When it comes to leftovers, there is a general rule that subsides with just how long you can eat those leftovers for. When it comes down to the rule for leftovers packaged foods tend to last longer than the dates that are suggested on the packaging. However cooked food leftovers can generally only last to stay in the refrigerator for three or four days.
Key Takeaways:
- Packaged foods tend to last a big longer than those suggested dates. Last night’s dinner, though, is not as hearty. Cooked food leftovers can usually stay in the fridge for only three or four days
- Deep in the recesses of most people’s refrigerators lives a half-eaten bottle of salsa, some takeout Chinese food and last week’s chicken dinner.
- And if you want to put food in the freezer, it will last indefinitely, but at some point it will start to lose flavor. Of course, if something smells off or looks funny, you shouldn’t eat it.
“Of course, if something smells off or looks funny, you shouldn’t eat it.”
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/health/leftovers-eat-it-or-chuck-it/index.html