Steak 2 days past best before date - would you???

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Would you eat steak that’s 2 days past its best before date??? Looks ok in packaging, yet to smell.

Almost certainly. Especially if it's that shrink wrap stuff

Unless it smelled badly yes, I would. Possibly just cook a bit more thoroughly.

No but I eat mine rare. I’d eat if it smelled ok and was well done.

'Best before' is not 'eat by', especially if it's been properly kept (e.g. in a fridge).

Best before ≠ use by.

Yeah, as long as it smelt ok

If you buy meat from the butchers there is no ‘best before’ - how does it look/smell? That’s a much better way to judge meat than the date that’s stamped on it.

I wouldn't but I've got a sensitive stomach. I would feed my DP it and most of my family would be able to eat it.

Yes I would - if it smelled ok

Yes I would if it passed a smell test.

I think OP means ‘use by’, they won’t have put a ‘best before’ date on meat.

(If it looks and smells fine it’s probably ok.)

Depends on how it looks and smells. If
both fine, yes I would.

Definitely. I'd never waste steak.

No. It'll be a use by and I wouldn't risk it. I'd be annoyed at the waste though.

I would definitely eat it.
Not mince, but steak for sure.

I was just going to say this, people use the terms interchangeably.

On a piece of meat its going to be a use by date, not a best before date

My OH calls all these dates the 'sell by date'. Wrong every time.

I would not even hesitate, if its been kept in the fridge that is.

It will be tender and more flavourful. Aged.

Oh and I would definitely eat it.

If you're worried slow cook it and put it in a curry or chilli

Yes, it will be fine.

If it (or anything) is off, you'll know by it's look/smell.

I’ve just eaten it. I’ll report back 😂

If something is "off" you can only detect spoilage bacteria by its taste and smell. Food poisoning bacteria (which is the bacteria that can cause serious illness) and their toxins can not be seen, smelt, or tasted. So something might be "off" and you'd have no idea until you ate it and got ill.

I buy fresh cut for me from our local butcher. So no dates of any sort on it. No harm so far in decades of buying there.

Most beef is hung up for 28 days to mature before they even sell it. A few days in the fridge shouldn't make a differenc, provided it doesn't smell it looks weird it's fine. You know when meat is off.

Yeah, I would. If the colour is good and it smells okay then it makes it to my plate 💪

Of course! I can’t speak to other people’s fridges, but mine is super chilly, which means you can eat food that’s over a week past its use by date, if not more, depending on what it is.