Use this tag for questions about food or drinks that have gone bad, or will soon be.
Questions tagged [spoilage]
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Does re-heating something "reset" the spoil timer?
I cooked a lot of pasta sauce a few days back, and have much of it in my fridge. I intent to use it all shortly, and would prefer to not freeze it.
If I heat it back up in a pot, and let is cook all the way through, does this "reset" the time before…
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How do I know the lentils have gone bad?
I brought brown lentil two months ago. Now when I cooked them under pressure they remained in the same form as before and did not even slightly swell the way normally brown lentils swell up slightly. The gravy was watery and the lentils weren’t…
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How can I rehydrate a dried navel orange?
I have a lot of navel oranges which are slightly dry inside. Is there a way to rehydrate these? How?
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How to find/properly cook fresh Baby Squids?
So, I've had some difficulties with Squid. I think my favorite style of squid is the type you can find at a Chinese Buffet - big chunks of squid, where a slice of a tentacle can be the size of your pinky.
I've had some great luck finding fresh,…
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3 day old steak turning brown from the inside out
I have a 10oz. steak I cut 3 days ago. It was stored on peach paper, which is oxygenated. It is beginning to brown from the inside out. The exterior is fine, no slime, no odour. But when cooked, it looked medium well at 120*F. It also tasted dry. I…
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My hot sauce pops
I am a hot sauce producer and I'm dealing with some problems that I think have to do with the hot weather.
When I finish my sauce (processed with a fruit-based paste and put in plastic bottles to funnel it into the sterilized glass jars) sometimes,…
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Vacuum-packed unfrozen Polish sausage left out overnight. Safe to eat or not?
I left a new, vacuum-packed Polish sausage (kiełbasa) out accidently overnight.
Should I toss it or cook it and eat it?
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Flies in my bag of bread - bad bread?
I just bought a loaf of sliced bread from the corner store (couldn't make a trip to the grocery store today) and when I opened the bag, there were two tiny flies in it, still alive.
The flies have since been shooed away, but this raises some…
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Making a sausage and letting it dry out in the fridge
I got a kg of ground beef and put two tablespoons of salt with it. I also put a lot of spices, stuff like paprika, black pepper, allspice, tumeric, lots of garlic, and two tbsp vinegar. This is basically an Armenian sausage.
I mixed this all up…
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Sealed whey protein container past its use by date - is it still usable?
I've had an accident that made me stop training for quite some time and I ended up with a sealed - never used nor opened - whey protein pot that expired Oct/2015.
Considering it's a powder and the package was closed and sealed, I opened and it…
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What is the approximate shelf life for herbal infused olive oil, coconut oil, glycerin, or vinegar?
What is the estimated shelf life (assuming you keep it in a dark place) for:
1)herbal infused olive oil? coconut oil?
2)herbal infused vinegar
3)herbal extract made from 50% glycerin in water (and would you refridgerate it to prolong its shelf…
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Raspberry Infused Vodka
I recently discovered a number of bottles of raspberry infused vodka in my grandmother's basement. They are all many years old, and I'm wondering if they're still safe to drink. They seem to have a hazy collection of suspended particles at the…
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How long can raw fish be kept if it has been thawed in the refrigerator?
I bought fish, repackaged and froze it immediately when I got home. My husband thawed it in the refrigerator (without my knowledge) for 2-3 days. I was afraid of the possibility of food poisoning and refused to eat it. He became really angry, saying…
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Making Habanero Jelly - Safety and Preventing Spoilage
I have recently made a large batch of habanero jelly, and followed the recipe exactly (please see References). I am wondering, why is the final boil of the sealed jars necessary? I've already boiled the jars, lids, and locking mechanism, and the…
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Does sour-cream go bad?
I have had a container of off-brand sour-cream I bought from the grocery store in my refrigerator for almost two months. When will it go bad or will is ever go bad?
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