Chicken sell by dates...

SideWinder · 8 Mar 2008 at 11:49

Nymins said:
Its fine to eat if its been frozen.

Bah.

Edit: Yay seek \o/

Van Hellseek · 8 Mar 2008 at 11:50

But as mentioned already, only eat them if they look and smell alright.

SideWinder · 8 Mar 2008 at 11:55

Cool, thanks..nice to confirm these things.

peetee · 8 Mar 2008 at 12:05

you will find you can get away with a lot of chicken even 2 days later, the sell by dates etc listed take into account that it could be stored at the minimum fridge temperate, where most people dont have their fridges that low.
Iv eated most meats 3-4days past sell by just because iv got fridge turned quite high, and i thoroughly cook stuff.. and iv got a nose to smell, thats usually the best bet, smell+feel, usually easy to tell when somethings off, if its slightly off and undetectable through this then chances are it wont cause a noticable upset to your insides when cooked+eaten as part of a meal.

badbob · 8 Mar 2008 at 12:07

I cooked some slightly off chicken, green liquid was coming from the meat. Also didn't smell "nice" when frying so something not right.

Van Hellseek · 8 Mar 2008 at 12:11

badbob said:
I cooked some slightly off chicken, green liquid was coming from the meat. Also didn't smell "nice" when frying so something not right.

Did it look/smell fine before cooking though?

gumbald · 8 Mar 2008 at 12:12

Depends how good your constitution is. Best before dates are for people with rubbish immune systems

pitchfork · 8 Mar 2008 at 12:26

As long as it doesn't smell theres nothing wrong with it.

gareth.e · 8 Mar 2008 at 12:34

i cooked chicken (that smelt a bit) 2 days past sell by yesterday... And I'm still here to tell the tale

I couldn't afford to waste £1.78 of good chicken....