Out of Date food

[Cotty]

Just noticed the orange juice in the fridge has a Best before (not use by) date of 13th March. Gave it a shake and poured a glass and its fine, although resisting the urge to add a slug of vodka.

https://www.doesitgobad.com/does-orange-juice-go-b...

I wonder if people will will be raiding the cupboard for old tins of food to check the use by dates. Just found some tinned sardines with a Dec 2019 date

[markiii]

i generally ignore best before dates

most are wildly pessimistic

[Cotty]

Its 6 days past the date,

[Riley Blue]

Cotty said:

Its 6 days past the date,

A 'best before date' doesn't mean it'll turn to battery acid the day after. Use the smell 'n' sip test. If it passes, knock it back, what's the worst that can happen?

[Nexus Icon]

Riley Blue said:

Cotty said:

Its 6 days past the date,

A 'best before date' doesn't mean it'll turn to battery acid the day after. Use the smell 'n' sip test. If it passes, knock it back, what's the worst that can happen?

You burn through your toilet roll stockpile in 24 hours?

[Mobile Chicane]

The nose knows. If it smells ok I'll eat / drink it.

[227bhp]

One of the unexpected downsides to CV is bored employees posting up the dullest of threads.

[Cotty]

227bhp said:

One of the unexpected downsides to CV is bored employees posting up the dullest of threads.

Thanks for that, perhaps I should just kill myself so you can avoid such threads. Tell you what lets see who dies first and we go from there.

[Fastchas]

Best Before Date roulette - best thing ever.

[TheInternet]

Good news - everything in the supermarket has now got a decent shelf life.

[227bhp]

Cotty said:

227bhp said:

One of the unexpected downsides to CV is bored employees posting up the dullest of threads.

Thanks for that, perhaps I should just kill myself so you can avoid such threads. Tell you what lets see who dies first and we go from there.

Feel free

[DaveTheRave87]

Cotty said:

Just noticed the orange juice in the fridge has a Best before (not use by) date of 13th March. Gave it a shake and poured a glass and its fine, although resisting the urge to add a slug of vodka.

https://www.doesitgobad.com/does-orange-juice-go-b...

I wonder if people will will be raiding the cupboard for old tins of food to check the use by dates. Just found some tinned sardines with a Dec 2019 date

Don't. The vodka will kill off the bacteria in the out of date juice.

[thebraketester]

We just finished some natural yoghurt that was bb date of December 19. Perfectly edible.

[NNH]

TheInternet said:

Good news - everything in the supermarket has now got a decent shelf life.

[Zirconia]

Found some fish sauce with BBE 94 the other day. Didn't risk that.
Daves Insanity Sauce, around 98, looked as normal and tried a bit then remembered why it was unused.

But usually I use best before and take note of use by.

[Camelot1971]

227bhp said:

One of the unexpected downsides to CV is bored employees posting up the dullest of threads.

Ironic.

[danster72]

My mother has a large jar of Bovril in her pantry, best before May 95. Still tastes fine. We're planning to have a celebration of its quarter century out-of-date in May...

[zetec]

Best before simply means that the date the manufacturer thinks it will be passed its best. It may still be fine a month or so after, plus it won’t make you ill or kill you

[FredericRobinson]

Sniff and taste for a best before, don't mess with a use by, as a general rule

[loskie]

found a bread mix in the cupboard on Saturday bb 2012.

Looked fine, smelled fine but didn't rise, I guess the yeast was fecked.