Is it safe to eat sausages that expired 3 days ago?

Peño · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:30

As title. I'm just so hungry and they look alright. Common sense would say no, but if it doesn't make me ill I'd eat them. Anyone done something like that? It's been in the fridge, not freezer.

Jimbeam3678 · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:30

if they look and smell ok sure you'll be fine. Cook them and tatse one if they taste alright then you'll be fine

Haircut · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:30

Only one way to find out...

Scuzi · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:31

Smell them. If they smell allright then they're safe to eat. If they smell bad, throw them out. Believe me, when you smell them you'll know if they're off, they reek.

YorkshirePadd26 · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:32

Worst you'll get is the runs, so if yuor hunry and can't bother to go out and buy anything else eat them.

Make you you've got enough loo paper at hand just to be sure.

KaHn · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:34

Do as you do with BBQ's cook till they are more carbon than meat

KaHn

churned · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:45

Take a gamble.

Zefan · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:47

Eat 'em rawr!

mysticsniper · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:47

Why take the chance just over a pack of sausages, just bin them.

Mat · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:48

Just stick some mustard on them and theyll be fine.

Docaroo · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:50

eat them but use my patented sausage super-cook method:

if frying:

Once sausages have been fryed all over, take them out of pan and cut in half straight down the length of the sausage so that the open like a book.

Place the sausage inside down back on the pan, this way you ensure the middle is totally cooked through

Mr_White · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:52

Docaroo said:
this way you ensure the middle is totally cooked through

And that your sausages lose all their flavour.

dafloppyone · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:54

freezer yes if they are green, black or the package is blown up no

Zefan · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:55

Mr_White said:
And that your sausages lose all their flavour.

How else do I cook sausges through all the way?!

The missus and I have been going nuts trying to cook 'em all the way through but that's the only method we've found

Glaucus · 14 Jun 2007 at 14:57

Zefan said:
How else do I cook sausges through all the way?!

The missus and I have been going nuts trying to cook 'em all the way through but that's the only method we've found

turn the heat down and fry, oven or grill.

if your frying and the outside is brown before the inside is cooked then you have to much heat.

and use a small frying pan so there's not much empty pan, less chance of setting the fire alarm off.

Zefan · 14 Jun 2007 at 15:00

AcidHell2 said:
if your frying and the outside is brown before the inside is cooked then you have to much heat.

Hmm we thought that, but they still went brown when we tried it if I recall correctly. Will give it a go now

Daveyboy · 14 Jun 2007 at 15:10

mysticsniper said:
Why take the chance just over a pack of sausages, just bin them.

Because that would mean a trip to the shops.

I've cooked up some stinky sausages before, ones that were sitting in the sun for ages while camping. They were great! Tasted a bit like the smell on the outside but no-one got ill

The meat content is so low that it lowers the chances of poisoning. Fact. :rolleyes:

daz · 14 Jun 2007 at 15:23

You can tell by the smell whether something is OK to eat or not.

Sausages seem to 'ferment' it seems... getting an almost alcoholic smell when they're going off... They may not be entirely off at this stage, but they really don't taste nice.

platypus · 14 Jun 2007 at 15:24

Make sure you eat them raw, cooking them encourages dangerous germs to populate.

ants83 · 14 Jun 2007 at 15:25

Zefan said:
Eat 'em rawr!

i used to do this