How 'food safe' are YOU?

barry181091 · 23-07-2012 05:54PM #1

Hey guys,

Just thought of this thread after taking out my Tesco finest lasagne that I bought yesterday in the reduced section in Tesco. Noticed that there was a small amount of green mould on the cheese that was sprinkled on it, so like any great student, scraped it off and it is now in the oven

My thinking is the oven will surely sterilise it

So how safe with food are you? Do you care about best before dates? Ever poisoned from your lax attitude or do you respect all dates you see

?

CodyJarrett · 23-07-2012 05:56PM

I don't even obey the five second rule.

brummytom · 23-07-2012 05:57PM

Depends what it is.

Milk past use by = chuck it.
Meat past use by - smell it.

Culleeo · 23-07-2012 05:59PM

Best before dates don't bother me, I would still eat it if it wasn't too far gone.

I wouldn't touch anything that has gone past the 'use by' date.

AnnieUncanny · 23-07-2012 06:01PM

Not as safe as I should, I try not to look at the date as much as the look of the food.

But with dairies when the become to lump that's just a no-no.

downwithpeace · 23-07-2012 06:03PM

Generally I'm flexible on sell by and best before but use by or anything that smells or looks bad then it's gone.

Boombastic · 23-07-2012 06:03PM

' Best before' dates are nonsense

'Use by dates' are the important ones

juan.kerr · 23-07-2012 06:03PM

I used to be much stricter with best before dates on all foodstuffs, now I'm more flexible. If it seems edible and tastes okay I'll go for it.

Not with meat / chicken though.
Would cut the 6 sides off a lump of cheese if it had mould on it.
Previously if a packet of crisps wasn't sealed I'd chuck them, would eat them now though if they don't taske stale.

Plus I'm more likely to contact the manufacturer if something still in date has mould.

eirator · 23-07-2012 06:04PM

If it looks OK and smells OK then its good enough to eat, sell by dates in most cases give you quite leeway.

barry181091 · 23-07-2012 06:04PM

Meh, this lasagne is 'Use By' yesterday but I dont see it as raw meant and the 190C for 40 mins should kill anything

Boombastic · 23-07-2012 06:07PM

barry181091 wrote: »

Meh, this lasagne is 'Use By' yesterday but I dont see it as raw meant and the 190C for 40 mins should kill anything

You'll be grand - you're right the temp/time in the oven will kill all

Get it in to ya!!

csi vegas · 23-07-2012 06:07PM

Lettuce usually goes rank before its best before and I wouldn't dream of eating meat that's one day past its date. Usually producers/sellers are a little abmitious when it comes to dates.

Remember kids, there are: Best Before, Use By and Display Until.
They are all meant for different intentions, doesn't take Einstein to figure them out.

One thing I do not under any circumstances trust though is Tesco's meat. Any of it.

mikom · 23-07-2012 06:11PM

I always rubber up before fucking a pie.

juan.kerr · 23-07-2012 06:13PM

mikom wrote: »

I always rubber up before fucking a pie.

Proud of you. It's a step up from necrophilia.

username123 · 23-07-2012 06:19PM

Under normal circumstances my immune system can handle a small amount of nasties in food, so I dont worry too much about it. Any time Ive ever been assaulted by serious food poisoning/gastroenteritis there was no obvious cause anyway!

Generally I trust my sense of smell, although the day my husband called out to me in the kitchen from the bedroom to say that the rashers I was cooking smelled like feet I may have had a cold or something.......

girl in the striped socks · 23-07-2012 06:25PM

Op I vomited a little in my mouth after reading your post.

There isn't a hope I would even consider buying food from the reduced price shelf. I can honestly say I wouldn't give it to the dog.
I try to buy meat, fish, veg & fruit as fresh as I can get it. I wouldn't be able to eat something even a day away from its use by/best before date.

Zab · 23-07-2012 06:25PM

csi vegas wrote: »

Lettuce usually goes rank before its best before and I wouldn't dream of eating meat that's one day past its date. Usually producers/sellers are a little abmitious when it comes to dates.

Not eating meat that's one day past its date is pretty silly in my opinion. I also disagree that producers are generally ambitious when it comes to dates, I think it's the exact opposite. For the vast majority of things I really just decide whether I want to eat it or not. I have no wish to eat rotten meat, but I don't care what date has been slapped on it.

barry181091 · 23-07-2012 06:44PM

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Op I vomited a little in my mouth after reading your post.

There isn't a hope I would even consider buying food from the reduced price shelf. I can honestly say I wouldn't give it to the dog.
I try to buy meat, fish, veg & fruit as fresh as I can get it. I wouldn't be able to eat something even a day away from its use by/best before date.

Eating said lasagne now. It really is nommy, has a certain 'something'! Perhaps its the bacteria from the mould improving the taste

Rhand · 23-07-2012 06:53PM

I hope the people who "scrape of the mold" realise that it's not only that area affected, but the whole piece and the mold is just a way of showing the whole piece is affected.
So if your food has a bit of mold on it, there's not a single reason to scrape it off if you're gonna eat it afterwards. Except aesthetics maybe.

barry181091 · 23-07-2012 06:56PM

Rhand wrote: »

I hope the people who "scrape of the mold" realise that it's not only that area affected, but the whole piece and the mold is just a way of showing the whole piece is affected.
So if your food has a bit of mold on it, there's not a single reason to scrape it off if you're gonna eat it afterwards. Except aesthetics maybe.

Piece of mind :P I will post again in a few hours if I feel sick :rolleyes:

23-07-2012 07:03PM

I trust my senses to tell if something's off or not.

I've no problem eating stuff that's off but still edible, like stale biscuits, for example. If something seems fine I'll eat it after the use by, excluding:
-seafood
-dairy (I let cheese go a bit further though, and I've been known to cut off cheese mould)

As for best befores, I'd totally ignore them.

Rhand · 23-07-2012 07:05PM

barry181091 wrote: »

Piece of mind :P I will post again in a few hours if I feel sick :rolleyes:

I'm not saying you'll get sick, I'm just saying there's no real point in scraping of the mold because if there's mold on it, it means the whole piece has been affected anyway.

I don't believe eating an affected piece will make you instantly sick, if you have a bit of an immune system. You'll be fine, I have no doubt.

Riddle101 · 23-07-2012 07:09PM

I'm very particular with my food. If it's gone off or past is expiration date, then I throw it away. But i'm really safe with food nonetheless. Although last week a tissue fell onto my pizza, that was pretty damp and I still ate the pizza even though there could have been anything in the tissue like snot or something. But yeah i'm pretty safe I am nonetheless.

First world problems

Johnny Bitte · 23-07-2012 07:10PM

Got really bad food poisoning when I was a kid had a cheese and onion crisp sandwich and then an under cooked burger.

Puked pure green for 8 seconds straight, ****ing exorcist **** going on.

Took a decade and a half but I can finally eat cheese and onion crips again.

dub_skav · 23-07-2012 07:13PM

I find it funny people saying they only eat fresh meat, or that they would never eat meat after best before.
Meat doesn't come straight from the slaughter house, in fact the best beef for example can be hung for up to a month or more
Dates on food are protection against a litigious society, trust your own good sense

girl in the striped socks · 23-07-2012 07:14PM

barry181091 wrote: »

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Op I vomited a little in my mouth after reading your post.

There isn't a hope I would even consider buying food from the reduced price shelf. I can honestly say I wouldn't give it to the dog.
I try to buy meat, fish, veg & fruit as fresh as I can get it. I wouldn't be able to eat something even a day away from its use by/best before date.

Eating said lasagne now. It really is nommy, has a certain 'something'! Perhaps its the bacteria from the mould improving the taste

Reading this thread is putting me off eating my dinner. That's how weird I am about food.

dub_skav · 23-07-2012 07:15PM

Johnny Bitte wrote: »

Got really bad food poisoning when I was a kid had a cheese and onion crisp sandwich and then an under cooked burger.

Puked pure green for 8 seconds straight, ****ing exorcist **** going on.

Took a decade and a half but I can finally eat cheese and onion crips again.

I hope it didn't put you off under cooked burgers, just the crisps

adamski8 · 23-07-2012 07:15PM

barry181091 wrote: »

Eating said lasagne now. It really is nommy, has a certain 'something'! Perhaps its the bacteria from the mould improving the taste

your a fool to think you wont get sick simply because you cooked it through!!!!!
if bacteria has had a time to grow enough (past use by date as a general rule) they can produce heat resistant spores that can survive trough the cooking process. Now when they enter your body in sufficient quantities (more of them the older the meat) they have the perfect temperature to proliferate and make you extremely sick. Always a slight chance you can get food poisoning and you increase it greatly by eating older meat! Enjoy your lasagne!

23-07-2012 07:19PM

adamski8 wrote: »

your a fool to think you wont get sick simply because you cooked it through!!!!!
if bacteria has had a time to grow enough (past use by date as a general rule) they can produce heat resistant spores that can survive trough the cooking process. Now when they enter your body in sufficient quantities (more of them the older the meat) they have the perfect temperature to proliferate and make you extremely sick. Always a slight chance you can get food poisoning and you increase it greatly by eating older meat! Enjoy your lasagne!

I always say: If it manages to kill me after everything I've put it through, it's deserves to get what it wants!

Boombastic · 23-07-2012 07:21PM

adamski8 wrote: »

your a fool to think you wont get sick simply because you cooked it through!!!!!
if bacteria has had a time to grow enough (past use by date as a general rule) they can produce heat resistant spores that can survive trough the cooking process. Now when they enter your body in sufficient quantities (more of them the older the meat) they have the perfect temperature to proliferate and make you extremely sick. Always a slight chance you can get food poisoning and you increase it greatly by eating older meat! Enjoy your lasagne!

Heat resistant spores only get time to multiply if the food is held hot for an extensive period of time. If the food is cooked properly and eaten straight from the oven, they will not have sufficient time

the keen edge · 23-07-2012 07:24PM

My auld fellla is like some kind of human dustbin. Use by and best before dates mean absolutely nothing to him as long as food smells ok he'll eat it.

There about a month ago in the drinks cabinet he found four long forgotten about cans of Guinness that were over two years past their use by/best before date. Anyway he drank them, didn't do him a bit of harm, and he's still rattling around the house talk shite doing my head in as per usual.

And no he isn't a desperate alco who'd drink anything he'd get is hands on for a buzz.

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