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Original poster

to be fuming that after we had all eaten our beef stew lunch MiL announced she's made it on Thursday morning.

169 replies

AAAvegetable · 23/10/2011 16:35

Thanks MiL, what I really need tonight is a bout of food poisoning to hit all of us together.

How rude. I would never serve guests meat that I prepared four days previously.

OP posts:
squeakyfreakytoy · 23/10/2011 17:12

I defrost prawns by putting cold water over them. Never had food poisoning yet. And it is also fine to put prawns straight from frozen into curries and stir fries...

If a prawn is off, it is off. Hot water and cooking will not make it worse or better.

Hardgoing · 23/10/2011 17:19

Three days fine, much more and I wouldn't be first in the queue, tbh. Also, the point of reheating properly is to kill some of the bacteria that have built up (unlikely to be none since Thurs morn), eating lukewarm is just horrible, I'd have eaten it after a good boil.

One thing that does go off if not kept very cold is lentils, I've made a lentil soup and left it out overnight (as not enough room in fridge) thinking it's fine as it's all vegetables and it went off, kind of fermented.

I think you will be fine this time, but I don't think you are odd in wanting people to cook on the day or the day before with meat, I think cooking it days in advance and serving it lukewarm is not a good idea, and with some iffy chicken to start with, really inadvisable.

Pagwatch · 23/10/2011 17:20

Grin at allhailtheaubergine ...

...i made it on thursday suckers...and the dog licked it....

microfight · 23/10/2011 17:24

squeaky
the problem with warm or hot water to defrost means they will start cooking in spots, if they are then left and cooked (again) it can cause severe food poisoning.

thousandDenier · 23/10/2011 17:25

I've got a bit of left-over beef bourguignon in the fridge that I made last Saturday.

That's toooooo old, right? Even if I boil the bejesus out of it?

QueenOfAllBiscuitsandMuffins · 23/10/2011 17:27

My MiL would regard 3 day stew as positively fresh, and she would have probably left it on the hob for that time. Despite some Hmm from me over the years she has never actually given me or the grandchildren food poisoning.

diddl · 23/10/2011 17:31

That would have made me gag.

Seems odd to me also to serve 3day old food.

LeBOOOf · 23/10/2011 17:36

Nah, go for it, thousand. Then report back.

ScarahStratton · 23/10/2011 17:39

Things live in my slow cooker for aaaaaaages. I'm like TheFoosa's MIL, I add to it. [hgrin]

AnyPhantomFucker · 23/10/2011 17:40

does nobody else still eat turkey sandwiches, turkey curry, turkey stir fry etc etc several days after Xmas day ??

Dirtydishesmakemesad · 23/10/2011 17:48

well I am really wierd about how food is kept and i know its not sane but i only keep raw meat in the fridge a max or 48 hours, im really happier if its under 24 (although i will happily freeze it on food delivery day and then defrost it later in the week Confused) once cooked if i absolutley have to then i will eat it next day at lunchtime but would be a bit funny about eating it for the evening. Luckily this rarely happens as we have 6 people in the house so unless i make one hell of alot of food not much gets leftover.

If i found out that i had eaten days old stew i would probably inwardly shudder, i try not to show my freakt food ways in public though.

DooinMeCleanin · 23/10/2011 17:48

Someone cooks you hot meals? Envy

TheBestWitch · 23/10/2011 17:48

YABU OP but I would be too. I'm really squeamish about food esp stuff going off. My in laws do things with food that won't kill anyone but make me retch so I don't really like eating there. Such as trimming a mouldy bit off some cheese then slicing the rest for sarnies or dropping stuff on the floor that people have walked on with their outdoor shoes and still eating it. They will also eat stuff past it's use by whereas I will eat some things after the best before but not meat or dairy or anything.
I also have relatives with disgustingly filthy kitchens and I don't like eating there either. I've never become ill when I have though so that's prob also unreasonable.

LeBOOOf · 23/10/2011 17:49

I could eat a scabby horse right now.

ScarahStratton · 23/10/2011 17:53

YY AF, and it's not killed us yet. I'd draw the line at scabby horses though.

alemci · 23/10/2011 17:54

yuck I wouldn't have fancied it much either. why did it have to be prepared so far in advance.

fine if it was frozen but not just in the fridge.

YANBU

MardyArsedMidlander · 23/10/2011 17:57

I always thought that my grandmother was the Queen of Pointing Out Bad Manners- but I really don't get what's 'rude' about serving guests food that has been cooked previously. If it's been stored properly- what's the difference?

I mean, when you go to restaurants do you really think that every main course is cooked from scratch the minute you order it?

I remember Xmas- when the cooked turkey was kept in the pantry for days with just a tea towel over it....

AnyPhantomFucker · 23/10/2011 17:57

my mate has a lovely expression when she is hungry

"I could eat a scabby donkey's dick"

it kinda puts you off, if you were hungry yourself Smile

ScarahStratton · 23/10/2011 17:58

But it matures in the fridge. Like chilli, and curry. Bolognese is better left in the fridge a week couple of days too. Lets the flavours blend and mature.

diddl · 23/10/2011 17:59

Do we know if it was stored properly?

(Do we want to?)

Feminine · 23/10/2011 18:00

Something that really Shock me when I moved to the US , was the way nearly everyone cooks beef, chicken etc...from frozen.

Make sure you just cook it long enough apparently?

Nobody is ever sick.

ObviouslyOblivious · 23/10/2011 18:04

I'm more interested in this desert you mentioned earlier. What was it, Gobi? Sahara? Mohave?

cece · 23/10/2011 18:14

I was brought up on meat that was a day or two old - and my mum hardly every puts it in the fridge. Infact she usually puts it in the microwave. Hmm (to stop the cat getting at it).

I am still here so can't be too bad.

DontGoCurly · 23/10/2011 18:34

I want stew [henvy]

eurochick · 23/10/2011 18:35

I was brought up in a household that was very thorough (fussy?) about food preparation. I got lots of stomach upsets. I couldn't go south of dover without getting the squits. I developed IBS eventually.

As my husband does the cooking in our household, I am subjected to his less fussy mode of food prep (which would include things like reheating stew after a few days). I rarely get ill and even managed one careful holiday in Egypt (where everyone seems to get ill) without ending up trapped in the loo. Being too clean is as bad as being too casual about food hygiene in my opinion.