Keeping food, how long?
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My Uncle who suffers with depression cooks a stew on a Sunday and leaves it on the cooker top in a pan all week. He heats it up, plates a portion, remains go cold. Repeat. Until Wednesday whrre he will add more pre-cooked meat until the sauce runs out.
He also does not get cross-over, as in wiping a plate with raw fish on it with a tea towel and then using the same to dry the pots.
He's never had any food-related illness apart from being a male mental!
He also does not get cross-over, as in wiping a plate with raw fish on it with a tea towel and then using the same to dry the pots.
He's never had any food-related illness apart from being a male mental!
You'll be fine.
In short, and un-pc; just have a sniff. Thats how we did it in yesteryear, if it smells funky, it's off. If it smells ok, then you're good.
Too many herms swear by best before ages. I promise they are an utter load of litigious nonsense. Smell it and trust your senses. You'll be fine.
In short, and un-pc; just have a sniff. Thats how we did it in yesteryear, if it smells funky, it's off. If it smells ok, then you're good.
Too many herms swear by best before ages. I promise they are an utter load of litigious nonsense. Smell it and trust your senses. You'll be fine.
My mum has stuff in her cupboards from the 90s but she won't throw them away. In the medical cupboard are tablets dating from the 90s too. I went to make a curry round their house and she had some "Safeways" curry powder from 1988 - vintage!! She says there is nothing wrong with them.
A yogurt in our home, was never eaten until there was clear liquid on the top. But we never had any tummy upsets. My brother, who still lives at home, gets a dodgy tummy now again but its only from when he eats round his girlfriends house. I think I must have an iron gut from my food intake as a child.
As mentioned, I always just do a sniff test, smells ok, then I will eat it.
A yogurt in our home, was never eaten until there was clear liquid on the top. But we never had any tummy upsets. My brother, who still lives at home, gets a dodgy tummy now again but its only from when he eats round his girlfriends house. I think I must have an iron gut from my food intake as a child.
As mentioned, I always just do a sniff test, smells ok, then I will eat it.
grumbledoak said:
majordad said:
There's a pot of ground white pepper on our table with best before date of March 1999. I am still alive . Keep in touch !!
It won't hurt you. But it won't taste as it should either- spices go stale far more quickly than that. I'd replace it.BliarOut said:
My great aunt had some put by from when it was in short supply... Just before the war!
Sounds like my Dad's garage shelves. Full of 'useful stuff'. Until you needed something, couldn't find it, and had to go buy them. The human capacity for simple 'daftness' seems limitless.
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