You just reminded me of something my brother does. He calls it "the cat
test". If he thinks it's been in the fridge a little too long but still
smells ok to him, he offers some to his 3 cats. If they won't eat it, he
throws it out. Obviously, this only works with food that cats will eat
like meats and cheeses, but he's never gotten sick from anything being in
his fridge too long. :-)

on 30 Aug 2004 14:57:30 -0700, (Dragon) wrote:

Just a reminder that you can get food poisioning from food that
doesn't smell off or bad in any way. All of the times I've suffered
from food poisioning there was nothing aparently wrong with what I
ate, so the smell test isn't particularly fool-proof. Better to date
the food in your fridge and toss after a certain amount of time, no
matter if it smells OK or not.

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Bev