I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly
of how it should smell. Still good? How long?

I like to buy shaved roast beef from the deli counter at the grocery
store. I have found that they hate you and wont neccesarily tell the
truth if you ask for the expiration date on the opened package of
meat-indeed, they wont even let you see how big the opened package is
until after you have ordered-they hide it out of site behind all the
pristine unopened examples. How long would you keep this in your fridge?

"z z" > wrote in message
...
>I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
> food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
> Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
> the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
> the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly
> of how it should smell. Still good? How long?
>
It really depends on the item. I think sauces like that are good for about
a week.

> I like to buy shaved roast beef from the deli counter at the grocery
> store. I have found that they hate you and wont neccesarily tell the
> truth if you ask for the expiration date on the opened package of
> meat-indeed, they wont even let you see how big the opened package is
> until after you have ordered-they hide it out of site behind all the
> pristine unopened examples. How long would you keep this in your fridge?

I think meat like that is good for 2 to 3 days. I had a link somewhere.
Lemme see if I can find it.

http://www.fmi.org/consumer/foodkeeper/brochure.cfm

On Nov 24, 12:48*am, (z z) wrote:
> I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
> food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
> Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
> the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
> the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly
> of how it should smell. Still good? How long?
>
> I like to buy shaved roast beef from the deli counter at the grocery
> store. I have found that they hate you and wont neccesarily tell the
> truth if you ask for the expiration date on the opened package of
> meat-indeed, they wont even let you see how big the opened package is
> until after you have ordered-they hide it out of site behind all the
> pristine unopened examples. How long would you keep this in your fridge?

As for the roast beef, you can eat it as is as long as it doesn't
smell. Once it starts to smell, just eat it with lots of horse radish
or some kind of sauce.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:48:46 -0600, (z z) wrote:

>I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
>food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
>Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
>the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
>the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly


I usuually dump it the day aftur I eat it....

"z z" > wrote in message
...
> I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
> food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
> Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
> the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
> the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly
> of how it should smell. Still good? How long?
>
Is there a "use by" date on the jar? (BTW, if you made pesto from scratch
the oil would still have risen to the top.) Read the ingredients. I'm
pretty sure that jarred stuff isn't just basil, garlic and oil. There are
probaby tons of preservatives in it. But when in doubt, throw it out. How
much could it possibly have cost you?

> I like to buy shaved roast beef from the deli counter at the grocery
> store. I have found that they hate you

No, they don't hate me. Maybe they just hate you.

> and wont neccesarily tell the
> truth if you ask for the expiration date on the opened package of
> meat
(snippage)

If people were getting food poisoning from the shaved roast beef at the deli
counter I'm sure you'd have heard about it. They're probably irritated
because you're bugging the hell out of them with your paranoia. Just ask
them how long it will be good for and don't buy more than you could use
within that time period.

Jill

On Nov 23, 11:48*pm, (z z) wrote:
....
>How long would you keep this in your fridge?

Until it starts smelling funny and/or starts growing things.

Easy peasy!

John Kuthe...

i keep food until it smells bad to me or the dh see something in it that
looks icky...

as to the meat, if they don't show dh the meat and let him read, not just
tell a date i simply will not purchase it, call me ocd or paranoid but i had
bad food poisioning once, and that will do for several lifetimes, Lee
"z z" > wrote in message
...
>I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
> food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
> Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
> the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
> the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly
> of how it should smell. Still good? How long?
>
> I like to buy shaved roast beef from the deli counter at the grocery
> store. I have found that they hate you and wont neccesarily tell the
> truth if you ask for the expiration date on the opened package of
> meat-indeed, they wont even let you see how big the opened package is
> until after you have ordered-they hide it out of site behind all the
> pristine unopened examples. How long would you keep this in your fridge?
>

Thanks, Lee-I had food poisoning twice from a local deli meat
counter-once from shaved beef, once from parmesan crusted chicken
patties. Needless to say I never go there now. Each time, I hesitated
eating because something just didn't seem right, but there wasnt any
glaringly obvious clue. Live and learn.

The last occasion the unpleasancy started while I was driving the car
and when I got home, I literally stripped off my clothes before going
inside. Good thing it was dark out!

The truth is, most people don't report food poisoning-only the severe
hospitalized dying children get reported to the level of news. It's also
difficult to judge just what food is causing it because we eat
everything in combination today. I did go back and tell the clerk, but
you can imagine what a young clerk's reaction is to a middle aged
lady... who knows whether it was reported up higher. I just wanted them
to follow better food handling practices.

On Nov 24, 6:10*am, wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:48:46 -0600, (z z) wrote:
> >I err too far on the side of caution and throw out too much
> >food-particularly dressings. Right now I am pondering a jar of Classico
> >Traditional Basil Pesto sauce in a jar. I think its been opened and in
> >the fridge for 5wks now. It appears that the olive oil has floated to
> >the top and sealed off the sauce, in a sense. No mold, smells strongly
>
> I usuually dump it the day aftur I eat it....

and then reheat and eat again.

On 11/26/2011 11:43 AM, z z wrote:

>
> The truth is, most people don't report food poisoning-only the severe
> hospitalized dying children get reported to the level of news. It's also
> difficult to judge just what food is causing it because we eat
> everything in combination today. I did go back and tell the clerk, but
> you can imagine what a young clerk's reaction is to a middle aged
> lady... who knows whether it was reported up higher. I just wanted them
> to follow better food handling practices.
>

Then I would have reported it to the local health department. Your
young clerk probably shrugged and didn't mention it to anyone else.

gloria p