Out-of-Date B&B Pudding.

I thought this was going to be about a complaint about a pudding you had had at a Bed and Breakfast place. Bit dim this morning

I opened and used some of a bottle of cream with a use by date of 2 weeks past. It was fine. Went to look for it later and OH told me he had thrown it out because it was past it's use by date. Perhaps he is more delicate than I am.

Calendargirl the pudding can't have been out of date, you only made it yesterday!

I might make a lemon layer pudding tomorrow with some rather old lemons.

There was an article in the Daily Telegraph today about how foods past their 'best before' dates are entirely usable, even when they are several years after their 'best before' date.

There are companes who buy food that is past its 'best before' dates and then sell it on, both safely and legally to consumers.

I am like silverlining, everything gets eaten. menus get replanned, food is frozen, raw, part processed or ready to eat. If I have food waste to recycle, it is bacon rinds, fish skins or chop bones.

Prices were quoted as low as 1p for a jar of Heinz mustard and 9p for a jar of Waitrose cook-in sauce. with 'best before' dates of 2019 and 2020.

Best before' is very different to 'use by' dates and it is illegal to sell those.

I would give a link, but the DT hides behind a paywall

A relative told me off because the rice in my cupboard was a few months out of date! I have some salt in the cupboard which is out of date by 1 year! As it was formed a few million years ago, I don't think it is going to make much difference.
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The honey found in Egyptian tombs was fine but couldn't be sold because it didn't have a use-by date!

I've just made cakes with out of date eggs and over ripe bananas.
So far, so good.
I wouldn't have poached the eggs but they didn't float and were well baked.

I recently ate with no ill affects, three out of date natural yoghurts lurking at the back of the fridge behind some jars. (Don’t ask!) The use by date was last September 2021 but given they looked & smelled ok & the lids hadn’t blown I tried the tip of a spoonful & then scoffed them 3 nights in a row after supper.
I’m still alive. Hooray!

I love bread & butter pudding. Just make in with milk, eggs, sugar, bread and some currants. I usually make it about 2 hours before cooking, and the bread absorbs all the milk and eggs and swells up. Then have some lovely brown crusty bits on top of the soft, curranty bit. Sometimes put some orange marmalade on the bread too. Everything in this house gets eaten unless it is mouldy or really gross ? Veg and fruit go into smoothies and soups. Bread goes into bread pudding or bread and butter pudding.

My very favourite pudding. I never have enough bread to make it myself, so I buy the one from Asda ….best ever ?

I once made a B&B pud in France, with a mega size stale brioche the baker gave for free when we collected our daily mega order of baguettes, croissants etc. - there were at least 12 staying at the time.
It worked well, but TBH I prefer it with bog standard white bread and butter.

I think dried foodstuffs and tins are fine for a long time after their sell by date. I would throw fresh stuff away away a day or two after the date, but I’d only throw vegetables and fruits when you can see they’ve gone off.
I understood that B+B pudding was developed in order to use up stale bread.

I take little notice of dates. If it needs eating it gets eaten, if not it’s frozen , or cooked and then frozen. Nothing is thrown out and we have had no problems. Can’t stand waste.

Don't give much credence to dates. More inclined to touch, smell and appearance in general of fresh stuff. Tins I regard as indefinite until proven otherwise on opening. Hasn't happened yet. Mind you, I always diligently seek out the dates at time of fresh purchases and choose the most advanced one (usually at back of the shelf!).

I think condensed milk goes a bit brown looking if it's very out of date but I'm sure it's still fine to use.

ExDancer

I never thought of using condensed milk - do you just whisk some eggs into it and pour over the bread n butter?

I usually use evaporated milk. With the condensed, I mixed some ordinary skimmed milk in with it to slacken it off, and then beat 3 eggs (also a bargain, 20p for 6 free range large from Co-Op, another out of date item!) into the mixture and poured over the bread etc. Hardly used any sugar as the condensed is sooo sweet. Should have used more skimmed probably, as I had to agree with DH, a bit stodgy, but still yummy.

Calendargirl

Title slightly misleading. Have just polished off a rather large slice of a bread and butter pud I made yesterday. I used bread from a reduced Tesco bloomer loaf, BB date of 27th January, and a tin of condensed milk 2 years out of date. DH said at tea last night it was a bit ‘stodgy’, but managed to eat seconds.

Well, all gone now, no ill effects from the dates, it was de-licious.

Am sure some will come on to say they would have chucked the ingredients, but not me.

One of my favourites, and with condensed milk, yum. As long as the tin wasn’t rusty or dented, I would have used it.

My neighbour shops in M&S twice a week. She doesn’t eat enough to keep a gnat alive.
So when her food is 2 days out of date she gives it to neighbours.
Thank you very much ?

I'm the world's worst chucker-outer, especially as I've got older.

No waste in this household either. As long as it looks, smells and tastes OK we eat it.

I never throw anything out if it passes the sniff test, no matter how long ago the ‘use by’ date is. Nothing wasted here!

When it comes to wasting perfectly good food, Kali, common sense is sadly not exactly common.

GagaJo

I never chuck stuff, just because of dates. I check it's OK. Sniff test. Check it doesn't look off. Taste it (if it's not raw meat etc).

Yep, same here! A relative told me off because the rice in my cupboard was a few months out of date! I have some salt in the cupboard which is out of date by 1 year! As it was formed a few million years ago, I don't think it is going to make much difference.

I’d have used them, too - I love using things up. One thing I actually enjoyed about the first lockdown, when supermarket shelves were often empty, was contriving nice meals out of what we had. Which included several store cupboard items 3-5 years out of date.

Personally I’d never chuck out of date dry goods, unless they smelt rancid (some things with oil content can) nor tins that are perfectly sound.

I never thought of using condensed milk - do you just whisk some eggs into it and pour over the bread n butter?

I never chuck stuff, just because of dates. I check it's OK. Sniff test. Check it doesn't look off. Taste it (if it's not raw meat etc).