August 19, 20187 yr Never frozen, but kept sealed and refrigerated. "Use by 8/17" and it's 8/19. If I cook them thoroughly, am I gonna die?
August 19, 20187 yr Cook thoroughly? I thought medium-rare was the way to do it these days. Or so the Friend's Food thread led me to believe. Edited August 19, 20187 yr by millhouse
August 19, 20187 yr 21 minutes ago, Baboontyme said: Yep. Smell test. You're probably fine. They're usually kind of conservative with those dates (don't wanna end up in court) and in my experience most stuff spoils starting about a week after the "use by" date on average. However, just smell/look at it. Bad turkey starts getting brown/black areas and smells like bad turkey. My guess is it's still fine.*** (**disclaimer - this is NOT a recommendation, just a suggestion, so your family doesn't sue my ass when you croak due to lethal turkey.)
August 19, 20187 yr Author Yeah, but I did the smell test on a girl in 1997 and she passed, but she still gave me the clap. Fool me once...
August 19, 20187 yr 22 minutes ago, TexArcher said: Yeah, but I did the smell test on a girl in 1997 and she passed, but she still gave me the clap. Fool me once... What exactly are you gonna do with those turkey breasts? I have the feeling that the spoil date is irrelevant.
August 19, 20187 yr 2 days? you are almost surely fine. But as everyone has said, smell test will tell you.
August 19, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, TexArcher said: If I cook them thoroughly, am I gonna die? If you cook them, you die. If you don't cook them, you still die. Might as well cook them.
August 19, 20187 yr Lick it. If it tastes like salmonella, toss it. If it tastes like Thanksgiving dinner, you are high.
August 19, 20187 yr Those dates are very conservative. I’d feel fine cooking it 5 days past that date.
August 25, 20187 yr 37 minutes ago, CooterBrown said: We’ve all had your mom by her use by date and lived. Username...yada yada yada
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