Michelle T Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Raw chicken breasts in my fridge for a week. The sell-by date is March 15. So, are these safe to cook for dinner tonight, or would you toss them? Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Usually you have a few days from the sell-by date, so the March 15 wouldn't distress me. I'd unwrap them. Raw chicken stinks to high heaven well before it's actually unsafe to eat, so it's a pretty easy one to gauge. If it smells unpleasant, toss 'em, but if they smell okay (which they probably will -- you're within the use by dates), go ahead and cook them. I'd want to use them tonight or at the latest tomorrow though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie in tx Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Raw chicken in the states shouldn't smell when you cook it. I did not find this to be the case when I purchased raw chicken in Macedonia. They must use different kinds of chickens. Anyway, they are generally quite fresh and smell like chicken when raw. They taste a lot more like chicken, too, even more than the pastured poultry that I buy here in the States on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Usually you have a few days from the sell-by date, so the March 15 wouldn't distress me. I'd unwrap them. Raw chicken stinks to high heaven well before it's actually unsafe to eat, so it's a pretty easy one to gauge. If it smells unpleasant, toss 'em, but if they smell okay (which they probably will -- you're within the use by dates), go ahead and cook them. I'd want to use them tonight or at the latest tomorrow though. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 If is stinks toss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 If is stinks toss it. That's what I was going to say! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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