Defrosted Chicken Thighs

[Smowball]

I took them out of the freezer yesterday, to have today, but nobody is hungry. Will they keep till tomorrow or do I have to throw them?

[atalanta]

You could cook them now and serve them cold tomorrow.

[albaqwerty]

I'd cook them and have them cold for lunch tomorrow.
I'm a pig when it comes to chicken :-)

[Barmaid]

Either cook them now to eat tomorrow or smell them tomorrow. You will soon know if they are off.

[Smowball]

I have no sense of smell whatsoever! lol
Was going to do a chicken casserole type thingy, hmmmm. Guess I could cook them today and have cold instead.

[Barmaid]

Well you could do a chicken casserole and just reheat it tomorrow. Or, if you have a slow cooker, put it in there overnight.

[EcclesCake]

How long was left on the date when you froze them?

[Barmaid]

lol Eccles - you'd be horrified at me. I had some chicken thighs which I forgot about and they were a day past their use by. So I stuck em in the freezer. If they ming when they have defrosted, they are going out. If not, I'll cook them.

[EcclesCake]

I'd eat them BM, as long as they're not green, furry or stinking! I would think twice about feeding to anyone outside the family though!

[Barmaid]

I wouldn't feed them to anyone else! But I've not poisoned Mr BM yet (although perhaps not for want of trying!!!! ;))

[boxtops]

barmaid, I'm not horrified, we do that all the time.

OH has just told me that the couscous we had for dinner had a use-by of 2009....

Smow, cook the chicken, and eat it tomorrow. It'll be fine.

[AlwaysConfused]

Sprinkle paprika on them, chuck them in the fridge and cook tomorrow. The spices should preserve them for another day!

[gingejbee]

"with a use-by date of 2009". No, it had a best before date in 2009 - not the same thing at all.

[Sycamore3House]

EHO guidelines are 24hr to defrost and cook within 48 hours. Once cooked and cooled they then have a life of 3 days. Then you can put them in the freezer. Defrost them for 24 hrs and then get another 3 day life out of them. Or alternatively just give them a good sniff and if Ok then they are Ok.

[Smowball]

They were bought already frozen eccles.

[EcclesCake]

They'll be fine then.

[Smowball]

Cooee eccles : ) . They've all gone to bed and abandoned me again..... lol

[Jeza]

Best before and use by are totally different. Use by is generally fresh things. Best before is dried food, canned food etc. I can't speak from experience but during the war many food stuff was canned and people were told it would last 20 years. This included cheese and cigarettes.

[Smowball]

That is very true jeza.

[gollob]

Of cource they will be Ok to cook tomorrow. If they have been frozen fresh once defrosted they could keep up to 4 days. The dates of food have nothing to do with if they go off. It is a system the supermarkets use to rotate their stock. All prepacked meals like Sweet and Sour Pork/Chinese and Indian Curries will keep at least another week after their sell by date.
I had some rice I cooked recently which had a sell by date of 2006. It was perfect.