In article >,
Ken > wrote:

> 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...?
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) I threw out a heel of meatloaf I had prepared last
> Saturday and had been eating since (I live alone and a meatloaf takes a
> while to eat). Still looked and smelled fine but... The feral cats
> outside enjoyed it anyhow.
>
> How do you judge when to throw out something that still seems ok?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken

Well my fridge keeps a steady 33F. Stuff lasts forever. I can have a
quart of milk a month before it spoils. But 5-7 days is my limit too. On
the short side for things with meat, a bit longer maybe for other things.