taking chances

So I've got some lemongrass from the supermarket the other day, before my trip, and have been just aching to use it along with the half bottle of green curry that was left over from the week before.

Today, I finally got some time to cook and have also remembered to thaw the chicken thighs, so I put everything I needed in the pan, including the lemongrass, and took the bottle out of the fridge to read the instructions to make sure I got everything right, and notice these words:

"After opening, refrigerate and use within 3 days"

Three days? That bottle had been sitting in the fridge for 3 weeks! But then, there goes a pan full of nicely deboned chicken, lemongrass perfume off the roof, all the neatly chopped bell peppers and my personal touch of red pepper. Anyhow.... I took a sniff of the content and it smelled okay, and, after some hesitation, I figured I'm the only one that's eating it and I do have a Taiwanese stomach. Besides, the heat should have killed everything, right? Anyhow, I dumped the whole bottle in and the stuff still smells like heaven. I just had a bowl to test it, and I think it might be psychological but my tummy feels funny now - please call me in 5 hours to make sure I'm not dead...

What would your mom do?