Do you follow Use by and Sell by Dates, and other food safety issues

mrbadexample

:hello:

My yoghurt has gone past its use-by date:



Twice. Yes, it is over a year old.

But as I always say to people "if it looks ok, and smells ok, it's ok" I thought I'd test the theory. I'm not recommending that you try this!

Firstly, the lid wasn't "blown". So I opened it. Cautiously:



The first thing I noticed was that it didn't smell bad. I think I would have known if it was! So I stirred it up:



It's a bit thicker than normal (I'll pre-empt the "just like MBE" jokes here ). I tasted it. :eek: It's ok!

So I'm going to make a chocolate yoghurt cake with it.

Still believe in use-by dates?

MBE

quintwins

thats interesting, i thre away a month apast it's use-by date yesterday and i did notice the lid wasn't blown maybe i shud have kept it but it was one of the kids ones and you can never be too careful with kids

enjoy your cake hopefully it won't kill ya :rotfl:

Bobbykins

If we haven't heard from you by 6.00pm, we'll have to assume the worst then?

greenbee

Does this mean you haven't made your chocolate yogurt cake for over a year, or do you have something against this particular pot of yogurt?

carrielovesfanta

I've eaten yogurts a month out of date and never poisoned myself yet.

I keep telling myself, what would our pre-bbd ancestors have done? Used their eyes, noses and a tiny taste!!

LameWolf

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche
:D:D:D:D:D:D

marmiterulesok

If the lid isn't distended and it smells ok and tastes ok,then fine.I would eat it.

Just to check though:the expiry date was May 2010?If so it's pretty impressive!

Mind you,why would you leave a yoghurt for so long in the fridge?

Hope the cake's nice!

mrbadexample

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Just to check though:the expiry date was May 2010?If so it's pretty impressive!

Mind you,why would you leave a yoghurt for so long in the fridge?

Yes, May 2010. You'll just have to trust me on the 2010 bit, as sadly it doesn't give a year on the lid.

I kept it as a kind of experiment. I forgot to use it until well past its use-by date, and thought I would hang onto it all the time the lid didn't blow. Here we are a year later.

The cake looks ok. Just need a bit of buttercream icing. :drool:

marmiterulesok

Amazing!

Any chance of sharing the cake recipe please?I've never made a yoghurt cake,it's sounds really nice....:)

katholicos

Well it's my birthday tomorrow....but i wont be coming around to your place for a slice of birthday cake i dont think