"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Nancy2 wrote:
>
>> It depends. I can't keep any cooked ground meat longer than about 3
>> days, because my stomach apparently is very sensitive to it. Your own
>> experience may be different.
>
> I think that my wife has a cast iron stomach. She leaves cooked meat in
> the
> fridge for 4-5 days and eats it with no problem. I won't eat it when it
> has been there that long. I once had a good dose of food poisoning and
> that
> is an experience that I don't ever want to repeat.

My husband is exactly the same way. He can eat stuff that I consider garbage
because it has gone past what I think is safe time period in the fridge. I
guess to each his own. I usually use the three day rule. If it hasn't been
eaten in three days it goes on the table or in the freezer if it is a
casserole or lasagna.

Cindi