Best is used by……

[smokenoob]

How far past “Best if used by” or “sell by” do you go?
I have some commercial sealed smoked salmon with a “sell by 10/19.
It has been refrigerated below 38° since purchase.
🤔🤔🤔

[Michael_in_TX]

I always have to think these dates are a bit conservative and you can stretch it, but not by much.

Coincidentally, I had two instances of this in the past 24 hours. Last night I reached for a can of beans and noticed it expired in December of 2022. I tossed it. I had other beans that were not expired.

This morning, I really wanted some bacon and needed it fast. I noticed we had a stash of microwave (yeah, I know) bacon in the fridge. It expired on on November 23rd. I opened it. It still looked like bacon. I did four slices and trashed the rest.

(As of this writing, I am still alive lol.)

[captainlee]

Don't eat it I want to go fishing with you this summer. Also didn't you just read the Last Meal thread? Do you want that to be your last meal. Carolyn said ok if you're desperate.

[smokenoob]

haha….dang! I like that salmon, got it at Lagree’s this summer in BV 🙄 🗑️

[Oak Smoke]

Isn’t smoking fish a way of preserving it? If it passed the smell test I’d give it a try. Now this is coming from someone who has had real food poisoning twice so consider the source.

[mrteddyprincess]

I agree. The sniff test goes a long way and is pretty good.

[Jerod Broussard]

I'd be prone to searing before consuming.

[smokenoob]

I think I’m gonna put in my Pin fish trap, and try to replace it with a snapper caught with live Pin fish….😁

[FireMan]

I’d bet its good cuz of three factors, smoked, factory sealed & fridgerated to near frozen. I’ d eat it.

As far as the canned beans is concerned, shoot, canned food is known to last decades and still be edible. 1 year? Gimme a break, no problemo.

[smokenoob]

I shoulda started a pole, I can’t keep track of all you guys, like herding cats…

[Panhead John]

poll…...🤓

[smokenoob]

Panhead John I’m keeping you in a job! I’ll run it up the flag poll….

[DavidNorcross]

For me on most things Best by dates are merely a recommendation. Typically what will happen is you will loose flavor over time. However, we are looking at refrigerated fish here which could potentially be different. I would trust my nose on this one.

[RonB]

My standard answer for things like this is for you to give your MIL a taste. If she survives, you are good to go.