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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:52 am Post subject: How do you know when food has gone bad? |
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Ok, this might seem like a very obvious question, but bear with me for a moment. For most people, sniffing food, looking at coloring, or checking the 'best before' date is usually the best way to tell if something is still safe to eat... but I'm wondering.
In all my years of working in and around food, and cooking for myself, I've never really seen a guide that says anything specific (or at least as specific as I'd like to see). I've seen things like 'chicken should be consumed within 3 days of purchase', but I've always wondered how they arrived at that conclusion.
So, has anyone seen a definitive guide to rotten food? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| Well, if it's not obviously bad, but maybe bad, I eat it. If I get the shits it was bad. If I don't get the shits it was good. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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About 2 million years of evolution has given humans quite a good nose for sniffing out bad food.
Keep in mind that many containers when you open them, like a milk carton, will give off a bit of a bad smell because of the stale air in the container. The food or milk could be fine though. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:08 am Post subject: |
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Fire keeps food good forever. Cook it enough and there's no such thing as bad chicken, maggots included as long as they are char broiled.  |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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You'll wake up in a sweat doubled over in pain, slowly crawl to the bathroom, and then proceed to expunge your innards via every bodily orifice you have. Repeat this hourly every day for 2 days.
Happens about once or twice a year. The upside is that you do eventually learn what not to eat and when not to eat it!
Other than that, I'd say go with the time tested motto, 'When in doubt, throw it out.' |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| Well, if it's not obviously bad, but maybe bad, I eat it. If I get the shits it was bad. If I don't get the shits it was good. |
As horrible as it is, this is my method as well. I've never gotten food poisoning despite years of reckless eating. |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| Live lobsters and the like excluded, I don't eat things that have begun to crawl around my fridge/pantry. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Keep in mind people are affected in different ways by food poisoning, you can even have little to no symptoms. |
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roadwork
Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Location: Goin' up the country
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| Well, if it's not obviously bad, but maybe bad, I eat it. If I get the shits it was bad. If I don't get the shits it was good. |
As horrible as it is, this is my method as well. I've never gotten food poisoning despite years of reckless eating. |
I'll second that one as well. I've been known to snack on chicken or pizza that has been out of the fridge for a few days. I even left a pot of chili out for 4 days once. Pretty much anything curry is a safe bet as well, too hard to smell anything. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| when it tastes good with Hite |
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