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What's the greatest extent (as in the most amount of time) to which you've eaten something past its expiration date with the food still being enjoyable? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There's this brand of organic yogurt at my local shop that says "probably best before xx/xx/xxxx, but after that just lift the lid and have a sniff"

I think I remember 6 weeks as being absolutely fine once, and 3 weeks didn't some other time.

[–] residentmarchant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yogurt is always hit or miss for me, but for the most part we don't use it that often, so I'd say my average time from open to scraping the bottom is around 4-5 weeks.

[–] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

have a sniff

I just always do that instead of looking at dates on food. If it looks off, smells off, or tastes off I trash it (always checking in that order, of course). Seems fine, I eat it. Never had a problem doing that.

Well, never a food bourn illness problem. I had a big argument with a housemate about expired food. Shortly after she moved in, she promptly trashed any food that was any amount past expiration, and proudly informed me that she had cleaned out the fridge, saving me from eating pickles that were a whole 3 months past safe to eat. To be fair to her, half the things she trashed actually were bad, but the pickle jar went right back in the fridge. If you don't want me eating pickles that have been in the trash, Amanda, then don't throw out my perfectly good pickles! Good call on the bottle of ranch dressing though, I forgot that was in there and it looks nasty.