Is chicken ok 5 days after sell date?

[Anonymous]

Hate to throw away a whole one but I think its too old.

[Anonymous]

I'm in the better safe than sorry camp

[Anonymous]

yeah i'd say that was too old if it wasn't frozen.

[Anonymous]

No, it's not. Toss it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate to throw away a whole one but I think its too old.

I'd throw it out. Here is a sure fire way to see if meat has spoiled: if you touch it with the tip of your tonge and it makes your tonge tingle, it is bad. Also, if you have a cat and the cat refuses to eat it then it is spoiled. This won't work with a dog because dogs eat anything. I learned this years ago during summer vacation at my uncle farm.

[Anonymous]

I would eat it myself, but wouldn't serve it to my child.

[Anonymous]

DH would eat and be fine. My stomach would roil just from thinking about it.

[Anonymous]

???SELL DATE is different from EXPIRATION DATE people. The sell by date is designed so you have a week to eat it even if you buy it on the last day. You are going to cook it, right? It will be fine.

[Anonymous]

I think the best indicator would be smell and if it feels slimy. Meat has a very icky smell when it has started to go bad.

The tongue tingling is fascinating. I don't think I'm brave enough to try.

[Anonymous]

I think you're supposed to eat it 2-3 days after the sell by date. My guess is it is probably past and wouldn't risk it.

[Anonymous]

I just cooked some salmon I bought on Monday without checking the date (on TJ's) and the sell date was Oct. 10. I thought it looked a little bit "odd" but I prepared it anyway... after done I didn't think it tasted right so I threw it away.... so sad! Ten dollars thrown in the trash!

[Anonymous]

Better to waste $10 than a full day puking into the toilet, I say.

Chicken, in particular, is crawling with pathogens. At least according to my Microbiology prof. That's why everyone says to be so careful to cook it above a specific temperature and wash your workspace, tools and hands (esp under fingernails) thoroughly.

I wouldn't hesitate to toss it.

[Anonymous]

I've always seen the recommendation to cook or freeze chicken within two days of purchase - bacteria multiply very fast under typical home storage conditions (plus the time out of the refrigerator while you shop/go home). I absolutely would not use it 5 days past the sell date (which means you've had it at home for at least that long).
Food poisoning SUCKS. As in, throughout unmedicated labor I kept evaluating contractions as "getting worse, but still not as bad as food poisoning."

[Anonymous]

Only if you're hosting a Fiesta di Salmonella.

[Anonymous]

OP here-
I threw it away. I was just hoping that with all the antibiotics and junk they put in chicken these days it would be ok. I chucked it to be on the safe side. Even if I had cooked it I think it would have been to un-appetizing to eat.
Thanks