Aibu out of date chicken

[bellalou1234]

Hi, currently Isolating..one more day to do. Aibu to cook 1 day out of date chicken well and make a curry or bin it and starve. Well not starve 🙈. Will I get food poising?

I wouldn't - supermarket chickens have a pretty long date when they hit the shelves so I hate to think how long it's been sitting about. The bacteria can be growing before the smell and texture is obvious. I often find packs of chicken blown before the actual use by date too. You're a day away from freedom - I wouldn't risk that personally 😆

I'm a microbiologist and I wouldn't think twice before eating it!

Do the sniff test. One day should be ok bit the smell will tell you

Dates are mainly so you can't sue them😁*
Apparently red meat has way too conservative dates and it leads to massive waste*

Chicken isn't red meat though. You can eat red meat rare, not advisable with chicken. Different rules and advice applies

I'm a microbiologist and I'd definitely eat it is it looked, felt and smelled fine. Most people get food poisoning from eating food that's been cross contaminated with raw food (ie used a knife on raw chicken, then cut your sandwich with it), or food not cooked properly, or stored properly after cooking.

Pretty much all raw chicken will be covered with campylobacter, but its pretty easily killed as long as its cooked properly.

@rantymcrantface66

Dates are mainly so you can't sue them😁* Apparently red meat has way too conservative dates and it leads to massive waste*

Chicken isn't red meat though. You can eat red meat rare, not advisable with chicken. Different rules and advice applies

I know. Sorry taht was just a fun fact

You can tell immediately if chicken is off, use your senses you’ll know straight away if it’s not ok to eat.

If you’d bought it from the butchers there would be no date on it, it’s a good skill to learn to be able to judge whether food is ok without basing everything on a printed date.

I remember in the olden days when food didn’t have dates and you had to use your senses. No wonder rates of food poisoning were much higher then

I’ve opened plenty packs of chicken well in date and they have been stinking and packs of chicken a day out and it’s been really fresh looking, feeling and smelling.

Let us know if you survive @bellalou1234

Thanks everyone..my dp is cooking it soon, although my paranoid thinking is thinking its now nearly two days.. I'll check back in and let eveyone know if I make it 🙈🤣

Good luck, I'd be going veggie tonight!

I wouldn’t with chicken. You can’t smell or taste lots of things which would make you ill