Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!drutx!slb From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Oyster sauce Message-ID: <3269@drutx.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 17:44:31 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.3269 Posted: Wed Jul 17 17:44:31 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 08:08:13 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 30 > > I had a opened but tightly closed bottle of oyster sauce in > my kitchen cabinet for about 2 weeks. I looked at it yesterday and > it was getting a case of the white fuzzies. Should oyster sauce be > refrigerated to stop the growth of mold or did I have a bad bottle > of oyster sauce? It was such a pity to throw the whole bottle away. > I just LOVE oyster sauce! > Sharon Badian > You are probably lucky it grew the white stuff. Oyster sauce does contain liquid from shellfish, as its name suggests. (Or at least it should, if authentic.) I suspect it could grow some very nasty bugs that wouldn't show up so easily until they hit your tummy. I was told to always refrigerate it after opening. -- Sue Brezden Real World: Room 1B17 Net World: ihnp4!drutx!slb AT&T Information Systems 11900 North Pecos Westminster, Co. 80234 (303)538-3829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send lawyers, guns, and money... -Warren Zevon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~