food, hypochondria, plea for reassurance
Okay, so... we just noticed the turkey we've been eating all week is FOUR MONTHS past its listed sell-by date.
That... that has to be a misprint, right? Turkey that far past its expiration would be REALLY obviously spoiled, right?
It was... a bit moister than usual but not slimy, no discoloration, and it really just smelled like mediocre turkey. Surely, it couldn't still be that close to normal if it were THAT expired, right?
Honestly, this is pretty traumatic for me, so if people in a saner condition than I am could reply fairly soon, I'd be real grateful. Peg and I have already argued over this (I think we're okay now) because I'm just so fucking stressed out over this, especially the TWO MONTH max incubation period I'm seeing for Listeria.
food, hypochondria, plea for reassurance
lunch meat turkey or a whole turkey?
re: food, hypochondria, plea for reassurance
@zebratron2084
hmm... well. it is implausible that 4 month old lunch meat turkey would be able to pass for fresh. the only possible way I could think of would be it was frozen solid for most of that time, and even at that it would be months past viable.
so probably a mislabel, but should probably dump it anyway.