chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai) (10/28/85)
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I just discovered a carton of yogurt in the back of the fridge which has
a best-before date of Sept.30. I opened it and took a cautious sniff
but it smells OK. Is it all right to eat it? If it's unsafe for plain
eating, can I use it in cooking e.g. Beef Stroganoff??
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Henry Chai, just a humble student at the
Faculty of Library and Information Science, U of Toronto
{watmath,ihnp4,allegra}!utzoo!utflis!chai kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling) (10/29/85)
Something from the back of the fridge for the line eater. >I just discovered a carton of yogurt in the back of the fridge which has >a best-before date of Sept.30. I opened it and took a cautious sniff >but it smells OK. Is it all right to eat it? If it's unsafe for plain >eating, can I use it in cooking e.g. Beef Stroganoff?? Well, cough, cough, I found a two-months-past-the-expiration-date container of regular Yoplait at the back of my refrigerator awhile back, and it too smelled okay and I ate it with no ill effects. It had gotten quite a bit thicker than Yoplait's normal consistency. Which leads me to wonder what the expiration date means.
reza@ihuxn.UUCP (Reza Taheri) (10/29/85)
> [ Do *YOU* like grouper fish? ] > > I just discovered a carton of yogurt in the back of the fridge which has > a best-before date of Sept.30. I opened it and took a cautious sniff > but it smells OK. Is it all right to eat it? If it's unsafe for plain > eating, can I use it in cooking e.g. Beef Stroganoff?? > > -- > Henry Chai, just a humble student at the > Faculty of Library and Information Science, U of Toronto > {watmath,ihnp4,allegra}!utzoo!utflis!chai I have had the same experience with yogurt and also cottage cheese and sour cream. I found a half-used carton of cottage cheese in the fridge that was about a month old. It smelt and tasted all right and I am still alive although my wife just about killed me for eating it! H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxn!reza (312)-979-7473
stu4@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH) (10/30/85)
> > I just discovered a carton of yogurt in the back of the fridge which has > a best-before date of Sept.30. I opened it and took a cautious sniff > but it smells OK. Is it all right to eat it? If it's unsafe for plain > eating, can I use it in cooking e.g. Beef Stroganoff?? The date stamped on the carton is the last date stores may display item. After that they HAVE to remove it from the shelves. As I understand it, cultured dairy products such as yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese etc., will keep in a GOOD refrigerator for at least a month past this date. (You may have noticed that eggs have no date stamped on the box). Yogurt, cottage cheese and sour cream are safe to eat until they develop a greyish yellow film or really smell bad. Even it's okay to skim off the offending layer and use tem in baking - such as cheesecake. (I don't think I'd want to try it tho).
ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) (10/30/85)
> Something from the back of the fridge for the line eater. > > >I just discovered a carton of yogurt in the back of the fridge which has > >a best-before date of Sept.30. I opened it and took a cautious sniff > >but it smells OK. Is it all right to eat it? If it's unsafe for plain > >eating, can I use it in cooking e.g. Beef Stroganoff?? > > Well, cough, cough, I found a two-months-past-the-expiration-date > container of regular Yoplait at the back of my refrigerator awhile back, > and it too smelled okay and I ate it with no ill effects. It had gotten > quite a bit thicker than Yoplait's normal consistency. Which leads me to > wonder what the expiration date means. I used to make my own yogurt. The directions that I followed stated that the fermentation time could be shortened or lengthened to make a more or less tart/thick mix. Refrigeration is a way to slow the fermentation rate. Looks to me like you should mostly just get a more tart version. There are bugs in yogurt other than the lactobacillus that makes it 'yog'. These will gradually cause the yogurt to go bad. My personal experience was that this happened *LONG* after it was too tart for my tastes. The general rule was that if it smelled funny, tasted odd, or was very sharp/tart; then I would pitch it. Hope this helps. Mike -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems 'If you can dream it, you can do it' Walt Disney This is the obligatory disclaimer of everything. (Including but not limited to: typos, spelling, diction, logic, and nuclear war)