Pulled out some deli meat from fridge. My mother-in-law says it’s wasteful not to use it, but it looks bad to me. What should I do?

Pulled out some deli meat from the fridge. My mother-in-law says it’s wasteful not to use it, but it looks bad to me. What should I do?

People Left Baffled – should you really eat that sketchy deli meat?

You open the fridge, grab a pack of deli meat, and freeze. The color looks a bit off, it feels a little slimy… but someone in the house insists it’s “perfectly fine” and that throwing it away would be wasteful.

This isn’t just a family argument about leftovers – it’s a genuine food safety question. Is it still okay to eat, or are you one sandwich away from a night in the bathroom?

Before you let guilt (or your mother-in-law) push you into eating it, it’s worth knowing what the science says about how long deli meat really lasts and what the red flags are.