Julie Bove > wrote:

: "Alice Faber" > wrote in message
: ...
: > In article >,
: > "Julie Bove" > wrote:
: >
: >> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >> ...
: >> >i am ocd or whatever about food waste so it rarely happens to us, it
: >> >used
: >> >to until i started really watching it, food is one of the few places you
: >> >can actually save money in your budget, its work but it can be done...
: >> >the
: >> >dh will eat almost anything as i can if needs be.
: >> >
: >> > a small side comment, one of your issues, from your writing seems to be
: >> > the expiri dates on packages, that is a selling gimmick/legal
: >> > protection
: >> > for the producers/sellers, most foods are fine well past their labeled
: >> > date, you must use your nose/eyes to eat these foods but honestly its
: >> > really not critical to keep by them, if it tastes fresh then it is...
: >> > bear
: >> > in mind i say this selling food... much of which has these dates and i
: >> > am
: >> > prohibited from selling it, but i often bring it home and we eat it or
: >> > give it away and its all fine as long as the package is sealed...
: >> >
: >> > the most stunning example of this is yogurt, its good forever and if
: >> > still
: >> > sealed can be a generational thing, lol, Lee
: >>
: >> I don't know about the yogurt. I don't eat it but Angela has had some
: >> that
: >> was expired and it was very badly separated. She doesn't eat the kind
: >> with
: >> fruit in it so it should all be the same texture. It wasn't.
: >
: > Yoghurt has milk solids and whey in it. When your yoghurt separates, the
: > liquid is the whey. You can just pour it off. The more expensive Greek
: > yoghurt has all the whey strained out, which is why it's thicker.
: >
: > Some cheaper brands of yoghurt have gelatin or other stabilizers to
: > minimize the amount of separation.

: Well, she won't eat it if it is that way.

Tell her to either pour off the whey or sir it with a spoon. Tht's what I
do as I use pints or quarts which take a while to finish it is a constant
condition. I spoon the yogurt on top of my berries at breakfast.

Wendy