Turkey breasts 2 days past "use by"?

[TexArcher 38448]

Never frozen, but kept sealed and refrigerated.  "Use by 8/17" and it's 8/19.

If I cook them thoroughly, am I gonna die?

[AustinMT 952]

Only one way to find out

[millhouse 2709]

Cook thoroughly? I thought medium-rare was the way to do it these days. Or so the Friend's Food thread led me to believe.

Edited August 19, 2018 by millhouse

[DoobieWah 1477]

Use your nose. It knows.

But when in doubt, throw it out.

[Baboontyme 2844]

Yep. Smell test. You're probably fine.

[phdhorn 6224]

21 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

Yep. Smell test. You're probably fine.

They're usually kind of conservative with those dates (don't wanna end up in court) and in my experience most stuff spoils starting about a week after the "use by" date on average.  However, just smell/look at it.  Bad turkey starts getting brown/black areas and smells like bad turkey.  

My guess is it's still fine.***

 

(**disclaimer - this is NOT a recommendation, just a suggestion, so your family doesn't sue my ass when you croak due to lethal turkey.)

[TexArcher 38448]

Yeah, but I did the smell test on a girl in 1997 and she passed, but she still gave me the clap.

Fool me once...

[phdhorn 6224]

22 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Yeah, but I did the smell test on a girl in 1997 and she passed, but she still gave me the clap.

Fool me once...

What exactly are you gonna do with those turkey breasts?  I have the feeling that the spoil date is irrelevant.

[hornbri 1476]

2 days? you are almost surely fine. But as everyone has said, smell test will tell you. 

[52-80 19287]

smell AND slime test

[Deej 77296]

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Go for it.

[RDCanecutter 26570]

4 hours ago, TexArcher said:

If I cook them thoroughly, am I gonna die?

If you cook them, you die.

If you don't cook them, you still die.

Might as well cook them.

[dcbc 14573]

If they smell like shrimp, don't eat them. 

[SmokeyTheBear 5569]

Lick it. If it tastes like salmonella, toss it. If it tastes like Thanksgiving dinner, you are high. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8921]

Wonder if he made it? It's been 4 hours...

[Kennythetiger 9503]

He’s dead, Jim. 

[Assman 1830]

Anything left in the wreath fund?

[Hook1997 5435]

Those dates are very conservative.  I’d feel fine cooking it 5 days past that date.

[HornOnTheBayou 8972]

[Bone3421 716]

So long tex...

[MNLonghornFUKM 8921]

I didn't really like him anyways

[Ghost of TexArcher 5]

Turkey wasnt that bad really...would eat again

[CooterBrown 18115]

We’ve all had your mom by her use by date and lived.

[DoobieWah 1477]

37 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

We’ve all had your mom by her use by date and lived.

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