[Closed] Best Before Date Roulette - Houmous edition

You'll know if it's off - it tastes metallic.

It be reet.

I'd eat that

[i]You'll know if it's off - [s]it tastes metallic[/s] you'll be letting go at both ends for days. [/i]

ftfy.

Simons_Nicolai is the king of "old food" here I think as he's gradually emptying his mother's fall out shelter of 1970s saltines and tinned vegetables. Not sure about the relative use of Potassium Iodate tablets though, probably best to keep those safe.

Opened and already half eaten I would likely leave it, but if it's still unopened it should be fine

Tinned stuff is different though, theoretically good forever!

If there's bacterial growth in the hummus it'll be swollen, if not it's probably OK. If it's already opened I would definitely bin it.

This has been very helpful, thank you all.

I shall report further if it turns out I have lost the round. 🙂

Bin it like all houmous should be.

Use as humus

Week old hummus? that's not even amateur level.

Aside from my exploration of my mother's deep archive we're normally pretty good with the stuff in our own fridge. A pack of [url= https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Cooks-Ingredients-Cooking-Chorizo-Sausages/92679011?from=search&tags&param=cooking+chorizo&parentContainer=SEARCHcooking+chorizo_SHELFVIEW ]Ocado Cooking Chorizo[/url] did get buried and forgotten over Christmas though. It went out of code on 24th December but we're still planning on eating them.

Cured meat still sealed in modified atmosphere packaging? ooooooooh risky 🙂 try again when you're ready to join the big boys and eat something with at least a [i]slight[/i] risk of botulism

Cured meat still sealed in modified atmosphere packaging? ooooooooh risky

Educate me 🙂 Cooking Chorizo has a much shorter BB date than 'ready to eat' - I've alway assumed due to the much higher water content. It's definitely meant to be cooked before eating - is it 'part cured'?

(that said, there was a discussion on RadMac the other week about eating raw sausages....)

A tub of houmous took out me and mi dad for a day or so and that was only 2 days out.....he's never touched it since! 😐
I presumed it was an easy win against the chick pea paste but it offered more resistance than our digestive tract.

Is there any fur on top?

I read that as "should I eat Houmous before I go on a date"

To which I would reply - depends how much garlic it contains.

that said, there was a discussion on RadMac the other week about eating raw sausages..

If you die after eating the hummus, we know what to blame, regardless of the last things in your vicinity while alive. 😉

Educate me Cooking Chorizo has a much shorter BB date than 'ready to eat'

Old? That's barely mature. Veggie stuff is generally fine unless it's got visible mould or smells/tastes bad. Meat I'm a bit more careful with but not usually bothered by being a few days past it's date. In fact I just had a bit of smoked salmon that was being sold off cheap last week, it was absolutely fine.

Also if it's sealed & the package isn't swollen you're normally safe!

That's my normal assumption - trust your eyes and nose. If packaging is blown and the meat looks or smells bad then discard. otherwise just make sure it's cooked thoroughly.

^^^ this is the approach I take

I've eaten some amazingly well-past-sell-by-date food, you'll generally know if it's off

Apart from milk. Who smells normal milk to know what it smells like? We generally get through it so quickly that it's not a problem though

What happened to the dude who posted a similar question on Christmas Eve with a fresh Turkey past its 'Use By' and everyone told him there must be a typo on the packaging, did he die?

Who smells normal milk to know what it smells like?

Me to make sure it's not sour.

Drac this morning.

Not quite I get mine deliverd. 😀

The best before on my Chorizo is 28.09.16. seemed fine in october and november. And honestly forgot it in december being fed up with christmas food. thank you for starting this discussion, I should eat my Chorizo 😕 😯

Update?

Or is the OP in the loo..

Pfft. That hummus is well within safe to eat parameters. Use by dates are just a guide. Years ago a friend and I, whilst absolutely smashed, ransacked his parents chest freezer. We found an apple and blueberry pie at the bottom of said freezer. The use by date was some point in the mid 1980's. We defrosted it in the microwave and ate it. This was in 1997.

Out of date Hummous
Causes Baboon Bummus

^ Ronnie? Purple Ronnie; is that you?

I eat raw bacon/lardons

Whaaaat?!?!?

I made a bacon, egg and HP sauce [s]sandwich[/s] sorry wrap (thats what needed using) - all items out of date to a combined total of 386 days. Admittedly most was the HP sauce, but it gave me some satisfaction to make, eat and survive.

I've eaten hummus which was two weeks out of date and i didn't die. It was an opened tub, stored in the fridge. Tasted okay too. I'll sure you'll be fine!

Admittedly most was the HP sauce

Sauces don't count. Our current bottle of HP is dated 4/2012. The two jars of Piccalilli we brought back from my mums are 2010 and 2011. Can't work out whether one of them is off or just nasty. I've not worked out what to use the Teriyaki sauce on yet. That's 2002..

Cheap & tasty snack - Grilled hummus on toast with a roughly chopped garlic clove on top.

Whaaaat?!?!?

I recently noticed some complimentary airline peanuts in my mums fridge from a flight we took when I was 17. I've left them there to see how long they stay.

I'm 40 next week.