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Post by BartyB on Jul 7, 2011 22:18:31 GMT 1
fortunately I didn't notice that the best before date on the coconut milk in our tea tonight was best before June 2009 till after the thai curry it was in was long gone...... oh well it was UHT .
If I don't post again you'll know what happened
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Post by ianh on Jul 7, 2011 23:05:23 GMT 1
I thought you were putting coconut milk in your tea - funny drink that.
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Post by troll on Jul 8, 2011 7:10:10 GMT 1
I thought you were putting coconut milk in your tea - funny drink that.  |
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2011 7:57:46 GMT 1
fortunately I didn't notice that the best before date on the coconut milk in our tea tonight was best before June 2009 till after the thai curry it was in was long gone...... oh well it was UHT . If I don't post again you'll know what happened Did you survive the night Bart? |
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Jul 8, 2011 8:31:05 GMT 1
Oh mine is always out of date as I have a storecupboard of things like that which don't get used often. We are eating 2007 barbecue sauce from England and it is still fine.  Digestives will stay good for years after their sell by date if unopened. Has anyone noticed that UK products have a very short life before the 'sell by/use by' date? French stuff is good for years, UK stuff only months.  Anyway ignore it, if it has weevils in or smells bad chuck, if not eat. Also don't throw away yoghurt that is beyond its use by date - it's all off anyway! We are still eating it two months later......  |
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Post by BartyB on Jul 8, 2011 8:49:16 GMT 1
survived...... which is handy as I've got another 4 thai curry kits bought at the same time and as they only cost €1,15 in the Alumantation Destockage shop I fully intend to keep eating them.
(kit includes sachet of red or green curry paste, carton of coconut milk and packet of rice)
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Post by mirabelle on Jul 8, 2011 9:18:45 GMT 1
The whole sell- by date thing is a joke really. Nothing can beat giving something a sniff, ie if it smells off then chuck it, but the obsession with this is beyond a joke now, hence people raiding the bins outside supermarkets for their suppers. How does stuff become instantaneously Off within a microsecond of the date expiring?? I don't chuck anything in the bin food wise. The dogs have meaty stuff & everything else goes in the piggy bucket - I am very Green! Speaking of green, I noticed a couscous salad in the supermarche yesterday with what I initially thought was a sprinkle of chives on top. In fact it was green mould (some new probiotic perhaps?  ), but the sell-by date on it was middle of next week. So then, do I eat something within the sell-by date with green mould on it or something that looks & smells perfectly fine that outside the date? Decisions decisions..................  |
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Jul 8, 2011 17:03:35 GMT 1
I think you use your common sense or just pretend it's blue cheese. Those bags of washed salad are always full of brown slimey bits yet have a sell by date about a week away! (don't buy them, obviously). |
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Post by troll on Jul 8, 2011 17:25:07 GMT 1
Also don't throw away yoghurt that is beyond its use by date - it's all off anyway! We are still eating it two months later...... Total agreement there! I've never understood how something that is "off" to start with, can go "off" |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2011 17:40:35 GMT 1
Spices and herbs are usually a good one to explore,I wouldn´t like to confess how old some of mine have been when thrown-well used actually,lol
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Digestives will stay good for years after their sell by date if unopened.
), but the sell-by date on it was middle of next week. So then, do I eat something within the sell-by date with green mould on it or something that looks & smells perfectly fine that outside the date? Decisions decisions.................. 