Ken > wrote in message
...
> What's your rule of thumb for throwing out cooked
> food in the refrigerator. I am never sure - if it looks
> ok and smells ok...?

Not necessarily. I find certain cooked foods (ground beef,
fish, edamame) don't handle time very well. They break down
quickly but don't necessarily put off a stench more than when I
first sealed them in the package. But if I reheat them and eat
them, I'm as likely to spend the next 24 hating life.

One of my BIL can't smell anything -- even when it's gone
ff -- so he's quite likely to eat it unless it's become
penicillin. His internal system is much more error tolerant
than mine (or many members of his immediate family.)

My MIL's scheduled is:
Chicken/Turkey - 2 days refrigerated (2 months frozen)
Beef
gb - 3 days (3 months)
steak/roast - 4 days (3 months)

Fish - 1 day (3 months)
Pork
sausage - 4 days (6 months)
chops - 3 days (5 months)
roasts - 5 days (6 months)
Sauces -- 3 days (4 months)

She hasn't experienced an upset stomach from food longer than
I've been alive so I guess her table's pretty accurate.

The Ranger