Actually, I would buy scratch and sniff undies if they had my Mr and his squash wash.

I do recall reading in t 'Grauniad about a delightful young thing's explanations about how she sold worn panties by mail order, and such was the demand that she had to ask her friends to assist in providing the aromatic articles.

Joe, apparently sweaty nylons are in even bigger demand.  Imagine *feinsafaint*

 

 

 

All this filth in my big beef thread is too much for me.  

 

Which reminds me, my OH always says I have a filthy mind but it's nothing compared to some in here *cough*CINDS*cough*

 

 

Oh and yes, there's some weird stuff sold on ebay.  Including sweaty knickers and (weirdly) you can label your manky well worn shoes as 'fetish' and they fetch a higher price.

 

    

 

That deserved three as I have all sorts of strange images now.

 

 

 

I was under the impression that ebay had a rule that all worn and second hand clothing had to be laundered before sale and shipment.

 

'ish

 

I don't think many people actually do launder the things EC  I have had a 'new' dress sent to me with less than fragrant underarms and a stain on the back.  Disgusting, luckily Ebay do usually find in favour of the seller and I got my money back.

 

Hmmm I've just gone to ebay to have a look at the knickers.    They are all listed as new now.  I could have sworn that not long ago (within the last 2 years at least) my friend and I were having a conversation about this kind of thing and were linking each other up to the ads for them 

I've just spent way too long looking for used knickers on ebay!!  Yes, EC, you are right, they now need to be 'new' to be sold on ebay.  They still allow used control pants to sold though 

 

I saw an ad where the user had taken a pic of herself in her used undies and then says the pants will be new.  She also added an email address for any questions....I wonder if this is so buyers can ask the pants she's wearing in the pic as all questions are supposed to be asked through the ebay mailing system.

 

Oh and I've seen rubber knickers   they look a little, ummm, sore!  Also, people advertising tights with a pic of them wearing them no knickers and a pair of heels saying there's no sexual intention involved .

 

Anyway, I see a business opportunity here.  

Blahahaha 

 

  I would hate to see your search history 

 

I think that people have found ways around it and can offer the 'goods' people seem to want! 

 

I did have a colleague once who said she was going to do this as a part time business. She was going to go to Primarni or some such place, buy her knickers cheap and make a handsome profit on them.

 

Fortunately she met someone and left to get married and have babies. That idea was ditched.

 

Seeing as your posting I take it the food had not adverse effects 

 

 

Haven't cooked it yet EC.  If I'm not here on Thursday then I may have died from dodgy beef.  Or I'm hungover.

It'll be the second option I guess 

My theory is, that once you've frozen it on the best before date, the countodown to food poisoning is reset back to zero, so once cooked and kept in the fridge, it will be fine for at least 10 days...

 

I am living proof that is theory is effective and non harmful.

Must read thread beofre posting rather than afterwards, I see the impetus has moved to knickers..

 

Countodown, btw, is similar  to countdown but slightly foreign..possibly Irish..

All Use by dates are only approximate. They cannot take into account the temperature the food has been stored in. So Rule of thumb. I you bought it well within time put it in a fridge that is kept at a recommended temp. then you can give it a few more days. But if the food was allowed to stand in warmer temps, those bugs may have had a field day and are just sleeping it off

I eat Chicken way past date because I keep my fridge way down to below 5C I also defrost in the fridge takes ages but I know its safe.

 

All that waiting does have a payoff, though. A major advantage of refrigerator thawing is that you don’t have to cook the defrosted food right away — especially helpful if you’re faced with a last-minute change in plans.

 

Poultry, fish and ground meat that’s been defrosted in the fridge can be kept for an additional 1 to 2 days in the refrigerator before cooking. Beef, pork, lamb or veal (roasts, steaks or chops) will keep refrigerated for another 3 to 5 days after thawing.

 

Another plus: If you decide not to cook the thawed food, you can safely refreeze it within these same time limits.

I didn't know that

 

I'm not sure that I would do that, I would cook it and then refreeze, but not refreeze it raw.

You are right, Rexi, you can't refreeze raw food which has been defrosted. You can refreeze it after cooking it.

It is safe to re-freeze meat that has been correctly thawed in a refrigerator. I would not re-freeze anything that is defrosted out of the fridge though.

 

There is a difference. No matter what though, it will not taste as good

 

 

I did wonder about this as it is quite clear that sometimes food (particularly fish) is sold as 'fresh' in supermarkets but it still has ice in it as if it has been defrosted. I have been a bit indignant in the past as I assumed it should have a sticker on it saying it shouldn't be frozen. I guess the supermarkets wouldn't risk it if it wasn't OK.

I think it's probably safe - I've seen stuff (probably fish now I think of it) that's had wording to the effect of 'this product has been previously frozen in a controlled environment and is suitable for home freezing'   I guess it's been defrosted as described so not likely to be riddled with bugs.

 

 

I had a google and experts say raw meat can be re frozen , if, as others say, it's been de frosted correctly(slowly in a fridge ) but do not re freeze raw meat otherwise.

 

Have to admit my eyebrow shot up when I read Farley's post saying it was fine, but google confirms he's right.