Week-old gyro in the fridge. Whadaya think-- still good?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

[NYC_SKP]

1. Sure. Quite possibly safer to eat than it was a week ago.

Bon appetit!

[cliffordu]

24. Well.....

Bwahahahahahhaah

[NightWatcher]

2. if you're asking, you're not hungry enough.

I'd be like, "Oh look, I found a gyro. WINNING"

[Kaleva]

3. Probably. Most gyros work well even in extreme cold temps.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. I'm hoping this one won't lock me in geosynchronous orbit over the porcelain planet.

[Kaleva]

6. LOL!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. good for a case of the runs anyway...

[RiffRandell]

21. Lol! n/t

[ret5hd]

7. double dog dare ya'.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. If I had a double dog I wouldn't want the gyro.

[Sanity Claws]

9. Sniff it

If it passes the sniff test, eat it. If it doesn't, feed it to the dog.

Remember to let us know if the gyro kills you.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. Smells fine but out it goes.

And I learned the hard way not to feed spicy stuff to the dog.

[femmocrat]

10. "When in doubt, throw it out" is my motto.

Why take the chance? Unless you have no other food in the house?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. That's usually mine, also. Sounds like a plan.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

16. when in doubt try it out with (in this order)

the cat
aging dependent family member
nephews and nieces
the dog

by then, if there is anything left, book the next day off of work and try it. If your ok next morning enjoy the day off and start drinking, but book the next day off.

[applegrove]

11. It is spiced meat.... still, I'd throw it out. Who wants food poisoning!!!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Spiced meat-- reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Frank is an army cook...

[applegrove]

15. LOL. That music was from Platoon.

[sakabatou]

17. If it's still spinning, sure.

Oooooh, you mean the food. I dunno.

[EastTennesseeDem]

18. I have a bad habit in that situation

of saying "I'll think about it for a day and return to this food tomorrow" and then repeating that idea for the next week, as though some day the food will become as good as new.

It always ends with me throwing the food out and wishing I had thought about it some more.

Is that a type of OCD?

[Tabasco_Dave]

19. I can inhale a gyro in 5 min

I didn't know there was such a thing as a leftover gyro.

[Phentex]

20. No. I hope you threw it out!

Why take chances? If you really needed it, it would not be a week old!

[Chan790]

22. Yes.

Maybe it'd have been a bit gamy, lamb tends to acquire the qualities of mutton when it ages post-cooking but yes, it'd have been fine to eat. The life expectancy of a cooked food item containing meat is about 10 days provided you intend to completely reheat it and dispose of those parts that cannot be reheated (like lettuce) and more importantly, you reheat it only once.

Within all that, it was safe to eat...though with those limitations, the best course if you were going to eat it would probably be to dispose of most of the non-meat ingredients (bread, lettuce, sauce, tomatoes), reheat the meat completely (one of the few cases where the microwave is preferable because of its' sanitation qualities. Few things enjoy being irradiated, fewer survive it.) and put it on top of a salad.

[HopeHoops]

23. If it isn't green or blue, probably good.

"Is it meat or is it cake? Maybe it's meat cake. So you call out 'Honey, is this still good?' and she says 'SMELL IT'. So you smell it and say 'Actually, it has no smell whatsoever' and she says 'It's good. Put it back. It will turn up in something.' That's what scares me."

- The late great Carlin