Are we going to die?

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Over dramatic title.

My husband is an idiot. On Monday I realised 2 packs of diced pork had gone off before being used. Bin day is not until Friday so I discussed the best way to dispose of them, he suggested leaving them in the fridge until bin day so they didn't stink out the bins. I had new pork arriving Tuesday so clearly told him the old stuff was on the bottom left.

This evening I was out at a college open evening, and he cooked pork kebabs. Predictably, he used the old pork, and this did not come out until we had finished eating. I once again mention it was HIS suggestion to leave it in the fridge 🙄

The bloody stuff went off 8 days ago. 8. We all ate 2/3 kebabs of it, so probably 8-10 pork chunks each.

We have 2 toilets and there are 4 of us who ate it. Are we going to have to do bathroom lottery tonight? Will we be dead by morning? Shall I offer hubby as a sacrifice if the rest of us can avoid illness?

Had it actually gone off 8 days ago? It would have stunk by now surely?

Surely it would have smelled and looked off when Cooked?

You would have known if was off surely? The fact not one of you noticed would suggest it was actually fine despite the date.

It didn’t go off 8 days ago. It passed its date. That’s quite different.

let this be the lesson that use by dates are a farce, and sight smell and taste are more important.

if you managed to eat almost all of it with no detectable issues, then chances are you will both be fine

Get buckets just in case it comes up rather than goes down?

Years ago we bought meat, bacon & pork chops from the butcher when we had no idea how long it had been on sale for. If it smelt ok I shouldn't worry too much. Most of the time it's a guideline. Try not to worry too much, good luck! 🤞

Oh god, I'd be panicked by this too OP. Hopefully you're ok! In future put them straight into the outside bin to dispose of them?

probably fine, he’d of noticed if it was actually off

Wouldn't you have noticed immediately if you were eating rancid pork? How did you decide it was off eight days ago, were there visible changes or was it just past its date?

Rotten meat would look, smell and taste awful!

There's no hope: plug yer arses and pray.

Nah, you'll probably be fine. Nobody noticed funny colours or smells so I wouldn't worry.

Besides the point but do you not put rubbish in the outdoor bin?

Yes, the use by date was 8 days ago. I don't know if it smelt ok when he opened the packet but he did say when he realised he thought it'd smelled a bit weird.

However none of us picked up on anything being wrong while eating so hopefully you're all right and it's was fine!

No we have a food bin as black bags are only 3 weekly. The food bin can only take food and no packaging, so it would have been fairly grim after sitting in it for several days. We have had bin maggots before and I do not wish for a repeat!

I check everything by sight and smell regardless of what the date on it is.

Surely everyone does this?

He 100% would have known if it had gone off. You’ll be fine.

Oh nooo. Fingers crossed your stomach acid wins the battle!! I'd imagine you'll know pretty quickly if you're going to have a rough time of it.

Might be worth taking a bucket to bed just in case...

It would smell terribly and even worse when cooking. No one could miss that.

Well that's totally different, you said it went off 8 days ago, it didn't did it. Just past the ridiculous arbitrary date that should be ignored generally. Common sense prevails surely?

Wouldn't it have absolutely reeked?? You might be okay..

Not sure why you couldn't just put in your wheelie bin in a black bag though....

I think that if it was off then he would have known as it would have smelled really bad when it was opened. Hopefully you'll be okay and it was completely cooked through.

You probably would have known before and during cooking.

But saying that, I walked into husband blissfully cooking clearly off chicken once. I nearly chucked. How he didn't notice I don't know. He shoves random meat under my nose now.

In future, I’d def. put any meat that’s gone off* in the freezer until the night before the bin men come.

*Sounds as if yours was fine, though. It would surely have smelt horrible if it had gone off.

You won't die I don't think. I ate a joint of pork that was a week out of date. Unknowingly as I had bought it from Asda that same day. Me and DP had the sh*ts and were being sick a couple of hours after we ate it. It djdnt smell or taste funny. The wrapper was in the top of the bin still so I picked it out and it was in fact out of date.

Probably best to buy a roll of compostable bags to put especially manky food in the food bin. You can tie the corners.

Our food bins are collected weekly fortunately.