Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!kolling From: kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: "Expired" yogurt Message-ID: <1136@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 04:01:19 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.1136 Posted: Tue Oct 29 04:01:19 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 00:14:15 EST Distribution: net Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA Lines: 13 Something from the back of the fridge for the line eater. >I just discovered a carton of yogurt in the back of the fridge which has >a best-before date of Sept.30. I opened it and took a cautious sniff >but it smells OK. Is it all right to eat it? If it's unsafe for plain >eating, can I use it in cooking e.g. Beef Stroganoff?? Well, cough, cough, I found a two-months-past-the-expiration-date container of regular Yoplait at the back of my refrigerator awhile back, and it too smelled okay and I ate it with no ill effects. It had gotten quite a bit thicker than Yoplait's normal consistency. Which leads me to wonder what the expiration date means.