I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
plans. Time flies.....Thanks...Sharon

biig wrote:
> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
> mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
> plans.


If it looks fine, smells fine and tastes fine, it is fine. Don't worry
about it. Freeze it next time. Sour cream usually stays good for quite
a while if the container you bought it in is unopened. (And only goes
bad a little faster if you open it first.)


--Lia

On Feb 17, 12:23�pm, biig > wrote:
> * *I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. *Does sour
> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. *There is no
> mold. *I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
> plans. Time flies.....Thanks...Sharon

Toss it.

Nancy T

biig wrote:
> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
> mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
> plans. Time flies.....Thanks...Sharon


It's fine, as long as it doesn't have mold on the surface. I frequently
buy close-dated sour cream from the "used meat" bin, and I never get in
a big hurry to use it.

I won't mention how old the carton of cottage cheese was that I opened
recently, and it was still good.

Bob

biig wrote:
>
> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
> mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
> plans. Time flies.....Thanks...Sharon

Go for it, but use it quickly. I like to have sour cream on hand but rarely
get to it before the expiry date.

Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:23:51 -0500, biig wrote:
>
> > I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5.
>
> A dairy product 1.5 month past the Use By date? I would think
> that would be a no-brainer.
>
> Why ruin the dish by trying to save $.99?
>
> -sw

Not a matter of saving money. I have a dish I want to make for
supper and we're not making a 1/2 hour trip to town for more. : )

>> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5.
>
> A dairy product 1.5 month past the Use By date? I would think
> that would be a no-brainer.
>
> Why ruin the dish by trying to save $.99?
>
> -sw


99 cents? lucky you. Costs about $3.50+tax (canadian) for a tub here.

>
>I won't mention how old the carton of cottage cheese was that I opened
>recently, and it was still good.

I found some riccotta in the back of the fridge last week that had
turned into a new life form.

Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:57:50 -0500, biig wrote:
>
> > Steve Wertz wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:23:51 -0500, biig wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5.
> >>
> >> A dairy product 1.5 month past the Use By date? I would think
> >> that would be a no-brainer.
> >>
> >> Why ruin the dish by trying to save $.99?
> >
> > Not a matter of saving money. I have a dish I want to make for
> > supper and we're not making a 1/2 hour trip to town for more. : )
>
> Then by all means, use it. It's only dinner. Which you'd end up
> wasting anyway, not to mention the time and other ingredients.
>
> It may very well be good depending on how it was packaged. Me?
> I would have opened, smelled, and optionally tasted it before I
> posted such a question.
>
> It's only common sense. We can't taste or smell it for you.
>
> -sw

Awwww you're so sweet......lol....

"Peter" > wrote in message
news:U%JBh.88778$Fd.71455@edtnps90...
>
>>> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5.
>>
>> A dairy product 1.5 month past the Use By date? I would think
>> that would be a no-brainer.
>>
>> Why ruin the dish by trying to save $.99?
>>
>> -sw
>
>
> 99 cents? lucky you. Costs about $3.50+tax (canadian) for a tub here.

Ah, you must be in a small town, or maybe Inuvik? Costs about $1.50 for a
big tub here in Brampton!

e.

Julia Altshuler wrote:

> biig wrote:
>
>> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
>> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
>> mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
>> plans.
>
>
>
> If it looks fine, smells fine and tastes fine, it is fine.

Yeah, if it wasn't opened and it's not pink and moldy then it's ok.



Dawn

>>>> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5.
>>>
>>> A dairy product 1.5 month past the Use By date? I would think
>>> that would be a no-brainer.
>>>
>>> Why ruin the dish by trying to save $.99?
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>>
>> 99 cents? lucky you. Costs about $3.50+tax (canadian) for a tub here.
>
> Ah, you must be in a small town, or maybe Inuvik? Costs about $1.50 for
> a big tub here in Brampton!
>
> e.


Halifax, nearly 400,000 people, not small.

When I lived in southern ON (which was not long ago), it was noticably
cheaper, as was all other dairy. The price of milk just took a jump
recently, not sure if it was nation wide or provincial, average about $6+tax
for 4 litres here now. Booze also costs more, which is a shame :-)

biig > wrote:

> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
> mold.

If there is no mould and the sour cream tastes fine, I'd use it without
a second thought.

Victor

"Mitch" <Mitch@...> wrote in message
...
>
>>
>>I won't mention how old the carton of cottage cheese was that I opened
>>recently, and it was still good.
>
> I found some riccotta in the back of the fridge last week that had
> turned into a new life form.

In my house, cheese would have to wear a disguise to have even a
chance of remaining unconsumed long enough to grow hair.

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:10:06 GMT, "Peter" > wrote:

>Halifax, nearly 400,000 people, not small.
>
>When I lived in southern ON (which was not long ago), it was noticably
>cheaper, as was all other dairy. The price of milk just took a jump
>recently, not sure if it was nation wide or provincial, average about $6+tax
>for 4 litres here now. Booze also costs more, which is a shame :-)

You pay tax on *food*???!?

Jo Anne

"Jo Anne" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:10:06 GMT, "Peter" > wrote:
>
>>Halifax, nearly 400,000 people, not small.
>>
>>When I lived in southern ON (which was not long ago), it was noticably
>>cheaper, as was all other dairy. The price of milk just took a jump
>>recently, not sure if it was nation wide or provincial, average about
>>$6+tax
>>for 4 litres here now. Booze also costs more, which is a shame :-)
>
> You pay tax on *food*???!?
>
> Jo Anne
>

In North Carolina we pay 2% sales tax on food purchased at a store. That
was a bit of a shock for us when we moved here, as we'd always lived in a
state where food (and clothing) were exempt.

Karen

Jo Anne wrote:
> You pay tax on *food*???!?

In my city in Idaho, USA (adjacent to Canada), we pay 6% sales tax on
food. Our govt passed a law to give us a bit of a tax break, but not
nearly as much as the avg person pays. Dumb, taxing food, IMO.

Jnospam

Dawn wrote:
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> If it looks fine, smells fine and tastes fine, it is fine.

> Yeah, if it wasn't opened and it's not pink and moldy then it's ok.

Pink? You get pink mold? I've only seen blue and green. How do you
get pink? ;-)

Jnospam

justen wrote:


>
>
> Pink? You get pink mold? I've only seen blue and green. How do you
> get pink? ;-)
>

Just lucky, I guess. You want I should save some for you next time.


Dawn

In rec.food.cooking, biig > wrote:

> I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
> cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
> mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
> plans. Time flies.....Thanks...Sharon


When in doubt, throw it out. The expirtation date is there for a reason,
you ignorant cow!

No, I've got a better idea. Ask a bunch of strangers on usenet, and if
one of them says its OK, feed it to your children.

> wrote in message ...
>
> When in doubt, throw it out. The expirtation date is there for a reason,
> you ignorant cow!
>
> No, I've got a better idea. Ask a bunch of strangers on usenet, and if
> one of them says its OK, feed it to your children.

It's not an "expirtation" date moron. It's _sell by_ date. Which means it
will be good for some time beyond the date.


Ms P

wrote:
>
> In rec.food.cooking, biig > wrote:
>
> > I have a carton of sour cream dated best before Jan 5. Does sour
> > cream get toxic or would it be ok to use in a casserole. There is no
> > mold. I bought it to make dips for new years and we cancelled our
> > plans. Time flies.....Thanks...Sharon
>
> When in doubt, throw it out. The expirtation date is there for a reason,
> you ignorant cow!
>
> No, I've got a better idea. Ask a bunch of strangers on usenet, and if
> one of them says its OK, feed it to your children.


Posting under a fake name? And I'm to take you
seriously.....ROFL.....
........Sharon