Chicken dilemma, need TL's expert advice. - Page 2

lozarian

United Kingdom1043 Posts

August 10 2011 10:46 GMT

#21

I'm with the "sniff it and see" crowd. I tend to ignore most sell by dates anyway.

As for the eggs: They're not kept in the fridge in shops, they're just stacked up like a box of biscuits. You're supposed to let eggs get to room temperature before using the damn things, it's fine.

Dagobert

Netherlands1858 Posts

August 10 2011 10:48 GMT

#22

On August 10 2011 17:05 Dampe wrote:
Smell it. If it smells bad, it's bad. If you don't know what bad meat smells like, trust me, you'll know when you smell it. The other concern would be bacteria so just make sure it's cooked all the way through. Eat that shit IMO.

Doesn't work with frozen food. He'd have to thaw it... and if he does, the chicken will be inedible either way.

My advice: throw it away. You shouldn't keep meat uncooled for more than a few minutes. Neither freezing bad meat nor cooking it for an hour will make it palatable again. Even if all the bacteria were to die, it would still taste awful.

Or just check what e.coli/botulinum/campylobacter ingestion does to you, then look at the price you paid for the chicken and consider if it's worth the risk.

barth

Ireland1272 Posts

August 10 2011 10:50 GMT

#23

Don't worry about it. Cook it well and you'll be perfectly fine.

As a bonus, here is an amazing roast chicken video recipe:

Taryssa

United States1628 Posts

August 10 2011 11:00 GMT

#24

You're going to cook it...it will be totally fine.

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2598 Posts

August 10 2011 11:05 GMT

#25

LOL at all the people advocating cooking the chicken first. Pussies.

Sega92

United States467 Posts

August 10 2011 12:23 GMT

#26

its perfectly fine, if you need to keep it for a long time freezing is what I do, I actually have some chicken in the freezer right now and I know it will be fine to eat when I thaw it out

Shikyo

Finland33997 Posts

August 10 2011 12:57 GMT

#27

Ehhh if the chicken became bad during the few hours, it's not going to become better by freezing it again. Of course if it's all right it's okay to cook it.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

August 10 2011 14:37 GMT

#28

Seriously? If you haven't already, cook it. It will be fine. Three hours is not even remotely close to long enough for chicken, sealed in plastic, to spoil.

lantz

United States762 Posts

August 10 2011 14:59 GMT

#29

back in the days, people ate chicken days after it was left out...

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

August 10 2011 15:45 GMT

#30

Why would you even imagine yourself throwing away a perfectly fine delicious juicy chicken? Cook it any way you please (or keep it raw... like a boss) and enjoy it!

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

August 10 2011 15:55 GMT

#31

On August 10 2011 19:09 Unbeliever wrote:
Why did you buy a live chicken on a whim? What makes you think it likes being in that freezer?

You're a horrible person.

Lol this made me laugh so hard XD. But yeah, just cook it and you will be fine. Make sure to follow all rules of cooking chicken though. Otherwise, you will be in for a little sickness.