Over date food

[Andy-]

Okay, I was wondering if you really watch the expiry date on food, if it was one day overdue I'm one of those people who will take a bite and taste it and see if it is edible. Is this really bad or good?

And do you do the same?

[Jake]

everything out of date by a day = bin

[Nemo]

yeh i taste/smell/look at it and see if its ok. Most stuff's expiry date is like way before its actual date just so the companies who produce it cant get their ass's sued if someone does get food poisoning

[Jessicrawrr]

depends what it is.
before i ate a packet of crisps that was like a month out of date, didn't realise before I ate them, and I was fine
I smell it and taste it a little before I eat something I know is out of date.

[GommeInc]

depends what it is.
before i ate a packet of crisps that was like a month out of date, didn't realise before I ate them, and I was fine
I smell it and taste it a little before I eat something I know is out of date.

Who were the crisps made by? I can always tell when Walkers' crisps are out of date because they taste like wet paper - most of time that's about a few weeks before the expiry date too :/

I sniff anything even when in date, ever since I smelt mouldy apples coming from a packet of sweetcure bacon

[Mathew]

everything out of date by a day = bin

Bit silly considering it's partly a marketing technique to urge you to just buy more..

But yeah, dairy products I smell before I use them anyway (regardless of the expiry date) and all the rest.. well.. I never check the date tbh cos I don't eat many odd snacks like that

[Misawa]

A day out of date? Pfft, that's idiotic.

[Jake]

Nt rly i work in a kitchen so ive kinda got into the habbit of doing it at home aswell

[Jessicrawrr]

Who were the crisps made by? I can always tell when Walkers' crisps are out of date because they taste like wet paper - most of time that's about a few weeks before the expiry date too :/

I sniff anything even when in date, ever since I smelt mouldy apples coming from a packet of sweetcure bacon

can't remember, but they tasted fine.

[Chris]

But yeah, dairy products I smell before I use them anyway (regardless of the expiry date) and all the rest.. well.. I never check the date tbh cos I don't eat many odd snacks like that

Same.

As long as its not months out of date I'll eat it.