yoghurt - 2 weeks over - death?

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What happened to the mince will I die thread? Did he die?

Yep. RIP

 

[Manter]

Oh well, we all know about frozen mince now

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh well, we all know about frozen mince now

I think there's lots of mince threads and lots of other food related "will I die?" threads. There really should be a separate "Will I die?" forum, except everyone will always tell you to sniff it or if it doesn't look ok, then eat it. That's fine, if you've got a good nose.

 

[8115]

I would love a "Will I die?" forum

 

[Manter]

We should set up a 'will I die' template thread. Along the lines of:

1- Will I die if I .....(insert food related action here)

2- Yes, bin it, too high risk, I have an NVQ in catering so I'd know
3- No, don't be such a wastrel everything was much better before we had fridges and people were more sensible about food
4- due dates are a conspiracy by big food manufacturing business
5- I ate ....(insert something jaw droppingly unhygienic here) and I was fine
Optional- gross video from the further reaches of google/gentlegreen's kitchen

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Which reminds me, I bought a meat feast pizza from the new Sainsbury's on Thursday. I can't see an use-by date

 

[nogojones]

Which reminds me, I bought a meat feast pizza from the new Sainsbury's on Thursday. I can't see an use-by date

It will last forever

 

[Manter]

Leave it about a week then start a will I die thread

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It will last forever

I very rarely eat pizza. I only got it as doing lots of housework at the moment and haven't got the energy to cook

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Leave it about a week then start a will I die thread

It cost £2.49. I'll be considered an extravagant waster if I bin it, and if I keep it and eat it and die, I'll be considered tight (and dead)

I think I'll stick the oven on

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I bet they weren't. People weren't stupid until they had fridges and BBE dates, they went by how it looked, felt, smelt, how long it had been since it was killed/ made/ kept, they used to salt, preserve, smoke etc a lot of things not just out of preference but necessity. Many people grew their own food or bought it locally meaning that some of the problems associated with industrial production of meat/ vegetables were not an issue.

But food adulteration was a major problem back in the day, before sufficient regulations were introduced. All sorts of dodgy things went on in the food industry, including contamination with arsenic. Thankfully the regulations are very strict in Europe now, albeit with some serious breaches as we all neigh about. But it is still a massive problem in other parts of the world, like China. Obviously their regulatory regime isn't as developed as ours, so I feel sorry for the consumers there.

It is possible that people may not have died from eating dodgy food most of the time, but gradually were damaged by repeated infections and had their lifespan reduced as a result. I wouldn't fancy having repeated bouts of food poisoning throughout life - especially before the invention of moist toilet tissue!

or maybe people had stronger stomachs?

<snip>

Probably not, as human physiology hasn't changed in the time period. The Black Death was not due to the plague, but in fact solely down a dodgy batch of out of date yoghurt. It's all a massive cover up and we're being poisoned by the global yoghurt conspiracy!

and they probably couldn't afford to waste it either

True - if the choice is between taking the risk or starving it is a no brainer that you'd eat it. But if you're not desperate, there is no reason to take the risk unless you enjoy spending hours on the loo.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Which reminds me, I bought a meat feast pizza from the new Sainsbury's on Thursday. I can't see an use-by date

That's because the meat is the new lab-grown type and is therefore immortal. In fact it is probably still alive, and gradually crawling across the pizza, breeding to make lab meat Frankenstein babies.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Black Death was not to due to the plague, but in fact solely down a dodgy batch of out of date yoghurt. I

Highlighting in case nogojones misses this valuable bit of information

 

[nogojones]

I can't hear you. I've already started grating the cuecumber

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I can't hear you. I've already started grating the cuecumber

Well if you're eating cucumber, you deserve everything that's coming to you!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Cucumber can kill you nogo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-by-Cucumber-ebook/dp/B007SI0NRW

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I can't hear you. I've already started grating the cuecumber

One of the first signs of yoghurt poisoning is deafness. You are on the inescapable death spiral now I'm afraid. It's been nice knowing you.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cucumber can kill you nogo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-by-Cucumber-ebook/dp/B007SI0NRW

What an odd book! I was thinking of ways you could die from cucumbers, and was disappointed that the book wasn't about this.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What an odd book! I was thinking of ways you could die from cucumbers, and was disappointed that the book wasn't about this.

Don't tell nogo that! I was trying to convince him his cucumber could kill him!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, I've just found date on meat pizza.

It says use by 16th

Will I die?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well, will I?

I seriously can't take the risk of a dodgy stomach, but if it's just Sainsbury's being over-cautious...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Too late. I've eaten half of it. If you don't hear from me, you'll know I've gone the same way as nogojones

 

[Manter]

See post 35

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

See post 35

Maybe I'll eat a probiotic yoghurt now to counteract any nasties I've just eaten

 

[Manter]

Maybe I'll eat a probiotic yoghurt now to counteract any nasties I've just eaten

How many days has it been out of the fridge?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

How many days has it been out of the fridge?

The yoghurt was delivered on Thursday and is in the fridge. It has plenty of use-by-dateability left on it

 

[Manter]

The yoghurt was delivered on Thursday and is in the fridge. It has plenty of use-by-dateability left on it

Pffff. Lightweight

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Don't tell nogo that! I was trying to convince him his cucumber could kill him!

Oops, sorry!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oops, sorry!

Anyway, I found this from 2011 for nogo

A deadly E. coli outbreak in Europe is expected to worsen in coming days, a senior German scientist has said.

Fourteen people have died in Germany and one woman has now died in Sweden after a trip to Germany.

"We hope the number of cases will go down but we fear it will worsen," said Oliver Grieve, of the University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, where many victims are being treated.

It is thought cucumbers from Spain caused the outbreak.

But Spanish officials have refused to accept the blame, saying it is still unclear exactly when and where the vegetables were contaminated.
The president of Spain's fruit and vegetable export federation has urged the government to deal with the outbreak, saying it was costing Spanish exporters $200m (£120m) a week.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It is thought cucumbers from Spain caused the outbreak.

Could it be the Spanish who grow so much of the veg for Europe pooed on the veg destined for the UK out of spite, to get their own back about Gibraltar? Other countries may have suffered as a form of collateral damage.

Also, what if someone used one of the poison cucumbers for, *ahem*, other purposes. Would they die? Them and carrots are the poor man's / woman's dildo after all...so I have been told.