Out of date ham

[OneFishTwoFishes]

I'm genuinely interested to know what the consensus is here. Husband made us sandwiches using ham that had a Use By date of 14 days ago. AIBU to not eat the sandwich, would most people be fine with that?

Thanks

Wtf. That will make you sick. Don’t let any of your children or pets eat that

I would definitely not eat that.

Do. Not. Eat. The. Sandwich.

It must stink.

Out of date meat, ugh.

No. Chance.

And I do eat things which are a day out so out of date. But not a fortnight.

I'd probably let him eat his first and give it a few hours. If he's fine, tuck in. Presuming it's been sealed in the fridge and didn't smell weird. But then, I like living dangerously.

Definitely wouldn't chance it
Is it really worth possibly getting food poisoning to save a couple of quid?

Are you sure he didn't take it out of the freezer? In that case fine. Otherwise no chance.

What in the hell is going on with the posts on here lately 🤨

Before I opened the thread I pondered what my cut off would be for ham, and I settled on “4-5 days max if it looks and smells ok and isn’t slimy”

14 days… no way!

Honestly, ham, absolute fine if it looks ok. Amazed that everyone else disagrees.

I will occasionally eat things a day or two out, but no more than that with meat. Best before I'll stretch it a lot further with, but use by means use by.

If the pack was open, no.
If the pack was unopened maybe, but not if the ham smelt sour or looked bad.

It would be very obvious if it was gone off, it would smell rank. You would know.

Ham is semi-preserved anyway I thought (well at least the naice ham) so it’s probably ok if still sealed up. I personally would be wary, but it’s not definitely going to make you ill.

Hmm I would probably still use it if I cooked it thoroughly (fried it up to put in a casserole or something) but would draw the line at a sandwich. And I have very very lax views on use by dates.

Why do you still have meat in your refrigerator that expired two weeks ago, especially with children in the house? That's dangerous and disgusting.

God no.

I'm quite lenient on use by dates but 14 days a whole fortnight probably purchased in the 2024. Nah that's going in the bin.

I’m pretty relaxed on dates but 14 days absolutely no.

I wouldn’t eat any meat that far out of date.

I am pretty flexible with sell by dates. Today we finished toasties from a too good to go bag dated the 13th but there is no way I would eat ham that went out of date 14 days ago.

No, but my DH does similar. Yesterday he cooked and ate raw chicken 3 days over.

Ham, bacon etc he will eat months out of date…… claims to prefer it older…..

Every now and again he gets ill, like when he ate the yellow sticker mussels…….. 🙄

Doesn’t put him off though..::::::

Bloody hell no.