Thread: Food spoilage?

On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:

> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle at fifty feet,
you kept it too long.

nb

On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:

> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle at fifty feet,
you kept it too long.

nb

notbob <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:

>> How do you judge when to throw out something that
>> still seems ok?

> If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle
> at fifty feet, you kept it too long.

Now there's a visual going into lunch I didn't need...

The Ranger

notbob <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:

>> How do you judge when to throw out something that
>> still seems ok?

> If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle
> at fifty feet, you kept it too long.

Now there's a visual going into lunch I didn't need...

The Ranger

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle at fifty
> feet,
> you kept it too long.
>
> nb

Rats, now I have cranberry juice all over my monitor!

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle at fifty
> feet,
> you kept it too long.
>
> nb

Rats, now I have cranberry juice all over my monitor!

Ken wrote:
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
>
>
My hard and fast rule is that if it has green fuzz growing on it and it
wasn't originally green toss it.

Ken wrote:
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
>
>
My hard and fast rule is that if it has green fuzz growing on it and it
wasn't originally green toss it.

On Jun 5, 12:23 pm, Ken <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
>
> --
> "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
> remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

It depends on what your own system can handle. If you eat it and it
makes you sick afterwards, you kept it too long. I can't eat hamburger
after the 3rd day; hard boiled eggs the same; fried chicken the same.
Proteins are the most touchy things, for me. It doesn't always smell
or look bad when it is bad.

N.

On Jun 5, 12:23 pm, Ken <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
>
> --
> "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
> remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

It depends on what your own system can handle. If you eat it and it
makes you sick afterwards, you kept it too long. I can't eat hamburger
after the 3rd day; hard boiled eggs the same; fried chicken the same.
Proteins are the most touchy things, for me. It doesn't always smell
or look bad when it is bad.

N.

On Jun 5, 1:23*pm, Ken <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

I usually keep stuff a week before declaring it dead. Even if it
looks ok,
if it's 7 days old, it's gone.

Cindy Hamilton

On Jun 5, 1:23*pm, Ken <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?

I usually keep stuff a week before declaring it dead. Even if it
looks ok,
if it's 7 days old, it's gone.

Cindy Hamilton

Ken <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked
> food in the refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks
> ok and smells ok...?

Not necessarily. I find certain cooked foods (ground beef,
fish, edamame) don't handle time very well. They break down
quickly but don't necessarily put off a stench more than when I
first sealed them in the package. But if I reheat them and eat
them, I'm as likely to spend the next 24 hating life.

One of my BIL can't smell anything -- even when it's gone
ff -- so he's quite likely to eat it unless it's become
penicillin. His internal system is much more error tolerant
than mine (or many members of his immediate family.)

My MIL's scheduled is:
Chicken/Turkey - 2 days refrigerated (2 months frozen)
Beef
gb - 3 days (3 months)
steak/roast - 4 days (3 months)

Fish - 1 day (3 months)
Pork
sausage - 4 days (6 months)
chops - 3 days (5 months)
roasts - 5 days (6 months)
Sauces -- 3 days (4 months)

She hasn't experienced an upset stomach from food longer than
I've been alive so I guess her table's pretty accurate.

The Ranger

Ken <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked
> food in the refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks
> ok and smells ok...?

Not necessarily. I find certain cooked foods (ground beef,
fish, edamame) don't handle time very well. They break down
quickly but don't necessarily put off a stench more than when I
first sealed them in the package. But if I reheat them and eat
them, I'm as likely to spend the next 24 hating life.

One of my BIL can't smell anything -- even when it's gone
ff -- so he's quite likely to eat it unless it's become
penicillin. His internal system is much more error tolerant
than mine (or many members of his immediate family.)

My MIL's scheduled is:
Chicken/Turkey - 2 days refrigerated (2 months frozen)
Beef
gb - 3 days (3 months)
steak/roast - 4 days (3 months)

Fish - 1 day (3 months)
Pork
sausage - 4 days (6 months)
chops - 3 days (5 months)
roasts - 5 days (6 months)
Sauces -- 3 days (4 months)

She hasn't experienced an upset stomach from food longer than
I've been alive so I guess her table's pretty accurate.

The Ranger

The message <[email protected]>
from Ken <[email protected]> contains these words:

> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?

> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but...

Did you try racing it round the kitchen? If the meatloaf wins, that
means it's time to cook something new.

Janet.

The message <[email protected]>
from Ken <[email protected]> contains these words:

> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?

> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but...

Did you try racing it round the kitchen? If the meatloaf wins, that
means it's time to cook something new.

Janet.

On Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:39:24p, George Shirley told us...

> Ken wrote:
>> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
>> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>>
>> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
>> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
>> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
>> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>>
>> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
> My hard and fast rule is that if it has green fuzz growing on it and it
> wasn't originally green toss it.
>

What if it was originally green and originally had no fuzz? Is that
borderline?

--
Wayne Boatwright
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On Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:39:24p, George Shirley told us...

> Ken wrote:
>> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked food in the
>> refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks ok and smells ok...?
>>
>> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
>> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
>> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
>> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>>
>> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
> My hard and fast rule is that if it has green fuzz growing on it and it
> wasn't originally green toss it.
>

What if it was originally green and originally had no fuzz? Is that
borderline?

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Thursday, 06(VI)/05(V)/08(MMVIII)
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I need someone real bad. Are you real bad?
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notbob wrote:

> On 2008-06-05, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> If, after eating it, you can **** through the eye of a needle at fifty feet,
> you kept it too long.

There is nothing like a good dose of food poisoning to inspire someone to pitch
old food in the garbage sooner.