Mince beef - question about use by date

VincentHanna · 11 Jul 2020 at 19:32

I had some mince beef that was 'use by' the 8th.

It was nice and red still, so I cooked it on the 9th and made a chilli.

There was leftovers from that, which went straight in the fridge that I want to eat tonight (11th) which is 2 days after I cooked it and 3 days past the use by date.

I guess the question is, does the cooking process extend the use by date further?

Armageus · 11 Jul 2020 at 19:37

Once it's cooked then it's fine.

Could even freeze the leftovers and eat it in a few weeks/months, which would be well after the use by

jpaul · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:00

+1

but raises an interesting point about meat redness ... now that they use nitrogen in packaging to stop oxydation (of haemoglobin ?)
is the colour misleading, yes, always need to smell stuff too, but can/are your eyes now potentially deceived.

BUDFORCE · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:07

It'll be fine.

Raymond Lin · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:13

Cooking process extends the life, think beef jerky.

BUDFORCE · 11 Jul 2020 at 20:15

Raymond Lin said:
Cooking process extends the life, think beef jerky.

Technically that isn't cooked, it's salted and dried.

But basically yes you are correct

VincentHanna · 12 Jul 2020 at 00:02

Well it tasted fine.

I'll let you know if I am alive tomorrow.

We also had guacamole that should have been used within 24 hours, after opening (it was more like 48 hours)

Fluke? · 16 Jul 2020 at 18:50

Not looking good. Rip

mid_gen · 16 Jul 2020 at 20:29

You're very unlikely to eat something that's gone bad without noticing it...the smell of rotten food is usually a giveaway

Merlin5 · 17 Jul 2020 at 04:42

I made Spag bowl last night, but after frying the mince beef I realised I'd run out of the bolognese sauce I normally buy. I happened to have a tin of plum tomatoes so poured that into a saucepan, added a squeeze of tomato puree, a little olive oil, a bit of cornflour, salt and pepper. It was nice, almost as good.