Keeping Sliced Meat

Replies: 17 - Last Post: Feb 8, 2013 3:34 PM Last Post By: sashac001

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Jan 29, 2013 6:42 PM
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Keeping Sliced Meat

How long will sliced meat keep in the fridge? I bought some sliced ham and roast pork and forgot it was still there. I bought them Tuesday of last week - that makes eight days. Do you think it's still safe to use or should I throw them out?
I tried smelling the pork but it's difficult to tell as it has a lemon myrtle smell.

mancub

Jan 29, 2013 7:39 PM
Posts: 63

The number one mantra of every cook ought to be, "If in doubt chuck it out."
Why play gastronomic Russian Roulette?
You may save a few cents, but there's always the chance that you might lose. .

castaway_girl

Jan 30, 2013 7:05 AM
Posts: 32

I would throw it out...

nutraxfornerves

Jan 30, 2013 8:54 AM
Posts: 6,625

US government food safety web site says 3-5 days.

lucapal

Jan 30, 2013 1:46 PM
Posts: 10,177

Give a piece to the dog....

If its still alive tomorrow,you can eat the rest.......

Midwesterner

Jan 30, 2013 9:23 PM
Posts: 658

Ham - forever - OK, at least 10 days.

Roast Pork - 5 days sounds right, although the commercially package stuff says "use within 10 days of opening", with a long (month or more) refrigerated shelf life if unopened.

Captain_Courageous

Jan 31, 2013 4:01 AM
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The girl at the deli sliced the ham and pork fresh. I decided to throw them out. I'm just annoyed at myself for forgetting about the meats, (there was bacon too), all that money down the drain.

Captain_Courageous

Jan 31, 2013 4:06 AM
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Oopsadaisies, forgot to say thanks for your help. Dang not being allowed to have the edit function.

sashac001

Feb 1, 2013 11:59 AM
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If it's not slimy and funny looking I would eat it. Although I do find that deli sliced meats don't last all that long at all.

You have my sympathy Captain, I hate when that happens.

And what happened to the edit function? How will I survive without an edit function??

sashac001

Feb 1, 2013 12:00 PM
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Also, how did I go from almost 10,000 posts to 7,605? What's going on????

poetprince

Feb 7, 2013 9:20 AM
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obv sashacool
you're not allowed that many

sashac001

Feb 7, 2013 9:36 AM
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POETPRINCE!!!!!

sashac001

Feb 7, 2013 9:36 AM
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How's it goin sweety? So I'm the only one on TT who's not allowed to go to 10,000? I might have to take that personally. ;)

poetprince

Feb 7, 2013 10:03 AM
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ya..the whole place is a bit whacky now
not quite sure how to deal with it

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sashac001

Feb 7, 2013 10:10 AM
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No. I take it they're good? Are they like Phish? I'm not fond of them.

The place is weird now. It feels weird to me but in a good way. It's good to see people coming back though. Especially my favorites, like you. :)