What are your rules/limitations/exceptions to eating food that is potentially not at its freshest?


For example....
Last night on the local news the lead story was about super market stocking pretzels that had a date of February something. Everyone was all up in arms and I was very confused. I mean other than tasting like crap are these pretzels actually of any danger to anyone?

Or....
On Easter I did the little trick where you empty an egg but leave it intact and saved all the insides in a tupperware container. I realized last night I should use them up so I made some banana bread with them. I've been eating it and am totally fine but a friend of mine was totally freaked out that I would eat an egg more than like, 20 minutes after it had been out of the shell.


Go!

4/9/2010 1:47:14 PM

i eat any food that doesn't smell spoiled

i've never gotten food poisoning

4/9/2010 1:48:45 PM

I ate velvetta shells and cheese from 2008 (january of 2008) a week ago. May explain why I have been sick....hahaha

4/9/2010 1:49:16 PM

^^

4/9/2010 1:50:15 PM

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4/9/2010 1:50:52 PM

milk/dairy - smell it. It can go bad BEFORE the expiration date or two weeks after. Always smell test.

Eggs can last well beyond their stamped expiration date but watch what you are using them for. For instance if you are using them for baking, go and get fresh(er) eggs. With eggs ALWAYS crack them into a separate container before using them - you can find bloodlines in fresh eggs, and with eggs past the stamped on date, if the albumin part is watery egg = no bueno. Also very obvious smell.
I am also that bitch that opens up every damn egg carton at the grocery store and picks up every single egg to make sure that it is not cracked

4/9/2010 1:51:06 PM

hell yeah it does!!!!!!!!!!!


it fucking RULES!!!!!

4/9/2010 1:51:19 PM

^^^damn it! i searched and didn't get that!

4/9/2010 1:54:13 PM

I've drunkenly cooked up and eaten eggs that were at least 2 months past the expiration date.

Was fine in the morning, with the exception of the hangover.

4/9/2010 1:55:33 PM

that born on beer date is no bullshit

Had some May '09 Bud Light the other day....rancid

4/9/2010 1:56:06 PM

^^yeah i mean i cooked the eggs into bread, had some about 9am and i'm not sick now so i think it is all cool.

4/9/2010 1:58:13 PM

Quote :

"i eat any food that doesn't smell spoiled i've never gotten food poisoning"

4/9/2010 2:00:14 PM

pizza - 1 day old on countertop, 2 days old in fridge

open beer - 1 day old only if refrigerated by me

milk - smell test + shake to look for chunks

eggs are too cheap to risk it

soda - 3 days from opening no exceptions

bread is iffy - i'll rip off moldy pieces if the majority isn't crusty yet.

if it has mayo on it and it is over 4 hours old THROW IT AWAY, IT COULD KILL YOU. lol

4/9/2010 2:04:02 PM

ripping the "moldy part" off bread doesn't mean you're not eating the mold. it means you're not eating the parts where there is enough mold to be visible to the naked eye

mold eaters

4/9/2010 2:05:48 PM

Isn't there mold on almost everything though?

4/9/2010 2:06:29 PM

I won't eat anything that has been dead for more than 24 hours.

4/9/2010 2:09:48 PM

Quote :

"I won't eat anything that has been dead for more than 24 hours dead."

4/9/2010 2:16:02 PM

^ Damn straight...I eat all my food LIVE.

4/9/2010 2:17:25 PM

The date is typically a sell by date and unopened food can last a fairly long time. I examine my food like my laundry: the classic sniff test.

4/9/2010 2:19:34 PM

i might switch to that school of thought.

4/9/2010 2:19:57 PM

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"I ate velvetta shells and cheese from 2008 (january of 2008) a week ago. May explain why I have been sick....hahaha"

LOL, so after you asked me opinion and said do NOT eat it you went ahead and did it anyway. lmao.

If it looks okay and doesn't smell bad it works for me. Best I can tell I've never had food poisoning either.

4/9/2010 2:23:09 PM

i had doubled a pecan pie filling recipe and then broken one of the crusts before i had a chance to fill it

i left the filling in the refrigerator for 9 months, uncovered

the part that was left contained 3 eggs and half a stick of butter

i eventually made a pie after those 9 months and it was delicious

4/9/2010 3:15:54 PM

I would argue to just eat it and worry about the consequences later, you gotta eat right?

4/9/2010 4:11:44 PM

^^ I'm pretty shocked it wasn't all dried out and weird

4/9/2010 4:12:55 PM

^^^

4/9/2010 4:13:57 PM

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"pizza - 1 day old on countertop, 2 days old in fridge"

hahahahaha


Reminds me. One day I was obviously dragging ass at the gym. So i ask a trainer (packman92) if its ok to eat 3 day old pizza. He says to me "Oh 3 days and it was in the fridge? No problem. I've eaten chicken pizza that was left outside".


Pat

4/9/2010 4:15:44 PM

I don't eat anything that has bled for 3 days.

4/9/2010 4:19:27 PM

really, Expired Food Rules huh??

I THOUGH O'DOYLE RULES!!!

4/9/2010 8:12:03 PM

If the food is even near the expiration date it is executed son.

I can't have any close calls now son.

Also, I will think it tastes funny just because I'm slightly insane.

4/9/2010 8:13:17 PM

ok. so...

Hillshire Farms Summer Sausage.
Final expiration date: may 11 2010
Opened: ~jan 15 2010


still edible?
(no visible signs of mold but is looking a little grayer than pink)

4/27/2010 11:37:35 PM

i honestly almost threw up

no.

4/27/2010 11:38:02 PM

Eat it and find out.

4/27/2010 11:42:47 PM

but i'm le hungry

4/27/2010 11:44:22 PM

I have a big boy job now.

I will throw some shit out with the quickness.

4/27/2010 11:48:57 PM

yeah, i'm not a big boy yet

4/27/2010 11:50:51 PM

4/28/2010 12:01:18 AM

I ate a nutragrain bar yesterday that had a best by-date of Aug. 2009. It was a sub-par nutragrain bar.

4/28/2010 2:09:02 AM

mustard???

i found mustard in the bfs fridge that was a year old (May '09)

but i squeezed it out and it looked fine, smelled fine, tasted fine so i went with it (just to dip a soft pretzel in)

but now i feel

6/6/2010 10:01:12 PM

mustard keeps forever



...doesn't it?

6/6/2010 10:06:26 PM

well a google search said that it depends on packaging?

a jar = 2 years
squeeze bottle = 18 months

this was only 12 months so maybe it is just mental. i also ate a lot of wings tonight so my tummy is probably just angry with me all around.

6/6/2010 10:15:12 PM

I think you'll live

6/6/2010 10:19:21 PM

well i didn't think it was going to kill me

my stomach just doesn't feel well

6/6/2010 10:23:15 PM

I have an unopened, unrefrigerated bottle of alfredo sauce that is stamped 4/28/10... still good or toss it?

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 10:25 PM. Reason : ]

6/6/2010 10:23:27 PM

Still good

6/6/2010 10:25:21 PM

i never abide by sauce rules. ESPECIALLY if it is unopened i'd say you're fine. i mean smell it. do a finger test. if everything seems fine i think you're good

i save tomato sauce and i think you're supposed to toss opened jars after like a week or so. but i don't. i don't eat them like 4 months later but i don't throw them away after a week.

6/6/2010 10:27:45 PM

^^^still good

6/6/2010 11:01:09 PM

Quote :

"soda - 3 days from opening no exceptions"

wtf?!

Quote :

"if it has mayo on it and it is over 4 hours old THROW IT AWAY, IT COULD KILL YOU. lol"

fixed that for you

6/6/2010 11:09:40 PM

you all obviously don't watch "Monsters Inside Me"

6/6/2010 11:13:23 PM

I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

duh. have you seen 1/2 of my posts

6/6/2010 11:14:58 PM