Should I Have Eaten that Expired Cream Cheese?
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Should I Have Eaten that Expired Cream Cheese?
Relatively serious question. I have some smoked salmon creme cheese that expired yesterday, and I can't decide if I should eat it or not. Sadly I fear that, knowing it's expired, I may not enjoy it very much. I'm only running the poll for one day because I will not be eating it tomorrow.
EDIT: I'm changing this to "Should I Have Eaten that Expired Cream Cheese?", for obvious reasons.
EDIT: I'm changing this to "Should I Have Eaten that Expired Cream Cheese?", for obvious reasons.
Last edited by Adam! on Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Well, it's usually not so much an "expiration" date as it is a "sell-by" date. Food's often good for at least a week past that, so unless you're seeing strange growths on it, or smelling death when you open it, I'd say you're fine.
That said, I'm afraid to touch the milk in my fridge dated March 10th.
That said, I'm afraid to touch the milk in my fridge dated March 10th.
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As a cook, there is a general rule.
TASTE TEST (start with a smell test though)
If it doesn't taste spoiled..then it's not spoiled.
You can take things that SMELL spoiled..rinse them...and if they don't smell spoiled afterwards..then you can probably eat them. However, you can't rinse cream cheese.
take a spoon..stir the cream cheese. Dip the spoon in a random spot. Taste the spoon. If it does not taste 'spoiled' or generally 'bad' then it is FINE.
The only exception to this basic rule is circumstance. If for some reason you have had this cream cheese out of the fridge for like 8 hours unattended and at room temperature AND it's a day after it's sell date..don't eat it under any circumstance.
Also, this thread so totally reminds me of a thread YEARS ago that I came across. It was some dude who posted a topic very similar to this. Something to the effect ' should I eat my roomate's week old pizza?'
In response it got such gems as: ' Yes, if you want to die in the next few hours'
I wish I had some smoked salmon cream cheese.
/broke mf
TASTE TEST (start with a smell test though)
If it doesn't taste spoiled..then it's not spoiled.
You can take things that SMELL spoiled..rinse them...and if they don't smell spoiled afterwards..then you can probably eat them. However, you can't rinse cream cheese.
take a spoon..stir the cream cheese. Dip the spoon in a random spot. Taste the spoon. If it does not taste 'spoiled' or generally 'bad' then it is FINE.
The only exception to this basic rule is circumstance. If for some reason you have had this cream cheese out of the fridge for like 8 hours unattended and at room temperature AND it's a day after it's sell date..don't eat it under any circumstance.
Also, this thread so totally reminds me of a thread YEARS ago that I came across. It was some dude who posted a topic very similar to this. Something to the effect ' should I eat my roomate's week old pizza?'
In response it got such gems as: ' Yes, if you want to die in the next few hours'
I wish I had some smoked salmon cream cheese.
/broke mf
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Yeah, your loss.jack wrote:i will never eat at a restaurant you're cooking at.Hoblit wrote:As a cook, there is a general rule.
You can take things that SMELL spoiled..rinse them...and if they don't smell spoiled afterwards..then you can probably eat them.
Whats even funnier... is that I am certain you have eaten food somewhere that has been handled in the manner you quoted me on. More than twice.
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For a few months I worked in the kitchen of a concession stand at a baseball stadium. My first day on the job I walked over to the sink to wash my hands. The shift manager asked me what I was doing. I told her I was washing my hands. She shouted at me, "We don't have time for that! Get to work!"
The human body is a lot more disease-resistant than most people seem to give it credit for anymore. I mean, come on people, we have these things called "immune systems." A little bacteria won't kill you. (Unless you're immunosuppressed for some reason.)
The human body is a lot more disease-resistant than most people seem to give it credit for anymore. I mean, come on people, we have these things called "immune systems." A little bacteria won't kill you. (Unless you're immunosuppressed for some reason.)