Do you eat out of date food?

yoshi8

Are you like me and refuse to eat food that has went past the use by date or do you not mind if its a couple of days out of date or perhaps even a week or two?

I don't like to see waste so feed out of date food to friends and relatives who do not seem to mind this at all. Especially stale bread to more elderly relatives they seem to enjoy it very much.

Lee

Do you tell them it's out of date?

stephenbarnes

If it's out of use by date by 5 seconds I would refuse to eat it. It would be perfectly save 5 seconds prior.

Inferno

Bread doesn't last in here, a loaf a day easy is the norm, and as for anything else if it smells or looks off just chuck it.

Trollslayer

Do you mean best by or use by?

oakland

If it smells and looks ok then it will probably be ok. I also buy and freeze bits from the reduced section that are due to 'go off' on that day. If you get them home and straight into the freezer they are storeable for another 2-3 months.

=adrian=

No.

stephenbarnes

I eat chocolate 3 years out of date once. I died.

mjn

Don't care, we don't waste food.  

Simple rules:

How does it look?
How does it smell?
What food is it?

Most things can be eaten well past their best before, but you need to be careful with things like chicken, shellfish, pork, etc.

phillyd1981

Mostly yes apart from milk which goes stright down the sink and meats.