On 8/02/2012 1:18 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> :> :>> >> > 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.
>> :> :>> >
>> :> :>> > Just pour off the liquid then.
>> :> :>>
>> :> :>> As I said... She won't eat it.
>> :> :>
>> :> :> Pour off the liquid before she sees it.
>> :>
>> :> : No. She won't eat food with an old expiration date.
>> :> My yogurt uusually separates well before any expiration date.
>> :> You might also let her know that expiration dates do not necessarily
>> mean
>> :> that food is bad but she can trust her nose and eyes to check that the
>> :> food is ok. Food well before the eapration date can go bad if it has
>> been
>> :> badly handled "behind the scenes" at teh store or earlier, so nose and
>> :> eyes are always good to use.
>>
>> : Heavens no! We do not go by that. We go by expiration dates. Eyes and
>> : nose are no good in that respect. I know people who have gotten very
>> sick
>> : from eating expired food that smelled, looked and tasted fine to them.
>>
>> ou can't mean that! Are you really sying that if you opened something in
>> a package that was not yet at it's expiration date and it smelled "off: or
>> had funny colored stuff on it you woudl eat it because it had not yet
>> expired by the package date? That is what you have said.
>
> Well yes. I certainly DO mean that! Of course if it smelled off or looked
> off we wouldn't eat it. But we also wouldn't eat it if it was past its
> expiration date and smelled and looked fine. We just don't eat food past
> the expiration date.
>
>
please don't tell anyone but I ate mouldy and smelly stuff yesterday and
enjoyed every mouthful of it If you haven't tried White Costello cheese
do yourself a favour it's to die for, not as strong as their blue cheese
but a splendid taste.
BTW I never look at expiration dates here they are called use by not
"throw out dates"
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