Hot Dogs , Are they still good ??
I bought a 3lb. package of Nathan's Hot Dogs and somehow forgot about them in the meat drawer of my refrigerator. The sell by date is 4/18/08, are they still good. Being that they are vacuum sealed I would guess so but what are your thoughts ??
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re: Ruth Lafler
hill food
May 9, 2008 10:51 PM
my test: is the surface sticky/slimy? Even better, smell, and if your sense of smell is compromised ask a friend.
if it's even a little gummy you may want to toss, personally I'd eat them w/o hesitation.
"sell by" is never "eat by" and the companies regularly play CYO to ward off complaints.
granted if they'd been stored in a picnic cooler on the back porch that might be a different issue.
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re: hill food
mrbozo
May 10, 2008 07:51 AM
Rinse the slime off any meat product. If it still smells offensive, toss it. If it smells slightly gamey, cook it thoroughly.
The other day I had half a block of tofu that had gone stinky on me. I rinsed it and dried it, cut it up and fried it. Had it in soup and had it in a stir fry. Nice tangy body to it. I feel fine.
My body is well accustomed to "off" foodstuffs. Someone who's eating habits have been based on a "sterile" environment may react differently, i.e. get sick.
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Bat Guano
May 9, 2008 10:22 AM
I read a story once about an excavation of a dump, in which they found hot dogs from the mid-1940s - this was 50 years later - and they were still, to all appearances, unchanged from when they were manufactured. Point being: hot dogs contain a fair amount of preservatives, to put it mildly. They should be fine.
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