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Theophan said:bgebrent said:... Disagree brother. Too much afraid and not science.
My brother, you might be right about possibly too much afraid. Yeah, I do tend to be paranoid.
But no, sorry, plenty of science: First, I'm a retired physician, and I studied microbiology as a biology major in college, and again in medical school, where I also studied infectious diseases, notably including foodborne illness. I've also spent dozens and dozens of hours going over reports of incidents of foodborne illness and what was found to have caused them, and the recommendations of experts at the CDC, FDA, etc., to try to offer information to my church about people (a) bringing food to church, and trying to minimize the risks in that, and (b) cooking food for fundraisers, etc.. I've read cover to cover the ServeSafe manual that is the standard used by the food service industry across the country. I really am pretty darned familiar with this topic.
Here are a few lines from a very quick search just now:
Centers for Disease Control: "Foods that have dangerous bacteria in them may not taste, smell, or look different."
CDC again: "Food contaminated with Staph toxin may not smell bad or look spoiled."
CDC again: "Contaminated foods usually look and smell normal, which is why it is important to know how to prevent Salmonella infection."
CDC again: "The foods contaminated with emerging pathogens usually look, smell, and taste normal, and the pathogen often survives traditional preparation techniques"
Plenty of science out there if you want to look for it.Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
After a restaurant meal, a coworker developed food poisoning and the Docs had to remove part of his stomach!! Beware!!!
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I would have already cooked and eaten the chicken and remember a good dose of alcohol helps in killing germs and stuff (as well as your liver, which is evil and must be punished)!!
PS... I've had food poisoning years ago from a fast food joint... I still would have eaten the chicken already!
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nolaegghead said:... Mostly what changes in the fridge is the harmless bacteria...nolaegghead said:... Does something happen after a couple of weeks in the refrigerator different between beef and poultry that make poultry more of a risk to eat after cold storage than beef? Because we dry age beef and don't worry that much about time after butchering. We cook the bejesus out of poult... Or is it because the older poultry with higher bacterial loads cross contaminates our kitchen and we get sick from other things?
To me, the point is that the situation is murky, and most of the time you can do everything wrong and still be fine, so all of the guys on this forum saying they've been doing this ____ for years and they've never gotten sick are right in that sense! It's just that it's not a small risk of catching a bad cold -- it's a small risk of being so sick you wish you were dead. For me, it's just not worth taking that risk. -
Okay, the votes are in. I tossed it. Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm just glad it wasn't that SRF Wagyu chicken!
http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/chicken/chicken.html
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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Carolina Q said:Okay, the votes are in. I tossed it. Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm just glad it wasn't that SRF Wagyu chicken!
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Carolina Q said:Okay, the votes are in. I tossed it. Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm just glad it wasn't that SRF Wagyu chicken!
http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/chicken/chicken.html
The other CarolinaQ would have ate that like a boss.
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tarheelmatt said:Carolina Q said:Okay, the votes are in. I tossed it. Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm just glad it wasn't that SRF Wagyu chicken!
http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/chicken/chicken.html
The other CarolinaQ would have ate that like a boss.
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JohnnyTarheel said:tarheelmatt said:Carolina Q said:Okay, the votes are in. I tossed it. Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm just glad it wasn't that SRF Wagyu chicken!
http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/chicken/chicken.html
The other CarolinaQ would have ate that like a boss.
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Dredger said:I vote for tossing. I am super anal about that kind of stuff. I've had food poisoning once from eating at a restaurant. That gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "If you love me, kill me". You really, really mean it.
"super anal"? Don't arouse @SGH so early on a Saturday morning.New Albany, Ohio -
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Theophan said:nolaegghead said:... Mostly what changes in the fridge is the harmless bacteria...
I know they all grow, albeit some very slowly at lower temps. The relative concentration of fauna changes as a function of temperature, and my question, what's there to start with and the difference between beef an poultry.
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Carolina Q said:Okay, the votes are in. I tossed it. Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm just glad it wasn't that SRF Wagyu chicken!
http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/chicken/chicken.html“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
absolutely
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
"super anal"? Don't arouse @SGH so early on a Saturday morning.
Funny @THEBuckeye. I hope he's okay, haven't noticing him posting much lately.
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If you ever get salmonella you never trust chicken even at the by date. That stuff is hellish. Listen to DoubleEggerI XL and 1 Weber Kettle And 1 Weber Q220 Outside Alvin, TX-- South of Houston
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If it looks and smells OK, only a easy to be led astray guy would toss it - you think most restaurants don't serve after sell by dates?
I like the FDA logic, if it has been kept in the fridge unopened, I'm thinking all is good.
If it was a supermarket whole chicken and was only 6 days past the sell before date, it would be on one of those rotisseries selling for $7.....Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad! -
Skiddymarker said:If it looks and smells OK, only a easy to be led astray guy would toss it - you think most restaurants don't serve after sell by dates?
I like the FDA logic, if it has been kept in the fridge unopened, I'm thinking all is good.
If it was a supermarket whole chicken and was only 6 days past the sell before date, it would be on one of those rotisseries selling for $7.....
So I'm out six bucks. I'll get over it.I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
If it doesn't smell bad... Eat itGreen egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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Damn, $6, you will regret that in the years to come when your (what is it called) 1040 tanks.
Whatever. You are happy/comfortable with is the right thing to do.
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I threw away a couple of packs of in date chicken last week because it smelled bad. I'll take a chance with red meat, but not with chicken. You did right to chuck it.
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