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Subject: Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:09:14 +0100

Martin wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:59:34 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Martin wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:46:59 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
> >>
> >> >erilar wrote:
> >> >
> >> >[]
> >> >> That's what worries me about it; I've read and heard too many warnings
> >> >> about how quickly ground meat can go bad.
> >> >
> >> >Any dead organism starts to attract things like bacteria- the longer
> >> >it's left, the more it will have.
> >> >
> >> >There was an interesting programme on UK TV a few weeks ago where the
> >> >presenter did a video diary over several weeks where he ate food from
> >> >the supermarket at progressively later dates past the official 'use by'
> >> >and 'sell by.' In one case with ground meat, the colour had gone off
> >> >quite a bit, but it smelled OKish. A scientist who was examining the
> >> >meat for bacteria etc. pointed out that while it certainly had more than
> >> >it would have had a week earlier, it was still safe to eat provided it
> >> >was thoroughly cooked. I'm not suggesting anyone eat stuff well by its
> >> >sell-by date, but I think with a bit of common sense, you don't need to
> >> >throw things in the bin the moment they pass their sell by date.
> >>
> >> Better still is not to buy so much stuff that you can't consume it
> >> before it's sell by date.
> >
> >That's a given, but things go on sale just before or on their sell-by
> >date. The mushrooms I used yesterday (oyster, hon and buna shimeji) were
> >half price, and I used them a day after they were to be sold- in perfect
> >condition.
>
> I find mushrooms on sale well before their sell by date, which are not fresh.

Sure, but this wasn't the case here.

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