Can DD eat this macaroni cheese?

[CathyMedici]

Sorry - got to dash out but feed DD (13) first. I have M&S mac cheese in freezer. Use by date 9/07/17 (when chilled) says eat within one month of freezing.

Can I give it to her?

Be kind!

I would. Without a second thought.

Yes x

I would

I would eat it personally, might just not be as yummy as if fresh......im sure lots of people will say otherwise though

So, it's 4 months old? And M&S say eat within 1 month of freezing?

I would. But I eat the things that I dig out from the back that have been there for over 6 months (or longer)

My understanding is that freezing is safe indefinitely but the quality goes downhill?

Absolutely fine eat away

if its frozen it will be fine. Things in the freezer are supposed to keep for ages. Theyre playing it very safe by saying 1 month, its not necessary.

If it looks like it has freezerburn then maybe now, but otherwise I would

Thank you all. I know that better mums than me would have whipped up a fresh one in the time it took to start this thread

Off out now so please don't post macaroni cheese horror stories!!

I'd eat it too. It might not taste quite a s good as it would have done four months ago, but should be perfectly safe

I only chuck stuff out of the freezer when it gets freezer burnt so badly that it's like rubber.

Is it a best before date? It's only quality that suffers and it's not a safety issue

Oh dear - I had to read the op several times before I understood the question

I served dh home made soup with a 2015 label on it yesterday. And used up some raw pastry I made 3 years ago when we had guests at the weekend.

Quite frankly, you could probably find various extinct species in the back of my freezer!

I suppose it would be a use by if it had been chilled before. I wouldn't think twice about eating it as freezing keeps it pretty fresh

I would. We had salmon last night that we found at the bottom of our chest freezer. It had a July date on it, and I know it wasn't this July just gone. I'm couldn't say for sure that it was last July either, but we still ate it, and it was fine !

Noooo-she can't!

But I can

Definitely! There's all sorts in my freezer that I dig out!

It will be fine. Bugs cant breed in ut frozen. I have eaten things from the freezer literally years after being frozen but the longer stuff is in the freezer esoecially dairy cheese/sauce/cream it forms little ice crystals that make it taste not as nice. Harmless but not as tasty.

If I can figure out what an item is (or was) I thaw it, cook it and eat it. Still here and none the worse.

I wouldn't eat or serve it.

I am sure it would be safe, but probably horrid.

Is this a serious question?

I have things in my freezer older than some of my children....

youngest started school this year

I wouldn't give this a second thought, yes I'd eat it. Lots of stuff on my freezer has been in there for years, all gets eaten.

Is this a serious question?

Yes

Home now. DD says the macaroni cheese was "very nice".

Thanks all 😀