usually says :-

Once opened, keep refrigerated and consume within 3 days.

3 DAYS

Lucky if it lasts 3 hours

hours???

do you usually open them before going to the pub and finish it when you get back? lol

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

"i have a freezer full of out of date stuff.

i always buy it.

its much less than half price.

filled my freezer with loads of stuff on whoopsie at asda for 15 quid.

have no problem with it at all"

I bought a huuuuge bit of beef from the coop today just on its date from £22 to £8! It'll do us at least 4 meals

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. I can't do it. It's all in my mind I know but I can't eat anything that has been in the fridge for more than two days or anything not in date. Tesco Express had whole legs of lamb for 85p a kilo after Easter,but were out of date that day. A restaurant owner bought 15 of them at least

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A freind of mine found a tin of sardines in the back of the cubourd that was 2 years out of date.And when she opened them the smell filled the whole room and despite me telling her not too she still eat them and was fine.but her breath was horrid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It depends on two things:

If I know how long it's been in my fridge for...then I will.

If I don't know how long it's been in my fridge for then I don't cos I forgot it was in there.

^ that last one is disgusting actually and it's also an insight into the single males fridge ..just so you know..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuck yeah eat a many a milfs pussy well past it's sell by date and lived to tell the tale bwhahahaha

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk

its called marketing....whatever did we do before sell by , use by and best before dates....if it smells and tastes ok then it is ok...simple

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep it's true the old scratch and sniff

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, some things are perfectly safe and the BBE dates are mainly just to save the arses of the shop/manufacturer if someone is ill.

I've got a couple of yoghurts that went out of date on Sunday. Had eggs that have been 2 weeks from their BBE date and were fine.

Its just common sense really, my friend works for a supermarket and eats out of date stuff all the time.

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"Yes as long as it's not mouldy etc.

Food that's contaminated with salmonella, e-coli etc will generally look, smell and taste fine. So they look, smell, taste test is pretty useless "

Beef is quite safe, even if it's 75 days or so old, the storage conditions matter; if it's in contact with moisture it will begin to decompose, become slimy and smell. If there is no moisture contact then it will have an odour, but will not be slimy.

Storage conditions are extremely important; plastic films trap moisture and result in spoiling, ventilated storage reduces this.

Bacterial spoilage depends on the bacterial count of the initial cut (chicken high, beef low) and the storage.

The ingestion safety can be assessed by the appearance, texture, smell and type of meat; not entirely fool-proof, but no assessment ever is, and the risk is mitigated by the cooking technique.

Fish is an excellent example; fresh fish smells of the ocean or river i.e. salty or clean, it does not smell 'fishy'.

So, I will still eat old, dry beef but I will not eat cling film wrapped chicken, or fish, that is one or two days over the BBD / SBD.

Trust your nose and fingers.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sniff test. Simples. Applies whether its food or fanny.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i have a freezer full of out of date stuff.

i always buy it.

its much less than half price.

filled my freezer with loads of stuff on whoopsie at asda for 15 quid.

have no problem with it at all"

I work away from home and love whoopsies..it all adds up$

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

"Sniff test. Simples. Applies whether its food or fanny."

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By *issyyourbadWoman
over a year ago

Dorset

Well last week we ate a sauce mix that was 3 years out of date

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well last week we ate a sauce mix that was 3 years out of date"

last time i had v's kids stay, the went to have a bacon sandwich, i had some brown sauce.

they wouldnt touch it as it was 3 years out of date lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Well last week we ate a sauce mix that was 3 years out of date"
Was it ok .? my lot said cider was fine .. its out of date tomorrow .

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By *ackandkateCouple
over a year ago

Truro

Since being on here I've read about people licking other peoples bits and shoving their tongue in all sorts of places

I don't think a can of pop that's nearly out of date should frighten anyone

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Since being on here I've read about people licking other peoples bits and shoving their tongue in all sorts of places

I don't think a can of pop that's nearly out of date should frighten anyone

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LOL true .

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By *ibanditMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

I bought a box of wine recently that said it keeps fresh for six weeks.

I laughed in the face of its youthful optimism.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"Had eggs that have been 2 weeks from their BBE date and were fine."

I've had eggs that were two months past their BB date and were fine. If they feel suspicious, do the old water trick.

I'll eat anything that's not actively trying to live, or that's not decayed. Mouldy cheese? Cut it off. Mould spots on bread? Cut it off. Mould on the side of pesto jars? Scrape it off. I am more careful with chicken and shellfish though, as they can make you very ill indeed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Out of date alcohol is poisonous if you have your chairs at home you would avoid it.

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By *effrey45Man
over a year ago

Lytham

My ex wife was well past her best before date and I refused to eat her

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

sweets and crisps fuck yes when something has a 3-5 month sell by date and it expires on are you trying to tell me it's not fit for consumption 1 day or 1 week later? lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

whoops! I must be tired, as I read the title as "would you eat out a date". I thought to my self, "well, yeah if she'll let me" lol

I regularly buy "t end of date" foods. Bread is fine if you keep it in the fridge. I would never buy out of, or near end of date meat though. Nor sea food.

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

I often do. If it looks or smells off then it's for the bin. Just like when I was a kid. We didn't all keel over from food poisoning. Just need a little common sense not dates on packaging.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My ex wife was well past her best before date and I refused to eat her"
lolol

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By *wiftieeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

"As long as it looks, smells and taste ok I don't care what the label says haha"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Growing up there wasnt "labels" on food re "use by" and "sell by"

My mom would use common sense and if it looked ok and smelt ok then it was eaten.

God knows how we survived without all the bloody labels and instructions that some people need in order to eat something.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The dates on food are really stupid, I only ever buy reduced meat, I think the price of it generally is ridiculous, if I'm not cooking it that day, it goes straight in the freezer. Bbe, is a guide, means shops have to sell it by then, or waste it. Use by, is on things that food poisoning is a potential for, apply a dose of Common sense. That's really all it takes, if it smells funmy or is moving of its own accord, or wearing a fur coat, then chuck it, if everything seems Fine, wash/prep/cook and tuck in. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Best before means that it may have lost some of its quality or flavour.

Use by might give you the shits so I tend not to if it's more than a day over."

Same. If it's best before, I'll eat past the date. Use by I wouldn't chance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yup. Except milk, I nearly puked last time I smelt off milk.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yup. Except milk, I nearly puked last time I smelt off milk."

Blue top, gets thrown out on its usee by date, green top, checked, red top, good for weeks after its date!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yup. Except milk, I nearly puked last time I smelt off milk.

Blue top, gets thrown out on its usee by date, green top, checked, red top, good for weeks after its date!

Not too helpful since I'm red/green colourblind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Products that have long BBD are jyst guidelines in my opinion - a thing thats sat on the shelf for 5 months wont self destruct after one month let alone a day.

Use by are different and I wouldnt eat after more than one day past - i buy loads and loads of cheap meats at Tesco reduced section - sometimes its 25% original price - I freeze it all straightaway on day of use by

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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago

Limavady

I find it funny that the honey in Tutenkamen's tomb was still ok but if you buy it from Tesco it has a bbe in 2015

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yup. Except milk, I nearly puked last time I smelt off milk.

Blue top, gets thrown out on its usee by date, green top, checked, red top, good for weeks after its date!

Not too helpful since I'm red/green colourblind

Well surely you can read whether it's semi skimmed or skimmed? Lol

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

I do... I'm hardcore.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as it looks, smells and taste ok I don't care what the label says haha"

well said x

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