Use ....or bin...

[pastafreak]

Unsmoked bacon....still wrapped........dated Dec 28/08

opinions...and fact based answers welcome!

[aniani]

Cook 1 rasher, the smell will tell you

[Ethel]

I'd eat if it doesn't feel slimy or smell bad when the packet is opened.

[badcompany]

eating ot of date rashers=wondering iwhether it tastes funny with every mouthfull,so you dont enjoy it,explosive diarrhoea,non stop projectile vomitting,days off work etc is not worth the �150 you paid for it girl,i say get yourself round to the butchers,get yourself a sweet suckling pig and throw that badboy on the barbque instead!

[badcompany]

�1.50 pence ,or whatever the price was.....

[pastafreak]

I am no-no.....this is at home and i am trying to convince my daughter that she most likely will not drop dead if she eats it.

If i was in a kitchen it would get binned rather than play around with other folks health.
Dates really serve as a guidline.....sometimes you need to use common sense, which not all people possess.

[karen33]

is it use by or best before date?

butchers used to hang bacon till it was green...

it shopuld be ok if it's unopened just cook it well to kill germs

[pastafreak]

Suckling pig won't fit in the frying pan,badcompany.....lol

[badcompany]

well that depends on the size of your pan love! hahaha! yeah like aniani said,cook one and give it a go! good luck..........just make sure the buckets by you bed though!

[pastafreak]

Its not me bc...tis my daughter.........she's the one who lives by the 5second rule in her student digs.......if it is on the floor/ground less than 5 seconds then it is ok to eat.

the mind boggles!!

[pips1]

Me and my daughter had boiled eggs and toast today, the eggs were bb 16/12/08 and were absolutely fine. Like you say, the date is just a guide.

[curlyfilm]

eggs are fine pips..

when you buy them, they are stored at room temperature

and i guess you store them in the fridge?

that will extend the shelf life of eggs for months!

and the bacon should/will be fine, its cured or very salty! with bacteria does not like!!!

[ummmm]

Hey curly xxx

[puddicat]

Pasta open up the pack,if its smells ok and doesnt look green ure fine,hang on we are talking about bacon arent we???

[woozer]

Cook it and see - I agree
I also agree with the "using common sense" suggestion - I just wish my kids would - yesterday my son wanted to throw out 4 perfectly good chicken breasts because the use by date way TODAY - I am putting a padlock on the fridge until he goes back home or there wont be anything left in it to eat by tomorrow - Yesterday, I had a very nice Muller yogurt 1 week past its use by date - nothing wrong with it and I didnt need a bucket by the bed last night :-))

[hippyhoppy]

Unsmoked?... Bin it!

[wiggal]

I must admit, I am one of the nuerotic (sp) people who just cant be doing food even a day out of date!

But then its probably a good thing I dont do much in the kitchen! My fella must feed me all sorts of stuff that I would go mad at him for if I knew!

[filthiestfis]

whatever does smoked or unsmoked have to do with a product's shelf life? The product has been smoked before opening. It will still deteriorate at the same rate whether smoked or not.