providing you eat when it has defrosted (same day) it will be ok

 

It will be perfectly fine. If there is one thing I have learnt you can eat pretty much anything long past the time you think you should (even sprouts).

 

I am doing speciality party sausages with mushrooms and rice tonight. I paid 75p for them and stuck them in the freezer over a week ago. I have no worries about eating them. In fact I scour the supermarkets for their 'best of' ranges and do cheaper meals that way.

 

 

I'll have it.

If it said, "use by 27th" and you froze it on the 27th, then it should be fine, Ells, as long as you defrost it and cook it on the same day.

Oooh yay 4 'eat it' posts  I was just worried because I hadn't frozen it before the use by date.  I usually freeze all my meat on the day I buy it but thought I'd be having this on Boxing day but there was too much Turkey & Ham left over so we had Xmas dinner part 2 on Boxing day.

 

 

My family and friends know better than to EVER ask me if it's too late to eat something--I'll eat it until it smells bad or tastes bad, regardless of the date. 

 

My husband and I combined two kitchens when we got married (10 1/2 years ago). A few years ago, he made me pancakes for breakfast, but he was unhappy because the pancakes didn't rise. We checked the box of baking mix, and it had expired....in 1998!  Now our daughter checks EVERYthing whenever she brings the kids over. 

I'm just not even going to mention it to my OH.  He won't even eat bread the day after he buys it and if something is out of date tomorrow he won't eat it today.  Little does he know he's ate stuff out of date and I've scraped off a weeeee bit (it was tiny!) of blue mould of a soda farl before turning it into a pizza farl and giving it to him.

That's what *I* would do. 

not only is it perfectly ok, once you defrost and cook it, it then has a further shelf life of a at least 5 days as a cooked joint of meat for sandwiches and cold salads..

 

Bear in mind beef is better the longer it is hung.. .ie the older it is. .this use by stuff is a load of ol bollox.. the plastic crap they put around meat  is likely to do more damage as it sweats the meat so get rid of that the minute you can

 

go into any continental shop and see how the meat is hung out in the open for a very long time.. tho most of that is dry cured but the principle is the same.. sell by dates only benefit supermarkets cos silly people throw stuff away that is perfectly fine and go and buy more.. rule of thumb, if it smells off it is off if it doesn't it isn't

Same here; I'm also very lax about re-heating rice and pasta. I haven't poisened anyone yet.

I'm another for it will be ok 

 

Lori my daughter is the same, she checks the date on EVERYTHING 

yup, it'll be fine

That's comforting for family and friends no doubt Cologne

Beef is safe for ages and ages after it's sell by date. I buy bit and keep it deliberately for two or three weeks ....honestly it really won't hurt you and it tastes so much better. Most restaurants hang their beef for ages.

You know my opinion on out of date food 

No 

Ditto

Oh, I think you do     *not being drawn on this one* 

I don't honestly 

Right, well........I've recently been known to drink milk in tea that's a week out of date 

 

I've got some mince in the pan on the cooker at the minute. Use by date was yesterday so I cooked it and let it stand to let the fat solidify to skim off and will have it with potatos shortly 

 

That all seems rather sensible to me 

 

 

TBh -I am  a stickler for dates but beef is one of the safest meats and I honestly think it will be safe to eat and I don't say that lightly

Ditto ...on all counts

Don't blame you, I've got fresh tomatoes and the date is over a week ago, they are still rock hard, if they wasn't I'd grill them and have them with a fry up, we throw away too much these days

Beef can smell to high heaven to be at it's best.

The only thing I wouldn't eat out of date would be chicken 

The only thing I would take out on a date would be chicken

And prawns 

I don't cook fish 

Ah see, I love prawns but I buy them pre cooked   I like cod and 'the usual' fish too 

Daughter likes the boil in the bag fish in parsley sauce 

Never been one for parsley sauce, although I do like fish pie in a foil tray 

Indeed! Neither Fish nor Fowl. You shouldn't eat either, at any date. Beef is low risk.
Not wishing to generalise but it seems that generation 3 and 4 are obsessed mit sell by/eat by dates. Yet generations 1 and 2 seemed to have survived mit smell and taste skills.
The youngsters eat and drink all sorts of Franchise themed sheight but.

Indeed! Neither Fish nor Fowl. You shouldn't eat either, at any date. Beef is low risk.
Not wishing to generalise but it seems that generation 3 and 4 are obsessed mit sell by/eat by dates. Yet generations 1 and 2 seemed to have survived mit smell and taste skills.
The youngsters eat and drink all sorts of Franchise themed sheight but.

Bit slow and coggy for me.

I'm a sniff it, if it smells ok I'll eat it.

 

I use the same rule in my sex life.

how glad am I that this message arrived above mine.

It works the same for both camps. Actually.

I can imagine. 

 

I wonder if there's a market for scratch and sniff undies? It would save time wouldn't it?