Can I eat this beautiful slice of key lime pie?
December 29, 2016 7:14 PM Subscribe
I bought a slice of key lime pie 8 days ago, on December 21. It has been in my refrigerator ever since. Can I eat it?! Would you? Please say yes.
Best answer: I would eat that pie.
posted by The otter lady at 7:17 PM on December 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by The otter lady at 7:17 PM on December 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
Best answer: After a smell test I'd do a taste test with a very small sample .. and might eat it.
posted by anadem at 7:18 PM on December 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by anadem at 7:18 PM on December 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Let it warm up a bit on the counter and give it a good smell. If it has gone off you will be able to tell, but most key lime pies don't have many ingredients that would spoil so quickly in the fridge like that.
posted by Mizu at 7:20 PM on December 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Mizu at 7:20 PM on December 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Best answer: I'd eat it as long as there's no whipped (dairy) component.
If there is, I'd probably scrape it off and eat it anyway.
posted by cobaltnine at 7:25 PM on December 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
If there is, I'd probably scrape it off and eat it anyway.
posted by cobaltnine at 7:25 PM on December 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Best answer: I would eat this without even thinking about it.
posted by a fiendish thingy at 7:31 PM on December 29, 2016 [13 favorites]
posted by a fiendish thingy at 7:31 PM on December 29, 2016 [13 favorites]
Best answer: Think about the last time you got food poisoning. How much would you have paid to not experience that?
If it is more than the cost of the Key Lime Pie slice then go get a new slice of pie.
posted by srboisvert at 7:32 PM on December 29, 2016 [11 favorites]
If it is more than the cost of the Key Lime Pie slice then go get a new slice of pie.
posted by srboisvert at 7:32 PM on December 29, 2016 [11 favorites]
Best answer: Yes, without thinking twice about it.
posted by joyceanmachine at 7:34 PM on December 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by joyceanmachine at 7:34 PM on December 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Limeonaire? If you can't eat it, no one can! Do it!
posted by deadcrow at 7:39 PM on December 29, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by deadcrow at 7:39 PM on December 29, 2016 [14 favorites]
Best answer: If it's not melty and gross and separated, then yeah, it's fine.
posted by northernish at 7:42 PM on December 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by northernish at 7:42 PM on December 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Oh yeah, I'd eat it. Not with particularly high expectations of deliciousness, but also without any paranoia about impending illness.
posted by teremala at 7:51 PM on December 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by teremala at 7:51 PM on December 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Google says 6-8 days if it's freshly baked and refrigerated. So assuming it smells and tastes OK, go should scarf that down asap before it gets to nine days.
posted by mochapickle at 8:01 PM on December 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by mochapickle at 8:01 PM on December 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Take a small bite. If it tastes good, then eat the rest.
posted by Daily Alice at 8:21 PM on December 29, 2016
posted by Daily Alice at 8:21 PM on December 29, 2016
Response by poster: I have eaten it, after letting it sit for a few as Mizu suggested and finding it still delightfully tempting. I will keep you posted on how this goes. Thanks everyone!
posted by limeonaire at 8:21 PM on December 29, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by limeonaire at 8:21 PM on December 29, 2016 [14 favorites]
Best answer: As ever to be the not-so-fun-food-spoilage-guy, passing the smell test doesn't mean it's safe. The bacteria that causes the rotted food smell will most likely make you sick but the bacteria that causes outright food poisoning (E. coli, Salmonella, etc.) doesn't necessarily have any smell.
Also consider how many days it sat in the store before being sold. Was it that morning or could it have been half a week before?
You're probably fine but you're definitely in the danger zone.
posted by Candleman at 8:23 PM on December 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
Also consider how many days it sat in the store before being sold. Was it that morning or could it have been half a week before?
You're probably fine but you're definitely in the danger zone.
posted by Candleman at 8:23 PM on December 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
Best answer: HOW IN GOD'S NAME DID THAT PIE SIT THAT LONG?
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:38 AM on December 30, 2016 [12 favorites]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:38 AM on December 30, 2016 [12 favorites]
Response by poster: Update: I think it went OK. I've had a little bit of a gurgly stomach last night and this morning, but I can't rule out confounding factors on that, since I also ate: 1. a cold piece of leftover takeout tandoori chicken, 2. a microwaved tray of frozen chicken tikka masala and rice, 3. slices of cranberry cheddar on Triscuits, 4. a ginger perry, 5. several Bell's Two Hearted ales. (Last night was kind of catch as catch can leftovers dinner.) I still stand by my choice to have eaten this slice of pie.
posted by limeonaire at 6:08 AM on December 30, 2016 [23 favorites]
posted by limeonaire at 6:08 AM on December 30, 2016 [23 favorites]
Best answer: There ya' go! Live dangerously. What can happen? It's 2016, and it's not like there isn't affordable health care for the next 2 months, amirite?
posted by BlueHorse at 9:55 AM on December 30, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by BlueHorse at 9:55 AM on December 30, 2016 [4 favorites]
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posted by dorian at 7:15 PM on December 29, 2016 [3 favorites]