Once more into the fridge
For my butties yesterday, I'd used some handcarved roast turkey from Sainsbury's deli counter. I didn't need all of it so my mother said she would have the rest for her dinner. About 12 o'clock, I got a text from her saying that the piece she'd taken out of the fridge was not very nice. It turned out neither was the meat I'd got so I had to buy a bag of crisps and turn my roast turkey butties into crisp ones. Not a bad alternative but not ideal.
Last night, when I was making my butties for today, I was looking in the fridge for filling and found some German style sliced chicken in a Tupperware box. I couldn't remember when it had been opened but it smelt okay. On closer inspection, it looked rather dodgy and then I realised I'd opened it on Saturday. Five days in the fridge? Possibly pushing it so that got binned. Back to the fridge for option two which was some more chicken but this hadn't yet been opened. However the best before date was October 14 and it was already a bit blown. That went in the bin too and I went back in the fridge.
Attempt three was tuna pate. This was dated to today but I thought it would be okay. Until I opened it and found that the plastic tub was battered and split and the pate did not look at its best. Into the bin and back to the fridge. Attempt four was some Wensleydale with cranberries. At least with cheese you can cut off the mouldy bit and eat the rest. After the previous experiences, I opened the Tupperware dubiously and bent down to look at it closely. And reeled back from the extreme alcoholic stench wafting from it. The cheese looked fine, it only had two tiny spots of mould on it, but the cranberries must have fermented! Binned and back to the fridge. It was getting a bit desperate now, there wasn't much left in there. Daringly, I went for more cheese, this time some Red Leicester. Again it was in Tupperware but smelt and looked fine. There was most of the block there so it hadn't been open that long. One corner had gone a bit hard and dry, but I cut that off and my butty finally had a filling.
I felt so bad about all that food that had been wasted, but it wasn't just that it was out of date, it really was all inedible. I am still rather wary about my dinner today though. Perhaps I should look to see if there's a chippy round here, just in case.
Last night, when I was making my butties for today, I was looking in the fridge for filling and found some German style sliced chicken in a Tupperware box. I couldn't remember when it had been opened but it smelt okay. On closer inspection, it looked rather dodgy and then I realised I'd opened it on Saturday. Five days in the fridge? Possibly pushing it so that got binned. Back to the fridge for option two which was some more chicken but this hadn't yet been opened. However the best before date was October 14 and it was already a bit blown. That went in the bin too and I went back in the fridge.
Attempt three was tuna pate. This was dated to today but I thought it would be okay. Until I opened it and found that the plastic tub was battered and split and the pate did not look at its best. Into the bin and back to the fridge. Attempt four was some Wensleydale with cranberries. At least with cheese you can cut off the mouldy bit and eat the rest. After the previous experiences, I opened the Tupperware dubiously and bent down to look at it closely. And reeled back from the extreme alcoholic stench wafting from it. The cheese looked fine, it only had two tiny spots of mould on it, but the cranberries must have fermented! Binned and back to the fridge. It was getting a bit desperate now, there wasn't much left in there. Daringly, I went for more cheese, this time some Red Leicester. Again it was in Tupperware but smelt and looked fine. There was most of the block there so it hadn't been open that long. One corner had gone a bit hard and dry, but I cut that off and my butty finally had a filling.
I felt so bad about all that food that had been wasted, but it wasn't just that it was out of date, it really was all inedible. I am still rather wary about my dinner today though. Perhaps I should look to see if there's a chippy round here, just in case.