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shanzi · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject:

Years and years ago they did not have "best before" or "use by" and I remember, we had tins (yes tins) of jam with rust on and me Mum still opened them and it was fine. Also other tins or packets in the cupboard we never knew how long they had been there, months, years, but none of us (6 kids) got food poisoning, never heard of it in those days. Nothing ever got wasted.

I never worry if something (non perishables) is out of date, I just carry on using it. The meat is always put in the freezer immediately after shop and the dates can be way out, but they are frozen anyway and eaten once defrosted on the day. I don't like waste so I plan around the perishables in the fridge, like ham for instance. :wink:

shropshireblue · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

Thank you so much Sparky. I cooked a risotto last week for a friend who came to visit. I said I would reheat it later and Tim could have it for dinner. She told me I must never reheat rice and you know what it's like when someone plants a seed of doubt in your mind. Tim did reheat it and he was fine, but we chucked the rest away after it got cold. I meant to look it up but forgot, but now I know I can reheat rice once and only once after it's been cooked.

Cheers :D
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sparkymarky · Celebrity Chef Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 154

shropshireblue · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

Gosh my post makes it sound as if I reheat other food over and over again :lol: Think I was relieved you can reheat cooked rice (rather than not at all)!!

I usually just reheat food once, never twice.

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annecater · Guest

I'm like most of the others on here. I tend to keep opened sauces and jams in the fridge and find they do last a long time.
Every so often I have a major clear out of my cupboards and am always very ashamed to find things lurking in corners that should have been either used or dumped ages ago!

SephieG · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

That reminds me - I must clean out the fridge this afternoon. I know there are some yoghurts a few days past their date. q20

I have an old wok that I fry up all the stale bread etc and iffy oil/fat in and put it out for the birds (when its cooled of course). They really need it this time of the year to build up their reserves for the winter.

and - in addition to some earlier posts about leftovers - we often have 'fridgebits' for tea and sometimes "experimentals!"

I can't resist a bargain in the supermarket when the perishables are marked down. I buy things I wouldn't normally buy like artichokes and fennel - then I have to find a recipe and adapt it to suit the other ingredients I have at home. The web is very useful for this too.

I found a website the other day where you type in your ingredients and it comes back with a suitable recipe - but I can't find it again (even in the History). Does anyone know what site that is? q25

masterchefwannabee · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:19 am Post subject:

How about this one?

http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/recipes

I am always strict with fresh stuff - raw/processed meat, fish, shellfish but with sauces I usually just put them in the fridge once opened, Pesto is really good for doing penicillin experiments - mouldy in no time q20

Ketchup and brown sauce, for some reason I always keep these in the cupboard (for months sometimes) and they never go off!

Pickled things are another story - correct me if I am wrong but isn't pickling a form of preserving foods?!!!

I keep these in the cupboard for literally months on end with never any problems!

The thing i am ever sure of is how long you can keep homemade things in the freezer - soups or pies for example - does anyone know?

milkmaid · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject:

i do reductions at work ,when they get to the day before there sell by date
lots of people buy stuff and put it in the freezer ,for later ,food is expensive here
i was reaing about somebody who makes jerkie and they were told to make the date up as it had to have one
coal makes me laugh it has a date as well q19

i work in the dairy ,throwing away stilton cheese one day past it's sell by date ,but i also understand what you're saying about food posioning

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