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#1 The Life Span of Food
08-21-2011, 02:57 PM
They lurk in the unknown depths of your fridge, waiting to unleash their putrid attacks upon innocent snackers. They’re the forgotten leftovers, and every year they gross out millions of guys around the globe. Unfortunately, we think of the fridge as a cryogenic chamber that's capable of keeping food in suspended animation indefinitely.
Pizza from last month? No problem, it’s been in the fridge. Leftover pasta from Valentine’s Day dinner? Sure! But even at a chilly 40 degrees, mold and bacteria can thrive. Leftovers and fresh food can be crawling with microscopic bugs that could make you sick.
So exactly how long can food be kept in your fridge before it goes bad? It depends, and if it doesn’t have an expiration date, it could be difficult to determine. Some foods have superior life spans, while others decay at an alarming rate. Keep reading to find out the life span of food that you're stashing in the back of your fridge right now.
Meat
Life span: Two days to a week
If you grabbed some ground beef at the market, make your burgers or pasta sauce right away. Fresh meat -- fish, beef, pork, and poultry -- won’t last longer than two days in your fridge.
Leftover cooked meat will kick around a bit longer, but as a general rule, try to eat it within a week.
Cooked pork chops should be gobbled up sooner, within three days. Your holiday ham and other smoked or cured meats can hang in there for one week. Make lots of ham sandwiches and hash if you don’t want it to go to waste. Bacon, unless frozen, has a similar shelf life.
Death rattle: A good general rule is that if it smells bad, it is bad. Meats, fresh or cured, will stink when they’re rotten or even beginning to turn. Red meat and pork chops will also turn grayish in color. Fish will smell, well, really fishy. Fresh fish should have virtually no odor, just like sushi. Poultry is probably the most difficult to pin down. Raw chicken will smell sour and could develop a slick film when it goes bad.
Cheese
Life span: One week to two months ...
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/0...#ixzz1VggI1gko
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08-21-2011, 03:18 PM
People seem to think that bottled salad dressings are eternal.
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08-21-2011, 08:53 PM
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08-21-2011, 09:37 PM
They say Bacon only lasts 7 days but that's not really true. Smoke cured Bacon has a fridge life of about a month.
One does not greet death when he knocks at your door.
Nay you repeatedly punch him in the throat as he slowly drags you away.
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08-21-2011, 11:56 PM
Oh wow... I wouldn't suggest following this so close.
Two days max. Else freeze it. A week? Unless its one of those gas packed packages of meat from Walmart (Even those are iffy on life) never. That cellophane is a breathable. Meaning that air can penetrate it. Thats why it looks nice and red when you buy it. Because the air is keeping it that bright red. Else it would be a dark red as the meat isn't getting the air to brighten it.
Leftover cooked meat will kick around a bit longer, but as a general rule, try to eat it within a week.
Cooked pork chops should be gobbled up sooner, within three days.
Your holiday ham and other smoked or cured meats can hang in there for one week. Make lots of ham sandwiches and hash if you don’t want it to go to waste. Bacon, unless frozen, has a similar shelf life.
Death rattle: A good general rule is that if it smells bad, it is bad.
The full rule is;
If it smells bad, looks bad or feels bad don't eat it. And the number one thing to this, if in doubt, throw it out. Its not worth getting sick over it.
Meats, fresh or cured, will stink when they’re rotten or even beginning to turn.
Red meat and pork chops will also turn grayish in color.
Fish will smell, well, really fishy. Fresh fish should have virtually no odor, just like sushi.
And just like sushi? Sushi is rice. In fact it means "With Rice" in Japaneses. Sushi (すし、寿司, 鮨, 鮓, 寿斗, 寿し, 壽司) is a Japanese delicacy consisting of cooked vinegared rice (shari) combined with other ingredients (neta). This person I would guess is trying to use the word Sashimi. Thou this still wouldn't be an accurate word for this article.
Poultry is probably the most difficult to pin down. Raw chicken will smell sour and could develop a slick film when it goes bad.
Cheese
Life span: One week to two months ...
One other thing, some people will buy lunch meat in the packs from the self serve area of the stores. These come with nice sell by dates on them. And those dates can be passed by 3-4 days with out much worry as long as the seal on them is not broken. But once its been opened, that rule of 2 days immediately applies. For you have now allowed air in and the break down process has now started. So don't go by that date once opened.Klaatu barada nikto
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