'Gone Off' Vegetable Suet!

sharloid

I've got a vegetable broth in the slow cooker and really want dumplings to go with it. I found some vegetarian Atora light suet in the cupboard... but its best before date is January 2010. The packet inside has been opened but it's still in the box and there isn't any obvious smells... but still... I don't know.

Would you eat it?

Thanks!

Seakay

I would.
If fat goes off then it will be rancid and that's a smell that you really cannot mistake!
No smell means absolutely fine!

Fruball

Yep I would.

I tend to seal my opened bags with a clip - not sure if yours has been sealed or not... But, as long as its been kept dry it should be fine.

TBH any nasties would be cooked and killed anyway, and if it was going to taste bad, it would smell bad.

scotsaver

I always go by the "sniff test" - if it smells off then it is, if it smells fine then I use it and we are all still alive.:o

Farway

You could just use marge / butter, the suet is only fat in disguise

Justamum

I'm sure it will be fine. Years ago I made a suet pudding out of suet which was a couple of years past its use by date. One taste of the pudding and it all went in the bin - it looked lovely but was rancid as anything.

Anyway, you can make dumplings using oil - a couple of tablespoons in place of the suet should work fine.

emiff6

You could melt a teaspoon or so in the MW or a pan, and see if it smelled rancid before using it. I personally would scatter it out in the garden as a treat for the little birds, and buy a fresh box. It would be a shame to taint the broth, if it is rancid.

meritaten

beef suet, maybe not! veg suet - I probably would chance it! as emiff6 suggested, melt some and see how it smells. I mean, its not THAT out of date!

Josh107

''TBH any nasties would be cooked and killed anyway'' ? -- no not with rancid fat, rancid fat isnt a bacteria issue. it's to do with enzymes, and heat wont rectify it.

you will have stomach pain and probably diarrhoea if gone off; same with cooking with old pancake or cake mix, and it will taste bitter - not necessarily any smell to it. Suet flour can be 'pinned' too - bitter

Palm oil is the make up of veg suet, so not quite as risky as rancid beef, pork fat/lard. or butter

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Don’t. Stuff the dumplings. Please pm me and I will dispose of it correctly.

If you’ve already made the dumplings, test them on the kids or nana first. You can’t be too careful.

JCS1

Josh107 wrote: »

''TBH any nasties would be cooked and killed anyway'' ? -- no not with rancid fat, rancid fat isnt a bacteria issue. it's to do with enzymes, and heat wont rectify it.

you will have stomach pain and probably diarrhoea if gone off; same with cooking with old pancake or cake mix, and it will taste bitter - not necessarily any smell to it. Suet flour can be 'pinned' too - bitter

Palm oil is the make up of veg suet, so not quite as risky as rancid beef, pork fat/lard. or butter

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