To feed my family this?

[loopyluna]

Just discovered that the beef in my fridge was best before yesterday. If I make a stew then put it in a tub in the fridge, do you reckon it'll be ok to feed the family tomorrow evening? The beef looked and smelled fine to me...

Yes

Oh no I mean

I mean feed them it.

Of course it'll be fine

We were given noses before best before dates.

If hasn't got a grey tinge or a funny smell then go for it.

Yes, beef lasts for ages.

I'd use it. I'm not a meat rinser usually but if I'm ever unsure then I give it a quick wash for peace of mind. Sure it'll be fine once thoroughly cooked.

lol @ bronze for the concise and direct advice

It's putting it in aibu wot confused me

Er, no. Best before yesterday and you want to feed it to them tomorrow?
I wouldn't personally. Not worth the risk.

How will washing it help, other than if there is anything on it, to splash it all over your kitchen making for fare more likelihood of illness?

I'd cook it and eat it today. Provided it smells OK. I'd not cook it and keep it hanging around in the fridge until tomorrow.

and to answer the question, of course I would use it. Use by dates are arbitrary and fairly meaningless, use your eyes and nose instead. The amount of perfectly good food thrown out by people who are slaves to dates printed on packets is obscene.

and to answer the question, of course I would use it. Use by dates are arbitrary and fairly meaningless, use your eyes and nose instead. The amount of perfectly good food thrown out by people who are slaves to dates printed on packets is obscene.

and to answer the question, of course I would use it. Use by dates are arbitrary and fairly meaningless, use your eyes and nose instead. The amount of perfectly good food thrown out by people who are slaves to dates printed on packets is obscene.

and to answer the question, of course I would use it. Use by dates are arbitrary and fairly meaningless, use your eyes and nose instead. The amount of perfectly good food thrown out by people who are slaves to dates printed on packets is obscene.

fuck

If it looks and smells normal then it should be fine, it's only 2 days over the use by date.

Sorry. I thought I'd get a quick response here and it could ve construed as unreasonable to feed my kids on out of date meat.
Or unreasonable to throw away food.

Vess, I'd be cooking it today so only one day out really...

Or maybe we should eat it this evening (usually it's pizza night on Tuesday as dds have gymnastics straight from school til 9pm.)

I wouldn't personally, but then I am super paranoid about stuff like that. Everyone else is probably being much more sensible.

What the would people who wouldn't do about meat from the butcher. That doesn't come with a date

That's when slow cookers come in handy :) But personally I wouldn't but don't listen to me as I am fussy about use by dates

I'd cook it and eat a month week after it's best before if it looked and smelled ok. We ain't dead yet.

Chicken, I wouldn't.
But beef - if it smells and looks fine, I'd go for it. :)

It's supermarket beef probably only hung for 14 days at best. If you had bought it from a butcher it probably would have been hung for at least 28 days. By my reckoning it will still be good for around 7 days after best before date.