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BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 9 Sep 2014 16:46

AnnC couldn't agree more...too much food is wasted .
Just found a piece of brisket in freezer that must be almost 12 months old.Defrosted,seared it,put in slow cooker with a few herbs and stock.
Cooked overnight.lovely smell when I got up .
Delicious.
Wasn't brought in the war years for nothing when we had to eat everything we had or starve! :-)

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 9 Sep 2014 13:09

I do the same as AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 9 Sep 2014 12:01

I don't go by dates - I go by smell and appearance

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Tenerife Sun

Tenerife Sun Report 9 Sep 2014 11:51

I'd have eaten them Phyll or at least tried them. You would have had nothing to lose.

Researching:
Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Sep 2014 11:36

when I had our downstairs loo put back in
nobody had been in there for over 10 years
and we used it for storing junk books ect

and I found 61 bottles of wine eight crates of the stuff :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 9 Sep 2014 11:20

when my father died found over 50 bottles of French wine dusty peeling labels with dates 20 years old and more. Even worse a dozen bottles of assorted Scottish malts brought back from holiday visits to the isles. Of course none of this could have been fit for drinking so should have gone in the bin ... HIC.
;-)

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 9 Sep 2014 10:45

Even if you hadn't forgotten about it, it sounds as if you had gone off the idea of tinned peaches. On the other hand, as long as the tin hadn't rusted or 'blown' it would probably have been safe to consume.

In my opinion, too much emphasis is put on 'best before' dates. What happened to common sense? :-S

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JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Sep 2014 10:36

Stray did my tin cupboard last yera
and found a tin of peaches dated 1987 in the bin it went :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 9 Sep 2014 10:34

If they are cooked properly, they won't make you ill - I'd have eaten them!

BBF is different from Use By!

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Mayfield

Mayfield Report 9 Sep 2014 10:27

Best before means it may not be as nice, unlike use before that means do not use.

My best before date was11/7/1979 but I am still usable 35 years on! ;-)

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

Phyll

Phyll Report 9 Sep 2014 09:56

I thank you both for your replies although they are conflicting. I think that as they may have lost their taste I will bin them - must remember not to buy so much stuff.
Thanks again
Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Kense

Kense Report 9 Sep 2014 09:45

I would eat them, they would still have some taste left, not bothered too much about the colour.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Sep 2014 09:39

I would chuck them :-D

they would have lost some of their taste and colour

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Phyll

Phyll Report 9 Sep 2014 09:37

I have just found at the bottom of my freezer a Rhubarb Crumble, best before 13th May and an Apple & Blakcberry Pie, Best before last January. Are they OK to eat or shall I just chuck them?

Phtll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts