Could you all handle one more "would you eat this" post?

[Julie in CA]

I have a sealed, never-opened bag of grilled chicken breast strips from Costco. They are the precooked breasts of chicken, cut into strips, sold refrigerated, kwim?
The package says to use by Feb 28. Would you use them? They look good and smell really good.
Thanks,
Julie
p.s. I won't blame you if you tell me to eat them and then we all get food poisoning! :D

[abbeyej]

If they smell fine and are so close to the date, I'd eat 'em. Bad chicken *stinks*. But I wouldn't save them any longer.

[hana]

Ditto. If they smell good, they are good. :)

[Whisperlily]

As long as they've been stored properly, I would definitely use them. I'd use them as soon as possible.

[Laurel]

I wouldn't, but only because I'm paranoid about dates like that, and even if they were fine, I would imagine that they tasted funny while eating them. (Totally in my mind.) But if they smell fine, and look good, then I think they are fine.

[JWSJ]

Eat it.

[jail warden]

Eat it. Chicken when it goes bad smells terrible.

[Julie in CA]

I chopped up the chicken and made sure I heated it very hot before we ate it. It was delicious with sauteed onions and cheddar cheese in quesadillas. It's the quickest dinner ever. Thanks!