I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.

On Dec 31, 11:45*am, wrote:
> I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
> should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.

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.

If the meatballs are going bad, they might have kind of a sweet
odor.

Surely, it wasn't so expensive to make or hard to make that you can't
just throw it out. Seven days is a long time to have cooked meat in
the fridge, IMO.

N.

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.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> 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

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Dec 31, 11:45 am, wrote:
>> I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
>> should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
>> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
>> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
>> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.
>
> 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.
>
> If the meatballs are going bad, they might have kind of a sweet
> odor.
>
> Surely, it wasn't so expensive to make or hard to make that you can't
> just throw it out. Seven days is a long time to have cooked meat in
> the fridge, IMO.
>
> N.

A lot depends on the fridge. We remodeled the kitchen and debated about
tossing the fridge because it seemed to work OK but decided to get a new
one. It isn't a super duper high end unit but the major difference is
that it has good circulation which allows us to keep the box temp low
without spot freezing stuff. It is amazing how long stuff lasts in the
new fridge.

In article >,
wrote:

> I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
> should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.

Personally, I'd look at it for signs of mold and, finding none, would
eat it.

I have some spaghetti sauce in a sealed (not vacuum-sealed) bag that's
been there at least two weeks. It's fine. I suppose I should stick it
in the freezer. . . . We ate the other bag of it three nights ago.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007

On Jan 1, 9:40 am, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> wrote:
> > I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
> > should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
> > gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
> > still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
> > new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.
>
> Personally, I'd look at it for signs of mold and, finding none, would
> eat it.

That is hilarious advice. Thanks for the laugh.
>
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

--Bryan

In article
>,
"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote:

> On Jan 1, 9:40 am, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> > Personally, I'd look at it for signs of mold and, finding none, would
> > eat it.
>
> That is hilarious advice. Thanks for the laugh.

> --Bryan

Any time, Bryan. Any time.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007

wrote:
> I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
> should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.
>

We don't eat leftovers past about 3 days. That's pretty much for
anything whether it has meat or not. If I think it's going to be too
much to eat in that time period I'll pack some up and throw it in the
freezer.

--
Queenie

*** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

On Jan 1, 10:55 am, MayQueen > wrote:
> wrote:
> > I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
> > should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some tomato
> > gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
> > still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
> > new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.
>
> We don't eat leftovers past about 3 days. That's pretty much for
> anything whether it has meat or not.

Even if there are no "signs of mold" on it?
>
> --
> Queenie

--Bryan

> Even if there are no "signs of mold" on it?
> --Bryan
Yep! Even if there is no sign of mold or off smell, out it goes.
That's how we roll here.

--
Queenie

*** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

On Tue 01 Jan 2008 08:48:16p, MayQueen told us...

>> Even if there are no "signs of mold" on it? --Bryan
> Yep! Even if there is no sign of mold or off smell, out it goes.
> That's how we roll here.
>

Same here. I have a 3-day rule for some things, a 5-day rule for others.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:55:56 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Tue 01 Jan 2008 08:48:16p, MayQueen told us...
>
>>> Even if there are no "signs of mold" on it? --Bryan
>> Yep! Even if there is no sign of mold or off smell, out it goes.
>> That's how we roll here.
>>
>
>Same here. I have a 3-day rule for some things, a 5-day rule for others.

I give some things 7 days.... and I'm not dead yet.

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In article >,
wrote:

> I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how long
> should food stay good in the fridge?

Depends very much on what it is.

> I'm talking right now about some tomato
> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should it
> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is fairly
> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.

I'd pitch it, but that's just me.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

> wrote:

>> I'm talking right now about some tomato
>> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should
>> it
>> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is
>> fairly
>> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.

A week is about the outer limits. The tomato sauce is acidic and helps
preserve it a bit though. If it was in a good container to avoid any cross
contaminations, I'd eat it but I'd toss anything left after that.

> wrote in message
...
> I'm little paranoid so this might sound like a stupid question, but how
> long
> should food stay good in the fridge? I'm talking right now about some
> tomato
> gravy and meatballs (and lasagna) I made a week ago for Christmas. Should
> it
> still be good after a week? I can't always trust smell. The icebox is
> fairly
> new, runs great and is set cold. Thanks.
>

I wouldn't eat it myself..I am fairly 'liberal' with food and how long it's
been there in the fridge, but a week is far too long to keep cooked food
for..Also the food loses it's flavour as well, and develops a taste to it I
dislike... IMO I would leave it (under the best of conditions) no longer
than 3 days at the most..

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Bigbazza (Barry) Oz