expired food

[Marseeya]

No way would I eat it...as soon as it hits the expiration date it goes in the trash...

Same here.

But my DH gives me fits because he'll eat anything past the expiration date as long as it's not green (er, well if it's not meant to be green )

 

[Pop Daddy]

if its there Ill eat it

 

[Cantw8]

If it is hairy and odiferous...leave it alone If not, go for it

 

[Southern4sure]

If the can is dented do not eat it. A tale I always heard my grandmother say.

 

[mum4jenn]

A canned good should be fine unless the can is dented at the seals or rusted. As someone else said most of the dates on products are a SELL BY date (including dairy) and are good after the printed date. Things like milk can go bad before the date or a week after the date...depends on the company. One grocery store chain's milk will go rotten days before the expiration date but if you get milk from Publix it will last days AFTER the sell by date.


Two days on a canned good??? That does not mean that at 11:59 it is fine but at 12:01 it has gone bad!!!! Just inspect the can for bulging,rust, or dents at the seams.

 

[crz4mm2]

Heck yeah. Most of the time it is a sell by date, not a use by date. Smell it.

 

[mum4jenn]

Found this on Web MD. There is TONS of info out there just do a search on "expiraton dates for food"



How Long Are Foods OK to Eat?
If you are not up on your Julian calendar and dating seems sort of a hodgepodge, how about memorizing some basic rules?

• Milk. Usually fine until a week after the "Sell By" date.
• Eggs. OK for 3-5 weeks after you bring them home (assuming you bought them before the "sell by" date). VanLandingham says double-grade As will go down a grade in a week but still be perfectly edible.
• Poultry and seafood. Cook or freeze this within a day or two.
• Beef and pork. Cook or freeze within three to five days.
• Canned goods. Highly acidic foods like tomato sauce can keep 18 months or more. Low-acid foods like canned green beans are probably risk-free for up to five years. "You do not want to put cans in a hot place like a crawl space or garage," Peggy VanLaanen, EdD, RD, a professor of food and nutrition at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, tells WebMD. She suggests keeping canned and dry food at 50 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit in a dry, dark place. Humidity can be a factor in speeded-up deterioration. The FDA notes that taste, aroma, and appearance of food can change rapidly if the air conditioning fails in a home or warehouse. Obviously, cans bulging with bacteria growth should be discarded, no matter what the expiration date!

 

[Chicago526]

If it's a "sell by" date (usually that's for freash food like dairy) then I just go by how long it's been open, and sight/smell. If it's boxed or canned, I don't worry about it. I've never had food poisoning so I must be doing something right!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

One of my former bosses had a system for milk:
1) Smell it. If it smells OK, drink it.
2) If it smells funny, pour it into another container and smell it again. If it smells OK, drink it.
3) If it smells funny in the new container, taste it. If it tastes OK, drink it. Only if it tastes yucky should you throw it out.

I know a mom who is one of those who thinks expiration dates are on packages because they are required to put them on there, not because the food could actually go bad. ICK! She will cook something, let it sit in the fridge for 7-10 days, then freeze it. She will then take those frozen portions out once in awhile and fix them for dinner. Her MIL told me she stopped taking leftovers when this lady offered them because the stuff made her sick half the time! Well, yeah, 10 day old meatloaf will do that.

I'll go 2-3 days past the expiration date on some things, otherwise it goes in the trash!

 

[Syrreal]

As someone else said most of the dates on products are a SELL BY date (including dairy) and are good after the printed date.

Actually, the milk we get always seems to go bad right on the date printed on the package. It smells bad and is just rotten all around.

We bought Kroger brand milk twice and that went bad days before the date on the package. Changede brands since then. Anyone else have this problem with Kroger? I know a few people here in Lexington have but I don't know if it's happening in other cities too. maybe they just don't have their dairy section cool enough or something.

 

[mum4jenn]

Actually, the milk we get always seems to go bad right on the date printed on the package. It smells bad and is just rotten all around.

We bought Kroger brand milk twice and that went bad days before the date on the package. Changede brands since then. Anyone else have this problem with Kroger? I know a few people here in Lexington have but I don't know if it's happening in other cities too. maybe they just don't have their dairy section cool enough or something.

That can be part of it(the cooler temp and your own refrigerator temp) and it also has to do with the processing plant I think.

If we get milk from Harveys Supermarket it ALWAYS goes rotten before the date. Winn Dixie milk is hit and miss. Most of the time it will last a day or two past the date and sometimes a day or two before. However all the milk we have ever gotten from Publix has lasted at least a full week after the sell by date!! I used to work at Publix and they have their own dairy processing plant and I was told that they(Publix) have such strict rigid standards for their processing,sanitation,etc that they were "off the charts" as far as inspectors go and the inspectors had to create a new form to take into account the standards of Publix(which made it harder on other plants!!)

 

[mtblujeans]

Yes, I'll admit it here and now, I eat expired food. And, I use sour cream a month after its expiration date, too!

 

[Syrreal]

I used to LOVE publix. Before we moved up here that was the only place we shopped and everything was always really fresh. Kroger is a definite step down from publix.

 

[KelNottAt]

OT, yesterday I cleaned out the condiments on my fridge door. I gagged when I read the date on a jar of horseradish...June 6, 1997!

That is soooo not like me.

 

[chell]

Yes, I'll admit it here and now, I eat expired food. And, I use sour cream a month after its expiration date, too!

How can you tell when sour cream goes bad anyway? Is it when it gets that tang to it? Since I don't know I'm always afraid to keep it around past the date.

 

[tiggersmom2]

How can you tell when sour cream goes bad anyway? Is it when it gets that tang to it? Since I don't know I'm always afraid to keep it around past the date.

Sour cream is good at my house until it forms mold.

 

[chell]

When I come over for dinner next month remind me to bring my own just in case.

 

[tiggersmom2]

When I come over for dinner next month remind me to bring my own just in case.

LOL...and my mayonnaise has a pretty much indefinite life...

 

[chell]

LOL...and my mayonnaise has a pretty much indefinite life...

Since you probaly don't eat Dukes anyway guess I better bring my own mayo too.

 

[Sparx]

did the SELL BY date expire two days ago or the Eat by date? If its sell by, then you have a good 3 days-a week to eat it (unless its milk, then you can just cook with it) eat by, depends on what it is, and how hungry I am.