How long does yogurt last after best before dates?

lexuslass

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

Each to their own , but I personally wont eat food once the best before date has passed.

That goes for ALL foods , as soon as the date arrives the food is binned !

A waste I know but thats just me.

I am totally with you there... I will not eat anything past its' use by date...

Am even more wary with dairy products.

Smidster

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

Sorry , maybe i didnt make it clear in my post that i was meaning ALL foods as in foods which go "off".....yoghurts , milk , eggs , butter , coleslaw , bread..you know the ones that go "icky" after the date.

Fruit and veg , now they are not so bad , i would eat veg on the bbd but then aging i try to ensure that i only buy enough to last until the date ensuring that i dont have to waste it .

Again I can't say I agree.

The things which go 'icky' such as milk and bread have ways of telling us that they have gone bad (sour milk and mouldy bread). When that happens the product has gone bad not just because some date has been passed. Many more people now, including myself, make bread which of course doesn't have a BBD date so you have to realise when it has 'run its course' and nature is very good at telling us.

I am also sure that many people have experiences of things going bad before a BBD has been reached (in particular cheap processed bread) which not only shows the fallibility of the system but also the fact that people can still work out for themselves when something shouldn't be eaten.

You would eat veg on the BBD? - not after at all? even a Carrot or Spud which has been well stored and is in good condition?

Don't get me wrong I will not eat something that is rotten - although I will admit to cutting the bad bits off cheese and eating the good bit - but if it is in good condition and is edible then it seems daft to throw it away when good money has been spent on it.

no-oneknowsme

You think its silly to throw food away....well we will have to agree to disagree because I personally find nothing sillier or more disgusting than cutting mould off food and eating the bits that are not mouldy!

I mean , fair play to you for trying to be un-wasteful but me personally there is just no way id do something so vile !

If the day ever fomes when I am so short of money that I have to resort to such drastic measures....well lets just say that my life wouldnt be worth living !

Maybe instead of having to do such things as this , your time would be better spent organising your shopping so that you buy less of products that you are not using ?

MrsBartolozzi

No-oneknowsme, I take it you don't eat mature cheese then? No Danish Blue, Stilton or Roqueforte? These cheeses are full of mould. Mature cheese made traditionally typically develops a crust of mould during maturation which is then cut off before we even see the final cheese - is this still unacceptable to you? The mould growth in your fridge is just a continuation of this process.
Oh and if you ever eat Parma ham/proscuitto - did you know that the meat isn't even cooked and is traditionally left to dry in a cage hanging from a tree for a year? Think of all the germs there.

no-oneknowsme

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

No-oneknowsme, I take it you don't eat mature cheese then?

No , i dont.

No Danish Blue, Stilton or Roqueforte?

No...

.

Oh and if you ever eat Parma ham/proscuitto - did you know that the meat isn't even cooked and is traditionally left to dry in a cage hanging from a tree for a year? Think of all the germs there.

I never eat parma ham so dont need to worry about this...

williacg

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

You think its silly to throw food away....well we will have to agree to disagree because I personally find nothing sillier or more disgusting than cutting mould off food and eating the bits that are not mouldy!

I mean , fair play to you for trying to be un-wasteful but me personally there is just no way id do something so vile !

If the day ever fomes when I am so short of money that I have to resort to such drastic measures....well lets just say that my life wouldnt be worth living !

Maybe instead of having to do such things as this , your time would be better spent organising your shopping so that you buy less of products that you are not using ?

I agree. I'm an avid bargain hunter, and hate waste, but if food goes off in my fridge or pantry to the extent that it starts to mould, there's only one place it's going, the bin.

no-oneknowsme

williacg wrote: »

I agree. I'm an avid bargain hunter, and hate waste, but if food goes off in my fridge or pantry to the extent that it starts to mould, there's only one place it's going, the bin.

Im glad you agree !

Its just disgusting to think that someone could cut mould off bread/cheese etc and then eat it !

Each to their own but its just not for me...im not that hard up for money that I would need to do it (and even if I was pennyless id go hungary before I would resort to doing it)

I wonder how many people do this as they hate to waste money...and then go to the shop and buy something which is totally a waste of money like buy cigs or wine ? :rotfl:

Get the priorities right now wont ya ?:rotfl:

caroc

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

Im glad you agree !

Its just disgusting to think that someone could cut mould off bread/cheese etc and then eat it !

Each to their own but its just not for me...im not that hard up for money that I would need to do it (and even if I was pennyless id go hungary before I would resort to doing it)

I wonder how many people do this as they hate to waste money...and then go to the shop and buy something which is totally a waste of money like buy cigs or wine ? :rotfl:

Get the priorities right now wont ya ?:rotfl:

Why would you go to Hungary ?

williacg

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

Im glad you agree !

Its just disgusting to think that someone could cut mould off bread/cheese etc and then eat it !

Each to their own but its just not for me...im not that hard up for money that I would need to do it (and even if I was pennyless id go hungary before I would resort to doing it)

I wonder how many people do this as they hate to waste money...and then go to the shop and buy something which is totally a waste of money like buy cigs or wine ? :rotfl:

Get the priorities right now wont ya ?:rotfl:

Don't get me wrong, I am by no means a Cinderella shopper, I don't throw away food at the stroke of midnight, I use my judgement and common sense, whether it's before or after the said date, if an item has begun to curdle or grow mould all over it, the very thought of eating it in that condition would be the last thing on my mind.

moggylover

williacg wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, I am by no means a Cinderella shopper, I don't throw away food at the stroke of midnight, I use my judgement and common sense, whether it's before or after the said date, if an item has begun to curdle or grow mould all over it, the very thought of eating it in that condition would be the last thing on my mind.

But what about cheese? Cheese grows mold over the surfaces that are in contact with air, and most of the bacteria that cause this are the very same bacteria that actually FORM cheese in the first instance. If you remove the mold from the outside (as they do before packing cheese) the inside remains in good and edible condition and as previously pointed out on the thread, it has matured and developed a better flavour.

Meat needs to be hung before use, the outside of that will often look black, dry and horrible before it is trimmed and jointed. Freshly killed meat lacks flavour and is rather tougher than hung meat because the hanging process allows time for the bacteria in the meat to start a putrefying process, especially in the muscles and tendons, that tenderises it and improves flavour.

The very best cures of bacon hang for a long time in dry, smokey conditions and that is exactly what gives it the flavour.

ETA: would you throw away a potato that has begun to sprout or wrinkle?