Bacon – Use by 06 JAN 2008 – Would you eat it?

Well, I seem to have survived with no ill effects. 🙂

Maybe it’s just me but ‘supermarket’ food seems to go off so much quicker these days. Maybe they are putting less preservatives in the food, maybe it is the distance the food has had to travel, or maybe to my cynical mind the supermarkets know that people will not eat food that has past its ‘best before’ date?

Astonishingly it seems that something like 30% – 40% of all food purchased in the UK is thrown away. Pretty shocking when you consider the distance much of it has come, the amount of packaging and the impact on the environment.

To carry on regarding food ‘expiry’, If I may…

I have the dubious pleasure of currently being the evening/night cook at our one and only local bar/restaurant…. and quite honestly, I’ve never in my life seen greater waste of food. Even when delivered fresh to us from distributors, fresh meat product barely lasts 6 days (when immediately prepared and frozen).

Over the last month, we’ve managed to extend the ‘useful life’ of our meats… primarily by immediately portioning and/or preparing/freezing it in more manageable quantities. Strangely, the best preservation method for poultry product (once taken out to thaw) is to keep it in the walk-in beer cooler (1 degree C).

Produce is a continual battle… either it gets frost-bitten en-route or in the coolers once it arrives, and with space at a premium, the waste level is atrocious.

The worst in my opinion is baked goods… for all the preservatives present in ‘industrial’ bread, I’ve never seen a loaf go off so fast – including at home!

And why does Orange juice get white ‘clumps’ in it after its expiry date?? – isn’t it supposed to be simply juice of oranges?!?!

JJ

Well, I seem to have survived with no ill effects. 🙂

In answer to the various questions:

Bacon was in a sealed plastic container, kept below 5°C in the fridge only. Of the eight rashers, the end ones looked a bit ‘green’ so I threw them away, the other six looked and smelled fine. The bread was three days old but slices from the middle of the loaf were fine.

I fried the bacon for a long time, too long in fact, it was a bit crispy for my taste but best to be safe under the circumstances. Plus plenty of mustard!

Maybe it’s just me but ‘supermarket’ food seems to go off so much quicker these days. Maybe they are putting less preservatives in the food, maybe it is the distance the food has had to travel, or maybe to my cynical mind the supermarkets know that people will not eat food that has past its ‘best before’ date?

Astonishingly it seems that something like 30% – 40% of all food purchased in the UK is thrown away. Pretty shocking when you consider the distance much of it has come, the amount of packaging and the impact on the environment.

It’s too late now, but remember…

They ate worse in Stalingrad….:diablo:

Just delicious

It’s too late now, but remember…

They ate worse in Stalingrad….:diablo:

A Stottie cake is a type of bread produced in the North East of England. It is a flat and round loaf eaten by Geordies

…….Which explains why they arnt very good at footie !!!:dev2:

A Stottie cake is a type of bread produced in the North East of England. It is a flat and round loaf eaten by Geordies

Ahhh… thanks for the explanation

Steve… curious now… ‘stottie’??? I ate a lot of just about anything Lancastrian and Yorkie (yorkish?) my last time in UK (eff’n ex-wife was a Scouse out of that combo)… please tell more ’bout ‘stottie’.

A Stottie cake is a type of bread produced in the North East of England. It is a flat and round loaf eaten by Geordies

All this bacon talk has given me a hankering for a mouth watering egg and bacon stottie

mmmm… now I’m hungry… I know what I’m having for ‘breakie’ in the morning (there’s a pound in the freezer approaching its best before date 😉 ) and poach those eggs in the bacon fat….mmm mmm mmm goood!!

(sorry, only have HP ‘Bold’ in the house at the moment)

Steve… curious now… ‘stottie’??? I ate a lot of just about anything Lancastrian and Yorkie (yorkish?) my last time in UK (eff’n ex-wife was a Scouse out of that combo)… please tell more ’bout ‘stottie’.

All this bacon talk has given me a hankering for a mouth watering egg and bacon stottie

Ate the bacon butties at 13:00 today.

Will keep you informed of…er…developments. 😉

How old was the bread ?

Was going to suggest some 3in1 oil fr the creaking door…but reckon you wont need it now!

Ate the bacon butties at 13:00 today.

Will keep you informed of…er…developments. 😉

Take your laptop to the Hospital with you so as you start to improve you can post your progress

Ate the bacon butties at 13:00 today.

Will keep you informed of…er…developments. 😉

Dont do it !!!

To be honest i love bacon sarnies as well especially with some proper original HP but i wouldnt take a chance like this !!!!

You will at best end up calling Hughie.

I’d eat it – but only if it had been stored in the freezer from prior to the expiry date to present – thaw it and then cook it all.

Personally no i wouldn’t
but you decide
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/asksam/foodlabels/asksamlabelterms/#A220019
Good way to loose weight though……:diablo:

Do you like to gamble…?

If it had been stored at <5’C (i.e. in a refrigerator) for all the time, and presuming I was going to heat it to well above 70’C during preparation (by grilling/frying etc), then I’d risk it… but no responsibility for any adverse outcome accepted if you do 😉

Paul F

How bad does it smell?

Absolutely not .:eek: