Out of date vacuum packed Smoked Mackerel
Out of date vacuum packed Smoked Mackerel
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Matt80M

Original Poster:

1,140 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Got some in the fridge which is 4 days out of date - what's the consensus? Safe to eat? Will it be rank?

Was just going to do some salad and jackets with it.

Mobile Chicane

21,604 posts

229 months

Tuesday 27th March 2012
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It will be fine. Get it eaten.

tr7v8

7,456 posts

245 months

Tuesday 27th March 2012
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The whole purpose of smoking is to presrve it just eat it!

grumbledoak

32,208 posts

250 months

Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Mobile Chicane said:
It will be fine.
^^^

Matt80M

Original Poster:

1,140 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Cool thanks.

bluelightbabe

297 posts

185 months

Tuesday 27th March 2012
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I ate some recently that was a few days out of date, and this was after freezing and defrosting it without noticing it said "not suitable for home freezing".......no problems whatsoever smile

bray55

1 posts

52 months

Wednesday 5th May 2021
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What about vacuum packed smoked Mackerel kept in Fridge but 3 weeks past use by date?

tr7v8

7,456 posts

245 months

Wednesday 5th May 2021
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bray55 said:
What about vacuum packed smoked Mackerel kept in Fridge but 3 weeks past use by date?
Will be fine. Eat it!

Mikebentley

7,582 posts

157 months

Wednesday 5th May 2021
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I once ate John West Tuna that was 27 yrs past it’s use by date. I didn’t die. Not even a little bit.

sherman

14,554 posts

232 months

Tuesday 11th May 2021
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bray55 said:
What about vacuum packed smoked Mackerel kept in Fridge but 3 weeks past use by date?
If you cant smell it before you open the fridge it will be fine.

dapprman

2,621 posts

284 months

Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Mikebentley said:
I once ate John West Tuna that was 27 yrs past it’s use by date. I didn’t die. Not even a little bit.
You've been posting this for over 200 years now - think you're a ghost writer biggrin

To the OP - as others have said - you should be fine, the best before dates are legal requirements for the manufacturer and even the use before ones often can be taken with a figurative pinch of salt. Beyond a few months I'd be more concerned over the plastic adding flavour.

ambuletz

11,355 posts

198 months

Tuesday 11th May 2021
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dapprman said:
You've been posting this for over 200 years now - think you're a ghost writer biggrin

To the OP - as others have said - you should be fine, the best before dates are legal requirements for the manufacturer and even the use before ones often can be taken with a figurative pinch of salt. Beyond a few months I'd be more concerned over the plastic adding flavour.
this thread was best before 9 years ago.

dapprman

2,621 posts

284 months

Tuesday 11th May 2021
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ambuletz said:
this thread was best before 9 years ago.
But I'm sure it still tastes fine ^^
(note the necro post was 4 before mine and the reply I was teasing was between the two wink )

romeodelta

1,143 posts

178 months

Tuesday 11th May 2021
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bray55 said:
What about vacuum packed smoked Mackerel kept in Fridge but 3 weeks past use by date?
Who joins PH to resurrect a 9 year old thread about out of date mackerel confused

MadCaptainJack

1,223 posts

57 months

Wednesday 12th May 2021
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romeodelta said:
Who joins PH to resurrect a 9 year old thread about out of date mackerel confused
Bit fishy if you ask me.

Matt80M

Original Poster:

1,140 posts

189 months

Wednesday 12th May 2021
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What the fk is going on?

romeodelta

1,143 posts

178 months

Thursday 13th May 2021
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Matt80M said:
What the fk is going on?
Just a bot checking you're still alive Matt.

Or has your sole moved on to a better plaice?

sherman

14,554 posts

232 months

Thursday 13th May 2021
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Matt80M said:
What the fk is going on?
Did you eat the fish in the end? We need closure now.

RC1807

13,387 posts

185 months

Thursday 13th May 2021
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sherman said:
Did you eat the fish in the end? We need closure now.
He's still alive. smile

alastair2024

1 posts

18 months

Saturday 23rd March 2024
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MadCaptainJack said:
Bit fishy if you ask me.
It seems like out of the gazillions of pages on t’internet, this is the only one about vacuum packed smoked mackerel use by dates!

I suspect people here have a stronger constitution than mumsnet 😆