Should I eat it?

[Rangdo]

Ok. So the Mrs has been doing a bit of a tidy-up in the kitchen as all good women do from time to time. During her lady-duties she has come across a Fray Bentos Chicken Curry Pie gathering dust in the depths of a cupboard with a use by date of February 2006

Now I know most of you probably wouldn't even give it a second thought and it would go straight in the bin....

However, due to a combination of:

a) not liking to see food wasted
b) being a bit partial to a curry pie
c) being a lazy bastard as I've got to cook my own dinner tomorrow
d) being a bit tight

I'm seriously considering cooking it for my dinner tomorrow night. It's tinned so I reckon it's good for at least a couple of years past its date.

So what's it to be good people of NSC? Eat it or bin it? What would you do?

And what should I have with it ?

 

[Goodfella]

I'd rather eat a whole bar of 'EX-LAX'

 

[Bozza]

I think you need to judge it on it's merits. So open it and take a sniff. If it seems OK, then go for it...

 

[Gully]

I would say that if the tin looks ok, there are no signs of leakage or rust, then you should be alright.

Eat it!

 

[Billy the Fish]

What they said

 

[beardy gull]

Chicken Curry Pie?? No brainer. Eat it.

 

[surrey jim]

if the tin is intact it should be fine


*dont sue im not an expert tho

 

[Mr deez]

Yeah they always give you a bit of leeway on those dates - 18 months, pah - tuck in.

 

[Woodchip]

Tinned food, especially Fray Bentos, has no room for air, so no bacteria. Theory says you'll be okay.

 

[Marshy]

Bin it you fool you know it makes sense.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Yeah they always give you a bit of leeway on those dates - 18 months, pah - tuck in.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I remember some bloke on telly a while back eating some corned beef tinned during the War...he didnt die, so you are probably OK.

 

[Trigger]

It's curry, surely wasting it is a criminal offence?

 

[Starry]

Eat it!

I used to read a blog about two men in Antarctica or somewhere and they were eating tinned food that was 15 years out of date pretty much all the time.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

OMG clearly you are not a MAN if you are even CONSIDERING not eating a lush fray bentos pie. they are GORGE

 

[maffew]

fill yer boots, fray bentos pies must not be wasted

 

[Uncle C]

So why do you think they put expirey dates on food?

Nowadays there is a demand for less and less additives and preservatives, so food does not last as long in storage.

If you could smell out food poisoning then that would ensure the closure of many testing laboratories.

If you eat it, make sure you leave a note as to what it was you eat, so you can get the appropriate treatment.

Good luck:thud:

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

its tinned! it will be SUPER FINE

 

[Woodchip]

So why do you think they put expirey dates on food?

Because it's a legal requirement.

SPAM cannot go out of date, but requires an expiry date by law.

 

[Lord Cornwallis]

It's got curry in it. If it's rancid you won't taste it anyway. I say live on the edge and go for it. Init.
Not live on the edge of the toilet hopefully.