Use by Dates

jgraham

I have in front of me a Chicken and bacon sandwich with mayonaisse on brown.

Use by date is 7/7/08

What are the chances of dying through eating this?

esmufc07

Around 1%

Go for it!!

solvista

Check the chicken for small bones. Otherswise no fuckin chance of that killing you. Unless your mum never let you eat stuff that wasn-t washed in dettol first and you immune system is non existant.

Partizan

Sell by dates are the Devils way of getting you to throw away perfectly good food, if it smells OK get it down yer.

jgraham

I'm going in lads

Smells fine so far, breads a bit hard but i've had worse.

Partizan

No wait, what I meant to say was sell by dates must always be obeyed, and non complience often leads to premature death.

jgraham

By premature do you maybe mean 1 day earlier?

I can handle premature as theres scope for movement on that.

However sudden death would maybe have got me a bit nervous.

Thanks for the advice men, was a good bite.

Hectic

Enjoy your last sandwich.

kristinson

now go away and pray you dont throw that chicken sandwhich up all over your stunner tonight

jgraham

That never crossed my mind!

some people might enjoy that, or maybe not.

jgraham

Just out of interest,

Has anybody eaten anythng before that was even further out of date - like even 2 days!! there can't be anyone crazy enough to do that, can there?

Dr. Dwayne

I ate some yogurt once that was 32 days past its best before date.

Felt a little shaky for about an hour and then I was fine.

jgraham

thats some going

I last week watched a mate who'd claimed he could swill a teaspoon of tabasco sauce round his mouth try doing so. In fairness he managed the 10 seconds swilling and then required urgent cooling action in is mouth.

Silly boy ran to my fridge to grab the milk, before i had chance to tell him that th emilk had actually been sat there for a good two weeks he'd took a mouthfull.

Needless to say he spewed his guts up

So on reflection i'd say Milk/dairy products in general should have there use by dates strictly stuck to!

Dr. Dwayne

yeah, I ate it strictly for the scientific endeavour.

RedDevil#26655

Once, when I was in Junior School I was eating a packet of crisps and they were all chewey and horrible so I looked at the packet and the sell by date was 4 years before.

Yes thats right 4 fucking years!! So I threw it in the biin (obviously) and when I asked my mum why she gave me these 4 year old crisps she said I pobably dreamt it...yeah right

Sparky19

your fucked now

rimaldo

use by dates are more of a guideline than a rule, i find most stuff is good to go anywhere up to 6 months after the use by date, especially meat and dairy products.

olesmyhero

I very seldom use anything even a day past it's use by date.

Solius

Same, I'm a fussy git. I could be eating something the day before it goes off just before midnight, then throw half of it away once the clock strikes 12

olesmyhero

I've never gotten food poisoning or anything but I'm really paranoid about use by dates.

jgraham

well I my friends am still alive

just goes to show these use by dates aren't all they are cracked up to be!

a_devil_inside

if theres no hairs or mould growing on it, it'll be fine

101

Refridgerate and freeze and you'll never have to worry!

girish

You only need to consider the time you're going to spend in the toilet, if you're eating this..

kristinson

did you know that Natural Honey is the only food that can never go off,

my useless fact of the day

ronnie dazzler

yep, if it smells ok, it usually is. Use by dates are put on as a guidance to cover the asses of manufacturers. too many people suing because they got sick and blame it on the food and stinging them for loads of cash.