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Originally Posted by GREENBACK
I ate a cheeseburger tonight that was cooked 12 days ago. I know it may sound discusting to some but it looked, smelled and tasted as good as the day it was made. Is it just me or do a lot of people discard good food?
Maybe this is a carryover from my leaner years but it's so hard for me to put food, that I consider to be perfectly edible, in the trash. I honestly think of really poor and destitute people in other countries that would kill for what I might throw away on a whim because it's a few days old.
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Totally agree, and I try really hard to eat things before they go bad. I hate throwing out food that was ok a few days ago, even if it just $1 bag of carrots or something. For me 3 days is a very safe guidline, but I've certainly eaten older food. Unfortunately the only way short of having a lab to test food is to eat it and see if you get sick. Guessing that pork chop didn't do you in since it's been a couple days and you are still posting
