Use by dates

I would use them provided they look and smell ok, but I don’t take much notice anyway ,I use my own judgement mostly, plastic and cellophane don’t help.

There'll be little or no goodness in them and if that was me, I'd sling them.

Slinging quite good veg is one of the ways of destroying the Planet . I would use them in spaghetti Bol or similar dishes , what about roasting them as a side dish ?

I love those peppers roasted with a drizzle of olive oil and wouldn’t take a blind bit of notice of use by dates on veg - if they’re still firm, unwrinkled and smell ok, they’re usually fine when cooked.

I agree with pantglas2.
They could also go into some home made soup to add a slight bite. As long as they're not slimy, too wrinkled, smelly, growing fur, etc, they should be fine.

Agree with Pantglas.I would certainly use them rather than waste them.

Forgot to say that if you’d bought them loose rather than in cellophane, there wouldn’t be that use by date to put doubt in your mind and you’d just use common sense, just like they did in the olden days!

If they look , feel and smell fine then use them, no point wasting good food

Ignore all use by dates. I do.

Just make sure you cook them thoroughly before eating. Ellen Vannin Some nutritional vaalue will have declined but certainly not all. and these peppers will still be a good source of dietary fibre.

My daughter has a newish fridge and she has veg that keeps weeks after their recommended sell by dates.If they are soft and wrinkly bin then but otherwise use them as usual

Thank you all...yes they look perfect...going to use in an aubergine bake...going to ditch buying plastic wrapped veg....only do that now& again..but it's better buying loose/unwrapped and use one's own judgement without being bullied by use by dates etc

Good choice farview on diching the plastic wrapped veg,I buy loose and the amount I need from my local Greengrocer I can pick what I want and support a local business.

My sister said this morning that when she helped my brother to move house they cleared out the pantry. They had bets on what would be the earliest date. And the winner was ......... 2008.

Wondering if it is true potatoes and apples must not be kept in the fridge. Supposed to make them carcinogenic but could be an old wives tale. Who to believe?

I rely on my nose rather than sell by dates. Never done us any harm.
I'd cut the peppers open &see what they look like inside- if seeds have gone brown sling 'em. If nice & cream eat'em.

I would use them if they aren't going off.
As others have said, it's quite obvious if they are soft/wrinkly/mouldy.

When my daughter complained when younger that veg was past it's use-by date, I pointed out that vegetables don't come out of the ground with a use-by date and to use her common sense - which is in danger of going out the window with today's youngsters and so much packaging!

think about it, it's a guideline for people with no knowledge or understanding, and to prevent shopkeepers selling us old stock. but more importantly, if something was within date but covered in fur or smelled rank or otherwise obviously gone off, you wouldn't eat it! so why question your judgement for the reverse?

I remember going caravanning to Yugoslavia before the uprising and the shops only had vegetables that had long passed their sell by date - we ate them and are still here. I would be more concerned about the chemicals and pesticides that have been put on them, which they will have or they would have long since gone off, and how the chemical changes may have affected them.

Never heard of this blueskies , wonder if anybody else has.
Keep my pots for jackets and salads in the fridge drawer.

If veg look OK I’ll use them. Pearl79 makes a good point about us not being sold out of date food.

Most Lidls vegetables and fruit have no sell by date. I go to Waitrose for my organic veg and fruit and they all have sell by dates. Just be sensible as others have said. You wont die if you eat a wrinkled pepper.

I agree fully with fizzers and others. If they look OK, then use them! (Even if they are a bit "sad" you can cut of the tatty bits and use the rest in a pasta sauce.)

If they look ok why not eat them. Sell by dates are sometimes ridiculous