WYET?

[sfy]

Sliced deli cheese, bought on 11/30.  :?   Desperate times, desperate measures.

If your answer is yes, any support you can offer to reassure me would be helpful, thank you.

[raangoli]

Has it been properly refrigerated the whole time? I'd probably be ok making a grilled cheese out of it.

[starlily]

It's cheese. It's been barely a week. Do you see mold and fuzz? If not, eat it.

[audette]

I'd check for mold. If I saw none, yeah, I'd probably eat it.

[drloretta]

Bought a week ago, not best by a week ago? Sounds fine to me

[sfy]

Dec 7, 2015 10:47:24 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Has it been properly refrigerated the whole time? I'd probably be ok making a grilled cheese out of it.

Yes. 

This is exactly what I want to do with it!!

8 days, @starlily !

If there was mold or fuzz, this thread would not exist.  Come on, people!

No best by date, but I've read you are supposed to eat deli meat and cheese within 5 days.  We never had meat or cheese beyond 5 days when DS was at home.

[mbcdefg]

Does deli cheese even count as real "cheese"? 

I'd eat it as long as it wasn't moldy and didn't smell bad. 

[MrsDarcy]

No mold? Smells fine? Absolutely.

[irene adler]

Yes.

It often takes is a few weeks to get through a cheese purchase (as long as there is no mold) so....
#livingontheedge

[raangoli]

Enjoy your grilled cheese!

[sfy]

You know, for people so conservative with cash, MM sure does like to play fast and loose with gastrointestinal matters. Well, it's this or oatmeal, so I guess I'm having a grilled cheese!

[y4m]

11/30 and not mold - absolutely. That's a week That's nothing.

[kadams767]

OMG, of course I'd eat it. It's deli cheese. I second the PP who asked if this is even real cheese. If it's processed cheese food, this isn't even worth a second glance.

[starlily]

Dec 7, 2015 10:54:09 GMT -5 sfy said:

Dec 7, 2015 10:47:24 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Has it been properly refrigerated the whole time? I'd probably be ok making a grilled cheese out of it.

Yes. 

This is exactly what I want to do with it!!

8 days, @starlily !

If there was mold or fuzz, this thread would not exist.  Come on, people!

No best by date, but I've read you are supposed to eat deli meat and cheese within 5 days.  We never had meat or cheese beyond 5 days when DS was at home.

For meat, I might agree with you. But for sliced, semi-hard cheese you're good for 2-4 weeks: www.eatbydate.com/dairy/cheese/cheese-shelf-life-expiration-date/

[bexporter]

Cheese doesn't go bad in 5 days (or 8). If it makes you feel better, do the grilled cheese. I'd eat it any way and not give it a second thought.

[genet313]

OMG, really?   Been refrigerated the whole time?  No question, I'd eat it.  I fed week old cheese to my 10 month old last week (and myself) and she's fine!  Mother of the year, clearly.

We need the dairy farmer gal on MMM to weigh in here, but I forget her screen name.   Obviously, it's dairy something...

[gt7301b]

I'd eat it, it is just aging

[Pom]

I have a block of cheese in my fridge from June. I clearly have no fear of end of November cheese.

[arch01]

Considering I ate month old cheese yesterday, yeah, I'd eat it.

[MNH2013]

Yes I would. Just tell yourself it's a blue grilled cheese, kidding!

[sfy]

Dec 7, 2015 11:35:15 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Don't be crazy, woman, eat it!

And I will forever remember you as the person who'd play fast and loose with her DS and DH's meals but not your own (kiss)

It's hard being down one guinea pig.  Plus, I think DH suspected something a couple months ago lol.

Dec 7, 2015 12:04:05 GMT -5 Pom said:

I have a block of cheese in my fridge from June. I clearly have no fear of end of November cheese.

Dec 7, 2015 12:09:45 GMT -5 arch01 said:

Considering I ate month old cheese yesterday, yeah, I'd eat it.

Please provide your emergency contacts with your log in information.  We'll need to know what hospital you're in so we can send flowers.

Also, the grilled cheese was delicious!  Living on the wild side!

[sfy]

Dec 7, 2015 16:25:50 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

sfy don't forget to update whether you

A: ate it and were fine
B: ate it and got massive runs
C: ate it and ended up at the ER
d: ate it and died
e: didn't eat it, you yellow livered chickenshit

I ate it already!

So far, so good lol!

[aurora]

We'll keep a close eye to see if you stop coming 'round.

You already know I would eat this cheese. Actually, it would never have occurred to me before this post that 1-week-old cheese could be a problem.

Wasn't cheese actually "designed" as a way to preserve dairy longer?

[VillainV]

I have cheese in my fridge that's at least 3 weeks older than that and is still fine. Dairy is pretty good at letting your know when it's bad. If cheese isn't moldy and smells okay, I eat it.

[msmerymac]

I had a coupon for 32 ounces of sliced cheese. LOL to being able to eat it in a week. I eat it until I see mold, then I toss it.

Deli cheese is somewhat processed. It's most likely aged, as well. It takes 6 months+ to make hard cheese. Cheese, historically, was a way to preserve milk. (Sausage was a way to preserve meat, too.) It lasts much longer than fresh milk or cream. 

[LoveTrains]

I will eat cheese as long as it's been in the fridge and doesn't have mold on it.