sell by date ?
- Thread starter magpie
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how many of you stick religiously to the sell by date on food stuffs:
Oh God no! If it smells ok and hasn't got green stuff growing on it, it goes in my belly 
mtheads always pulling me up for it
mthead: Don't eat that it's 3 week out of date
me: smells ok
mthead: It'll make you ill
me: Ah it'll be right!
...... and I'm still here
mtheads always pulling me up for itmthead: Don't eat that it's 3 week out of date
me: smells ok
mthead: It'll make you ill
me: Ah it'll be right!
...... and I'm still here
I have the opposite sometimes - a thing may not actually be past its sell by date but if it looks a bit dodgy then I won't eat it.
Some things if they have gone over by a day and look fine then I will. After all how far into the 24 hours does it become inedible? Does it change on the stroke of midnight?
Some things if they have gone over by a day and look fine then I will. After all how far into the 24 hours does it become inedible? Does it change on the stroke of midnight?
Depends on what it is and how much out of date it is!!!
I thought the sell by date was only a guideline for the shops so they take it off the shelf ..... or knock it out cheap, as is the case with one of our local shops 
We had a half used loaf at home that was softer a squishier than any we prodded in Tesco on Saturday. 
I always dive to the back of the goods in the supermarket,for the latest sell by date, but i am well known by my family for using things out of date...I have loads of things i bought for xmas yet,,,mince pies etc,,,i certainly wont throw them away...Also i buy things that have been reduced ,you can get some real bargains...
I'm with tinks on this one. If it smells/tastes alright i'll slog into it. Heck even bread with mold on it will I consume. If it's really bad, I just go ahead and toast it.
The rest of the family is quite particular in this regard.
Brian
The rest of the family is quite particular in this regard.
Brian
Mick doesn't care how out of date something is so long has it smells and tastes ok.
Me I'm funny about these things, same has Grego if i know somethings out of date then if I do eat/drink it then I don't enjoy it.
But then again when it comes to food I'm a funny so and so.
Me I'm funny about these things, same has Grego if i know somethings out of date then if I do eat/drink it then I don't enjoy it.
But then again when it comes to food I'm a funny so and so.
I'm not the slightest bit fussy regarding sell by dates on anything. As long as it looks and smells ok I will willingly consume it. I regularly eat out of date yoghurt, cheese, etc and reckon that they taste better.
Use by dates on drugs are the same. I once took 2 Ibuprofen when I had the flu, just to stop the aches. Not only had the Ibuprofen expired 3 years earlier, but they had been prescribed by the vet for my dog!!!! They eased my aches a treat and I'm still here to tell the tail.... TAIL...... (get it????)
Ok, I'll get my coat.....
Use by dates on drugs are the same. I once took 2 Ibuprofen when I had the flu, just to stop the aches. Not only had the Ibuprofen expired 3 years earlier, but they had been prescribed by the vet for my dog!!!! They eased my aches a treat and I'm still here to tell the tail.... TAIL...... (get it????)
Ok, I'll get my coat.....
The sell by date is just that – a date after which the shop cannot sell the item unless it is advertised as out of date and separate from the ‘in date’ product. The really important date is the ‘use by’ date but even that is only a guide-line for the buyer. If the food is used after that date they have no come back on the producer/shop if the customer becomes ill.
As WillowTheWhisp has already stated the food doesn’t suddenly become bad and inedible one second after midnight of the day in question.
I use the ‘sell by and use by’ dates as a means of determining how long the product has been on the shelf. I will delve at the back of the shelf to find the newest date, much to the annoyance of some shopkeepers, particularly with bread, tea cakes, cakes and the like.
I prefer to use my nose and eyes to determine if the food is fit to eat.
The only exception is with medicines but then I’ve never had an ‘out of date’ medicine because they have either all been used as directed for the full term or on the odd occasion when told to discontinue using one medicine the residue goes back to the chemist.
As WillowTheWhisp has already stated the food doesn’t suddenly become bad and inedible one second after midnight of the day in question.
I use the ‘sell by and use by’ dates as a means of determining how long the product has been on the shelf. I will delve at the back of the shelf to find the newest date, much to the annoyance of some shopkeepers, particularly with bread, tea cakes, cakes and the like.
I prefer to use my nose and eyes to determine if the food is fit to eat.
The only exception is with medicines but then I’ve never had an ‘out of date’ medicine because they have either all been used as directed for the full term or on the odd occasion when told to discontinue using one medicine the residue goes back to the chemist.
for me it depends what it is ,,ie chicken , or any white meat ,eggs dairy products etc i wont touch after use by date