TheMoog 0 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I've just been eating some blue cheese which, if the wrapper is to be believed, went out of date 2 weeks ago - it tasted perfectly fine. I was wondering what other folk on here were like with going by expiry dates and best befores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 blue cheese with an expiry date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15561 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Most things are fine a bit after the date really, and if they're not then you can tell by look or smell. I'd be a bit suss about blue cheese though, because neither of those indicators really help much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 When it comes to milk I'm very picky about it, but I go off the smell more then the date on the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Anything like milk I'm funny with. Don't even like it warm (unless it has coffee in it). Bread if there is a bit of mould the whole loaf goes. Any meat stuffs or eggs are binned after the date. Other stuff depends if it's best before or use by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42482 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 "Use by" is an instruction," Best Before" is advice is the rule I go by. And my nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaliasmike 0 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 A few days ago I found a yoghurt in the fridge a couple of weeks past it's use by date. I opened it, checked it for mould, smelt it, etc. Seemed okay. Until about halfway through where it started to taste a bit funny. Anyway, I just put it back in the fridge. Wonder what it's doing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 The only thing I'm wary of is milk and rice Milk just because I like fresh, very cold milk Rice after watching Jimmys food factory where I found out that reheating rice doesn't get rid of the stuff in it that can make you ill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Tomato sauce in the fridge? I'll be in my cold cold grave before then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Tomato sauce in the fridge? I'll be in my cold cold grave before then! With a bottle of tomato sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Aye but it'll be room temperature dammit! I used to post on harmony central a few years ago and there was once a thread with hundreds of posts in it dedicated to debating whether ketchup should be refridgerated or not It was an odd place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42482 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I had to throw out a milkshake the other day as I couldn't get moved on my drive for lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15561 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I had to throw out a milkshake the other day as I couldn't get moved on my drive for lads. Ahh, always glad for the opportunity to resurrect a golden oldie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42482 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Is that joke past it's sell by date? I know… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 People who chuck out stuff as soon as the date has passed are essentially Nazis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Food is very straight forward. People have trust their noses for centuries and millennia. If its foul, it will smell. Hard to miss really. Pisses me off how much good food is hoyed every day, almost to the point of going dumpster diving. ( if you do, stay away from the food that has been in contact with the juices in the bottom of the bin, that shit is toxic) I have done it once at the local store, just to see what was actually being tossed. Quite alot actually.. aside from loads of day fresh bakery products, you had premium ham, minced meat, milk etc.. Edited May 2, 2012 by Lake Bells tits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Geordie 1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I've come to the end of a sandwich and noticed that there is mould on it. Didn't do me any harm. Also eaten a chocolate bar without realising the best before date was 6 months before. I was miffed that this shop still stocked it but that tastes fine and didn't do me any harm either. Chocolate is something you can keep for ages apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42482 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Food is very straight forward. People have trust their noses for centuries and millennia. If its foul, it will smell. Hard to miss really. Pisses me off how much good food is hoyed every day, almost to the point of going dumpster diving. ( if you do, stay away from the food that has been in contact with the juices in the bottom of the bin, that shit is toxic) I have done it once at the local store, just to see what was actually being tossed. Quite alot actually.. aside from loads of day fresh bakery products, you had premium ham, minced meat, milk etc.. Bamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 LBT confirming his Liverpool allegiances there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Bin-dipping cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I only had a look to see what was being tossed - hardly digging into a bin with my feet in the air ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Anyone who stores ketchup in the fridge needs to have a word. Severely impairs the flavour. I always keep bread in the freezer for as and when I need it. This means I never have to throw out perfectly good stuff. It's interesting that homemade bread has less tendency to grow mould than shop-bought. Probably all the shite they put into making it! So long as something passes the sniff test, it's fine. I'll even cut around a bit of rotten veg as more often than not the rest of it is perfectly fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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