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pastafreak | 18:46 Sat 03rd Jan 2009 | Food & Drink
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Unsmoked bacon....still wrapped........dated Dec 28/08

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Cook 1 rasher, the smell will tell you
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I'd eat if it doesn't feel slimy or smell bad when the packet is opened.
eating ot of date rashers=wondering iwhether it tastes funny with every mouthfull,so you dont enjoy it,explosive diarrhoea,non stop projectile vomitting,days off work etc is not worth the �150 you paid for it girl,i say get yourself round to the butchers,get yourself a sweet suckling pig and throw that badboy on the barbque instead!
�1.50 pence ,or whatever the price was.....
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I am no-no.....this is at home and i am trying to convince my daughter that she most likely will not drop dead if she eats it.

If i was in a kitchen it would get binned rather than play around with other folks health.
Dates really serve as a guidline.....sometimes you need to use common sense, which not all people possess.
is it use by or best before date?

butchers used to hang bacon till it was green...

it shopuld be ok if it's unopened just cook it well to kill germs
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Suckling pig won't fit in the frying pan,badcompany.....lol
well that depends on the size of your pan love! hahaha! yeah like aniani said,cook one and give it a go! good luck..........just make sure the buckets by you bed though!
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Its not me bc...tis my daughter.........she's the one who lives by the 5second rule in her student digs.......if it is on the floor/ground less than 5 seconds then it is ok to eat.

the mind boggles!!
Me and my daughter had boiled eggs and toast today, the eggs were bb 16/12/08 and were absolutely fine. Like you say, the date is just a guide.
eggs are fine pips..

when you buy them, they are stored at room temperature

and i guess you store them in the fridge?

that will extend the shelf life of eggs for months!

and the bacon should/will be fine, its cured or very salty! with bacteria does not like!!!
Hey curly xxx
Pasta open up the pack,if its smells ok and doesnt look green ure fine,hang on we are talking about bacon arent we???
Cook it and see - I agree
I also agree with the "using common sense" suggestion - I just wish my kids would - yesterday my son wanted to throw out 4 perfectly good chicken breasts because the use by date way TODAY - I am putting a padlock on the fridge until he goes back home or there wont be anything left in it to eat by tomorrow - Yesterday, I had a very nice Muller yogurt 1 week past its use by date - nothing wrong with it and I didnt need a bucket by the bed last night :-))
Unsmoked?... Bin it!
I must admit, I am one of the nuerotic (sp) people who just cant be doing food even a day out of date!

But then its probably a good thing I dont do much in the kitchen! My fella must feed me all sorts of stuff that I would go mad at him for if I knew!
whatever does smoked or unsmoked have to do with a product's shelf life? The product has been smoked before opening. It will still deteriorate at the same rate whether smoked or not.

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