On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:09:14 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>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.
Maybe depends on the type of mushroom. Button mushrooms and field mushrooms are
hardly ever fresh.
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Martin
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