URGENT - chicken breasts

[knat]

I've just looked in the fridge adn the chicken breasts for tonight are dated best before 3 feb - will they be alright today - look and smell ok?

sniff em

As long as they smell okay and you cook them really thoroughly they should be fine.

best before or use by? actually unless they'd gone green and smelly i'd use them anyway. but they might still be in date.

just looked - use by 3 feb - just sniffed and just smelly chickeny!!!!

Ewww I WOULDN'T CHANCE IT!

If they smell fine they should be fine to eat.

I would.

If they are icky slimey and smelly chuck them.

If they look ok, feel ok, smell ok they probably are ok.

Especially if it is a Best before date or a Sell By date.

knat - they will be fine. Things are only off in our house when they smell off (and even then if it's just a bit whiffy I reckon they're usually ok for casseroling)....

thanks everyone - they seem to be normal texture etc so ill just cook them really well. As far as smell when you peel back the film you dont keel over so i think they're ok1!!

Momma - ok urgent may have been a bit strong!!!!

Wash them first if you're at all concerned. That's what I do anyway, unless they stink of course

they should be fine.. sell by dates are there to cover chain store asses... nearly everything is good after the sell by date.. I mean have you ever worried about that apple in the fruit bowl?

as long as its been cooked well it will be fine. I'f you are really paranoid I would say to rinse it then cut it into small pieces before frying it at a high temperature.. a stirfry or something... but one day makes no diffrence...

Yes meridian, that's true (hellloooo - shouts over Golden Valley ), I wonder how on earth we coped before Mr Sainsbury invented packaging!!?