Emergency cooking questions

[yum]

Hi,
i thought i'd start a thread where u post a question quckly when your cooking if your stuck and need some help. Since not many people are on chat and i'm a little stuck and am half-way cooking my lunch and need an opinion.



My spinach is 3 days out of date and is slightly wilted, do you think it's going to be ok to eat?

[harpy]

Does it still smell fresh? If so it should be OK cooked, but I would make sure you give it an extra-thorough wash. If you have time you could put it in cold water for a while first to freshen it up.

If it smells past its best then I would put it in the compost.

[Quantum Mechanic]

Oh, that reminds me of the first few weeks of eating lettuce and not remembering that you're supposed to wash it...until a spot of soil ended up in my sandwich! (Ironically enough, I did remember to wash tomatoes??)