To ask how far out of date would you eat.....

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A carrot

A potato

An egg

I eat loads of things past the date but never eggs I really didn’t know you could. Must be the Edwina Curry effect 🙄

A carrot

Doesn't have dates - pull it from the ground, store it, last a couple of months and are edible until they start to rot

A potato
Same - pull them from the ground, store in bags in shed, normally only just turning bad by the time next years are coming out the ground

So whenever - as long as they are not green or mushy
An egg

Again don't check dates - doesn't float completely? Eat it

No idea! Don't look at dates on any of those! Eggs I'd be the most conscious of but they don't last long in our house!

This is good to know. The carrots and potatoes I but in packs with a date on but wasn't sure whether I should really take notice of them.

Eggs I asked as I don't mind out of date eggs but wasn't sure if I was the only one. Clearly not!

The egg hmmm maybe a 4/5 days maybe more if I was desperate. Veg I eats weeks past so long as it hasn't gone bad.

I hardly buy anything with a date printed (almost everything is bought loose). Somehow I seem to avoid poisoning myself and waste hardly anything - I had to compost a mouldy end slice of bread today, that's very unusual.

My mum gave my children egg mayonnaise sandwich about 20 years ago …eggs out of date by six weeks….they are all fine functioning adults !

This thread's reminded me of a 5 minutes craft I saw the other day. According to them, burying bendy carrots into a box full of mud revives them. Seems a lot of trouble though.

@GeidiPrimes

This thread's reminded me of a 5 minutes craft I saw the other day. According to them, burying bendy carrots into a box full of mud revives them. Seems a lot of trouble though.

A bowl of water does the same thing

I'm another one who just probs veg. And do the egg test as well. Tbh I'm very lax with dates apart from fish.

When we were in lockdown I ate eggs that were 3 months out of date. They weren't as pleasant to eat as fresh eggs but they were perfectly fine. There was only one that went rotten.

I judge based on how they feel, they can last weeks past the display until date.
Eggs I do the water test and they can be fine for about 5/6 weeks from purchase, we get ours from farm shop so no dates on them.

@raviolo

Eggs come from our chickens so no date- the date is bbe anyway not use by. I can't believe people would bin them

How inconsiderate if your hens not to date their eggs on the 'way out'. Have a word!!

Do give old eggs to the dog, my son did as I said 1 is great for their coat....
Once they've been processed by the dog the smell is worse than a rotten egg or several million rotten eggs 🤣

Potatoes and carrots keep for months after the BBE on the bag! As long as they haven’t become liquid, they’re all good. Even a bit soft they are alright in mash, stews, soups etc.

Eggs we get from our chickens usually. I’d use them unless they smelt bad.

Potatoes and carrots i wouldn't even think to check. If they're not wrinkly and sprouting, they're good to go.

Eggs I would float them in water. If they were more than two weeks or so I might just chuck them anyway but they rarely last that long.

Veg is ok to eat at any date unless it's going mouldy. Eggs, dairy and meat I adhere to the use by dates just in case.

If it attacks me when I open the fridge or is furry and growling, it's probably gone off.

If it looks ok, it probably is. Especially if the fridge is a decent one.

A bowl of water does the same thing

That's a great tip, that I got from here a few months back. I mentioned I was fed up of making soup that I didn't really want to make use of a couple of slightly bendy carrots and someone posted that tip. I now put carrots in a plastic tub in water in the fridge and it revives them in a day or two.

Please don't tell me that anyone takes any notice of dates on fruit and veg?

With vegetables I never look at the dates. If they still seem fresh, I'll eat them. I usually throw eegs out if they exceed the date, but that never happens. I eat too many of them.

I've never noticed dates on carrots or potatoes, which I usually buy loose anyway.

Eggs, if they're very out of date I'll do the float test otherwise if it's just a few day I'll use them without testing.

Loose veg don't have dates. I use my common sense. I used to use eggs way past their date but came a cropper. Now wouldn't use them more than five days or a week over.