Eating Freshly packed veg one day past its use by date

billyhead

Would you think this would be okay?
I have a bag of fresh veg in which the use by date was yesterday. Also is it okay to eat fresh veg that has been grilled on the George Foreman or would it be best to boil it. I always grill the veg for 7-8 minutes and then eat it.

Pembily

Does it look ok? Does it smell funny or is it leaking / wet (only way I can explain it)!!!!

If not its sound - I always buy food (veg and fruit only - meat is iffy) that is past its best before and use by!!!!

moonflower

If you're worried then pick through the bag and discard any bits that are looking a bit soggy. The whole bag should be grand though, those use by dates are usually more of a guideline especially on something like veg. It's probably better to keep going with grilling it, you lose a lot of vitamins in the veg when you boil it and it usually tastes nicer grilled too.

reprazant

Unless it looks bad, it is fine.

Even if it doesn't look great, it can still be used if you are cooking it really.

For veg, I will use anything unless it is mouldy or rotten, to be honest.

huskerdu

Your problem is that you are buying bags of vegetables with a best before date
and storing them incorrectly.
Veg will go off quicker if kept sweating in plastic. Are they in cool dark conditions or a warm kitchen, where they wil go off quicker.

What would your mother have done ? She didn't have a date stamped on her veg by someone in a warehouse a week ago, who doesn't know what temperature or conditions that the veg is going to be stored in.

You need to store your veg properly and learn to recognise a veg which is
going off, like people have done for millenia.

Veg are fresh when they dont smell bad, are not too soft and no black or
soft patches ( obviously depends on the veg)

rubadub

huskerdu wrote: »

What would your mother have done ? She didn't have a date stamped on her veg

Exactly, and if you had bought it in the green grocer or loosely you would have had no date on it either, so what would you have done in this case?

For some reason iceberg lettuce always has ridiculously close dates on it, like 2 days away and I can be using it 2 weeks later!

Paulyh

if it looks squishy and brown,
dump it down,
if looks crunchy and light,
its cool to bite
:cool::cool::cool:

Man, i am on fire this morning!!!!

Its the afternoon is'nt it.........