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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:16 PM
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How old is too old?
Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 03:17 PM by MrCoffee
I've got some leftover thai food going on two weeks old for lunch. I fear nothing.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:18 PM
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1. don't eat that
:puke:
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:20 PM
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2. Food is too old when it can walk out of the frig on its own.
Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 03:20 PM by azmouse
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Beausoleil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:23 PM
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3. It's not too old if:
Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 03:24 PM by subliminable
It doesn't stink.
It hasn't changed color or size.
You couldn't enter it in a Science Fair.

If it makes you sick, you've violated one of the above. You'll remember next time.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:25 PM
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4. Yup... if it still smells good and isn't visibly 'off', I say go for it.
Makes your immune system stronger, it does. :patriot:
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Beausoleil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:37 PM
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6. My wife disagrees
She: I'm throwing this out.

Me: I'll eat it! It's only been in there two weeks!
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:36 PM
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5. When your hoagie turns purple.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:41 PM
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7. If it's got chicken or fish, three days tops.
If you decide to eat it anyway, please heat to at least 800 degrees beforehand!
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:42 PM
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8. Get rid of it... pitching 'iffy' leftovers is preferable to hugging the terlet bowl.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:42 PM
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9. Thirty-nine
Ut oh. I may be in trouble now.

:yoiks:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:54 PM
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10. Bastid!
:spank:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:55 PM
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12. I know
I'm evil. If it is any consolation, I was 39 once.

:silly:
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 03:55 PM
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11. nuke the living fuck out of it
and douse it with some form of hot pepper sauce.

you will be fine.

have a blessed day
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 04:00 PM
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13. Pour some bleach into it first to kill the e coli, hantavirus, & syphilis organisms..then microwave.
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