'I used five-year-old gravy on roast and think I'll be fine for key reason'
A man has shared how he used gravy that was five years out of date on his roast - people online reckon he'll be fine after spotting a detail on the packet.
A man bravely used some five-year-old gravy on his Sunday roast, and people online reckon he might be fine.
Taking to the r/CasualUK forum to explain his situation, user BigBlueMontainStar attached a photo of the gravy packet, which had an expiry date of July 2019.
Worried about what may happen to him after eating it, he turned to Reddit and was told there may not be much to worry about after all.
He wrote: "Just made the gravy for the roast. Wish us luck..." Despite a slew of humourous replies, some have suggested he might dodge food poisoning.
One user wrote: "Best before not use by. Should be fine." Another joked: "Yeah, it should be fine."
A third warned that the dates used on the packages are not always accurate, writing: "Even use by is very rarely accurate, items may easily be perfectly fine to consume after the date, or may be harmful before it. Keep the date in mind but use your senses too, if milks a few days out of date but looks, smells and tastes perfectly fine then common sense says it's fine to consume as normal. If it's within the date but has curdled and smells sour then don't.
"Use by dates tend to assume an average of how long until microbes exceed a safe limit, however if you keep your fridge a couple degrees cooler or take steps to ensure you're not leaving milk out longer than it needs to then there's a good chance it'll exceed the use by date."
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Another claimed their partner recently ate something that was three months out of date, and seems fine so far. They said: "The husband cooked and ate refrigerated stuffed pasta yesterday with a ‘use or freeze by’ date of June 06. His argument was it was still sealed, and that it smelled and looked fine when he opened it. He is still with us - so far."
Another claimed: "I made a roast yesterday and realised that the cornflour I use went out of date in August 2022."
The original poster confirmed they did "actually" use the gravy, but they are yet to reveal whether or not it made them ill. According to EatByDate, packaged gravy can last for one year after its printed date.
