Chicken past it’s use by date - yay or nay?

[Ikeasucks]

A whole chicken- Forgot it was in the fridge - dated 9th July but smells absolutely fine. Seems such a waste of a poor chooks life to just go in the bin.

I'm a microbiologist and I'd eat it. I'd obliterate it, none of this juicy nonsense, but I'd eat it.

Also a sniffer. Have you got right down and sniffed the inside of it? I can't believe that a chicken would survive 5 days after its sell-by date.

If you do decide to eat it, against all the advice here, keep the wrapper and label as the ambulance crew may find it helpful.

Sometimes food spoilage isn't apparent. It doesn't always smell bad.

Not for chicken. Definitely not.

I'm a microbiologist and I'd eat it. I'd obliterate it, none of this juicy nonsense, but I'd eat it.

That's the key, cook it long and well, like a curry. No grilling. And only if there's no smell at all. And you're not nose-blind/olfactorally challenged.

Ok, do if I don’t eat it - should i chuck in the field nearby for the foxes?

No.

“Any meat past its Use By date is a definite no. That date is there for a reason, chicken is notorious for having campylobacter. And this is 5 days out of date!

This has Darwin Award written all over it.“

Jesus, some folk have no sense of adventure- i eat meat slightly past the use by date all the time. And eggs? If it doesn’t float or run off down the road clucking, it’s good to go.

Not a chance I'd eat it

That made me LOL OP!
I wouldn't give foxes raw OOD meat.
If you cook it - maybeee!????

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am largely very cavalier about sell-by/use-by dates as I reckon I can work things out myself BUT I absolutely draw the line at chicken. Possibly 1-2 days over if I'm feeling rash but that's pushing it.

Personally I wouldn't leave it for the foxes as it will encourage them to scavenge near you.

No. Use by dates mean don't risk it.

No way, bin it.

I'm pretty lax and I'd eat chicken 1-2 days past UBD if not obviously smelly and off, but not more. I think 5 days is past it, sorry!

Do you know a dog who could eat it? Their tummies can tolerate out of date chicken, you say it smells ok? Or cats maybe?!

Do you know a dog who could eat it? Their tummies can tolerate out of date chicken, you say it smells ok? Or cats maybe?!

Do you know a dog who could eat it? Their tummies can tolerate out of date chicken, you say it smells ok? Or cats maybe?!

@Ikeasucks

A whole chicken- Forgot it was in the fridge - dated 9th July but smells absolutely fine. Seems such a waste of a poor chooks life to just go in the bin.

Nobody who buys/eats chicken actually gives a damn about the "poor chook's life", or they wouldn't have had it bred and killed for them in the first place.

Ugh.