retired_smilin916

Depends on the medicine.

I got some shower thingie that are expired since 2003 but if i have any sort of skin thingie (forgot what it's called) i apply that shower gel and within 2 days it's gone. </BLOCKQUOTE>

What your skin? I'm not surprised...

retired_wlchow

When I did a lot of training I used to drink two pints of milk a day. I got them from my local shop, on my way to work until one day. I necked a pint of milk & **** me, it was foul. After spending a few minutes heaving I checked the date and it was out by a few days. My other pint was perfectly fine but I didn't fancy it & I haven't drunk milk (except in tea & coffee) since.

Anyway, Matt Jones, giz a biscuit. I'll eat them for you, I'm starving, I haven't eaten allday.

retired_matthowells

Very little. For meat and fish, I'll check the dates. For pretty much anything else, I think looking at it or smelling it is enough to pass judgement.

The people who really confuse/annoy me are the ones who pay strict attention to the dates on packaged (yet fresh) fruit. If I took it out of the packet and put it with the loose fruit, nobody would be able to tell, because its still perfectly fine, so why do they insist on throwing it away "just in case"?

Unrelated note, my friend was clearing out his grandma's flat recently and found a frozen turkey in the freezer with a date of 1998 on it.

retired_nikealli

I really don't take notice of the Best by dates, but the other half refuses mto eat anything if it's even a day past it's best by date. I keep teling her that it won't be a problem but she won't have any of it!

Use by dates are normally eaten well within.

retired_princesspouty

Eggs, fruit and veg are things where I disregard the dates. Eggs I guess are potential dangerous but they always outlast the use by date by ages.

retired_rmschaffer

It is psychological for me. If I suspect milk is out of date I can't enjoy it. I cringe a bit when drinking it.

marynot

god how do you get through the days?

retired_susan mcdonald

you're young, your body can take most things

retired_the gizmo

I have freezer jam my grandmother made in 94 somewhere in my chest freezer. tastes great.

retired_ehicks84

we have some pretty old meat in the freezer. my mum insists that as long as it's always been frozen, it doesn't matter. within reason i assume.

i doubt stale biscuits would kill you, but i wouldn't personally want to eat them, just on an 'are these appetising?' basis.