I have the most stupid DH on MN

[magicstar1]

DH cooked dinner tonight and had some sausages on his plate along with dinner. I commented on how strong they smelled and asked where he got them. He laughed and said “from the bin”.
Last night I was checking the fridge and at the back found a pack of leek sausages dated April 1st...the pack had swelled right up and bubbles were oozing out the side, so I threw them out. These are what he’s just eaten!
Now he burping away and I can’t believe he’s that thick!
AIBU to make him sleep with a bucket tonight

There used to be a number you could ring with food hygiene queries - I used it a couple of times.

I knew he d be ok. rancid meat absolutely stinks and clearly these things were ok, as i said earlier there little actual meat in these things & heaps of salt to preserve what is in there.

Personally, i have doubts about some folk apparently having a cast iron stomach etc etc Botulism/Salmonella will harm you what ever.

Hahaha he just ran in from the shed into the toilet. I shouted in “Is it starting? They said it could be 48 hours!” “Nah....it’s just a wee”

Oh god my heart was in my mouth there for a sec!

Yum or Vom 😂😂😂

jasjas1973 to be legally called a sausage it must contain at least 42% meat and I’m sure OP buys better quality sausages than value ones 😉

magicstar1 I’m still waiting to hear what brand of sausages they were 😂

@Weedsnseeds1 Please do a blog or a podcast or something, you;re really interesting and you've made the subject easy to understand

Babyno5, they were pork and leek sausages from Lidl. We’re in Ireland so they’re a brand you wouldn’t have in the UK....I can’t remember the exact name

magicstar1 not one of ours I’m afraid but clearly a damn good sausage your husband wasn’t going to miss out on 😂😂

Spoilage bacteria make food smell.
Rancidity is technically a breakdown of fat, creating compounds which have unpleasant smells.
Neither of these are actually harmful. You don't eat them because they smell and taste unpleasant.
Pathogens, viruses and toxins don't have a smell. This is why people get food poisoning - if it smelt dreadful, you wouldn't eat it ( with the one notable exception, without whom this thread wouldn't exist...) but the whole "give it a sniff and that'll tell you if you will get food poisoning" is a myth.
There's a reason laboratories, micro-modelling, shelf life testing etc. are used before a product is launched. If manufacturers could just have a "sniff panel" it would save them a fortune.

Thank you weeds for the fsa info.

My cousin once grabbed a box of breaded chicken from the chilled meat cabinet and ate then on a train. Halfway through he read the side of the packet which said "Cook at 180 degrees for 25 minutes." He was eating raw chicken nuggets. I don't know how he didn't die.

I know a guy who ended up temporarily paralysed from eating bad sausages. So dangerous.

Well I have to admit I was disappointed having read the title that this wasn't a competitive thread about whose DH had done the most stupid thing had my list ready to enter the competition

However @Weeds you have made this thread awesome!

Yes chicken nuggets are already cooked, the instructions are really a re-heat to make the coating crispy and because they taste nicer hot.

Just remembered a really interesting one, for you food poisoning aficionados.
Ciguatera poisoning!
It's something you get from certain reef fish ( not species you are likely to eat regularly in UK).
It's caused by a protozoa.
Very strange symptoms, hallucinations and the like. But the interesting bit ( to me, anyway) is that if someone has it, it can be sexually transmitted to their partners, how weird is that?

woah... That's genuinely fascinating weeds

I am learning so much on this thread!

VanillaSugar How the fuck did he not know they were raw? Could he not feel how much he would have had to bite? I’m very funny with chicken etc and cannot eat it unless it’s on the drier side as I panic lol

Also thinking they would have been cooked. You can’t not know that chicken is raw when you bite into it.

Weeds last post...and that, folks, is definitely international internet factoid of the year for me, it's got everything; exotic location, dangerous illness, hallucinations, and sex. It could be an Agatha Christie. Weedsnseeds you're gold!

Dh is constantly amazed at the good I eat and how I've never given myself food poisoning. I lies enough rice out all night then eat it the next day. I leave things waaaay past when they should be eaten.

He caught me eating 'slimy' ham the other and lost it. He's taken to going through the fridge every couple of days to throw stuff out.

I just can't throw food away. I'd rather chance it and get sick. The same with finishing food on my plate. I just can't leave any.

Although I was got horrific food poisoning from Jerk City in central London. Turns out they'd been keeping a huge pot of rice out in the kitchen all day and slightly re-heating. It was also uncovered pretty near the toilets.

I honestly thought I was going to die.

yes them chicken pieces are already cooked wouldnt have been raw just cold

But blueduvet, if you chance it and get sick then the food is getting wasted anyway! And it’s an extremely unpleasant for you. Can you actually enjoy slimy ham? Surely you consider yourself more worthy than a rubbish bin? Why treat yourself like one?

@weedsneeds1 Thank you for your previous answers!! We were always brought up to be very careful with food, maybe over careful, so sometimes I'm never sure if I'm worrying over nothing. I can't bear mussels anyway, salty, slimy bastards, but had always wondered if scallops etc were safe or if there was still an inherent risk.
It's interesting you mention the ciguatera poisoning as one of my friends used to live somewhere where those types of fish were eaten, and he thought I was crackers for refusing to eat it. But he was subsequently very ill after eating fish one time. The doctor told him it was an allergic reaction and he had developed a fish allergy (I think he subsequently felt ill after eating fish again) but I always wondered if in fact he had that poisoning, because apparently the symptoms can recur when you eat fish again!! Had NO IDEA it could be sexually transmitted though; fortunately he really is just a friend!!!!! Is that only during the outbreak or subsequently?
I totally echo the thoughts of other posters on here that you should have a podcast. I think most people's knowledge of food hygiene is genuinely shocking. I used to work in an office and once remember everyone thinking I was a complete freak because I thought it was dangerous for my colleague to leave cooked food out on the hob for 24 HOURS and then eat it.