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[tamaranth]

Can anyone advise?

A friend sent me some wonderful Christmas fishes from the Isle of Man. (No, no prizes for guessing who). However, they have only just arrived -- in two separate packages -- and are past best-by date. Paperwork in one package suggests that they weren't sent until the best-by date: postmark on one package is 2/1/04.

Is friend entitled to ring 'em up and get more fisssssssh* sent to me?

*raw and wrrrrriggling

Comments

[damienw]

They're kippers, right? Fishes what have been preserved for transporting around the world in the Days Before Refrigeration? And doesn't the best-by date really just refer to when you might like to have bought them, rather than some automatic "this is no good now" date? I say eat 'em. If the first bite or so is no good, then return 'em.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

hmm, may consider eating, but they smell bad ...

and while I have your attention, you owe me email (or, quite possibly, avnet lost your reply to my email to you about 2nd draft of Thing)

[nolley.livejournal.com]

Kippers are smoked herring so they're preserved as DMW says. The smell is probably just the 'smoking'. Tell you what, I'll sacrifice myself and eat one for you -as an unofficial foodtaster.
Noel