To eat something that goes off today?

[rocketmen]

They're fresh (fridge) roast potatoes. Reduced, but their use by date is the 10th.

I get sick easily and I'm paranoid about food!

Dates mean nothing. Go by smell, taste, texture of food. You'll be fine.

I have stilton with used by date 12.02.20 in a fridge
It's soooooooooooo tasty

I’m eating beef meatballs that are two days out of date tonight. If they smell funny I’ll think twice of course but I’m assuming they’ll be fine.

Last nights chicken was one day out of date too. Smelt ok and wasn’t slimy

I bought a bag of potatoes from a farm last week, how do you suggest I know whether I can eat them or not OP as they don't come with any dates on?

I have to agree with so many of the posts on here, we are raising generations of people who have lost the ability to use their eyes and noses. Stay up one night and watch the food that goes over date at midnight - do you think anything magical will happen?

Dates are guidelines. Remember that the shops and manufacturers want to, and rightfully so, to cover their arses.
So the date isn't the longest it will last, it's actually the shortest they can get away with tbh.if things are properly stored, they last much longer.

If you are nervous about food, make sure you doing food hygiene right and your fridge is cold enough. I had a crappy fridge in one rental and everything has gone off quickly. 4 degrees is the magic number.

It's fine. Even if they were out of date they wouldnt necessarily be "gone off". They're just veg so wouldnt really do you any harm.

YABU for posting something obviously ok in AIBU then dripfeeding something very relevant when you don't like the answers you get.

not obviously okay to me though? Also I have no idea what dripfeeding is. I don't use this site very often.

I have to agree with so many of the posts on here, we are raising generations of people who have lost the ability to use their eyes and noses. Stay up one night and watch the food that goes over date at midnight - do you think anything magical will happen?

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I'm personally of the opinion that the dates are there for a reason and there's obviously something gone into figuring out when things go off. Obviously I can use my nose/eyes, but I don't really trust them - fish smells off to me even when it's fine and I'm a lover of fish. A lot of food has a bad smell instantly on opening that fades, but if I smell that, I don't trust it and would rather err on the side of caution than spend the night ill. I don't know what else to tell you.

I'm personally of the opinion that the dates are there for a reason

They are indeed. So people couldn't sue them after eating month old pork mince. Nothing is really for consumers. It's safety for companies.

My question was a genuine one, what magical property could any food have that it knows when the calendar ticks from one day to the next and instantly becomes inedible?

Suppose I had an apple tree and gave you a bag of apples would you not eat them because they don't come with a date? What if you come to my house and I've made a cake, would you eat that (assume I have excellent food hygiene this is about sell by dates)?

If you had posted that you had an eating disorder and you weren't sure if you were being irrational because of the eating disorder then you would have got different replies.

You then got arsey and called people rude for not being mind readers.

It's still the 10th until midnight, so if you start eating them no later than 11.50pm or 11.58 if you snarf it down you should be fine OP.

I ate fresh chips (side from meal deal we didn't use at the time) yesterday that were five days out of date. I'd only really pay attention to dates for fish and chicken, everything else is appearance and smell. Potatoes will be fine.

You then got arsey and called people rude for not being mind readers.

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No, I think it's rude to get snappy at somebody for asking a genuine question and getting sarky at them for being concerned about something. When is it ever necessary if the question is harmless?

Suppose I had an apple tree and gave you a bag of apples would you not eat them because they don't come with a date? What if you come to my house and I've made a cake, would you eat that (assume I have excellent food hygiene this is about sell by dates)?

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I would eat apples (if I could, I can't eat them in actuality) if I could cut them open first and check for any internal rot. As for cake, I probably wouldn't eat it unless you had proof you made it that day.

I do tell people not to cook/bake for me though and everybody in my circle knows not to because I probably won't eat food somebody else made! I have really particular food allergies and I don't expect anybody but me to make the effort to make me food while avoiding using things that stuff I can't have has touched.

You clearly have some severe food related issue, tbh your mistake was to post in AIBU and not give all the relevant information. What use are the views of people without any anxieties, you're going to ignore them anyway?

I'm personally of the opinion that the dates are there for a reason and there's obviously something gone into figuring out when things go off.

Profit usually. They put best before dates on water, cheese, wine, honey etc.

As for cake, I probably wouldn't eat it unless you had proof you made it that day.

Are you speaking to someone about your health anxiety because that's a bit extreme (I mean that with good will - not being snidey. I understand anxiety issues can make you think differently).

Are you speaking to someone about your health anxiety because that's a bit extreme (I mean that with good will - not being snidey. I understand anxiety issues can make you think differently).

There's not really much anybody can do when it's a gastro issue tbh.

You clearly have some severe food related issue, tbh your mistake was to post in AIBU and not give all the relevant information. What use are the views of people without any anxieties, you're going to ignore them anyway?

I didn't ignore them? I had half of them, but I wasn't hungry enough to finish them. Also, I wasn't really aware I needed to tell strangers intimate information about myself in order to not get rude answers :/

Homemade cake is always nicer the next day after it's rested.

True that.

I’ve eaten foods including dairy products that are a month out of date and they’ve never made me sick so I’d say just eat it as I can’t see it doing you any harm

If they were dated that day they’d still be on the shelf in the shop, albeit reduced but they’d still legally be safe to sell them.. so fine too eat.

Some dates are there for a reason, but again that’s common sense.. fresh cream could turn so obviously a date on that I’d follow.

And then there’s the utterly ludicrous dates.. thank god we found that 500 year old Himalayan salt before it went off next Wednesday!

Yes eating disorders and gastro issues can cloud the waters with some logic but if it’d still be on sale it’d still be fine. We just need dates to stop idiots eating month old prawns.. same with storage instructions.

I really wish more people would educate themselves about dates.