Originally Posted by pinksugar
I have also used my heavy cream and half&half when they had expired a month before (they were still perfectly good, BTW).
I don't blame you for wanting to not give your kidlets old food - you're a momma bear, and protecting the little ones is what momma bears do! Just cut the old fella some slack.
On the same note I had some spoiled milk this week the expiration date is still 2 weeks away. Yes the milk was refrigerated.
It happens. When I was in the military over seas we bought some powered milk. I saw an ad on the back of the pkg for an yogurt maker was going to send for it and then discovered the offer expired 2 years earlier. The military commasary system regularly inspects food. They are authorized to sell past the expriation date when the food checks out as still ok.
My hubby told me when they were in Viet nam it was normal to have meal worms or maggots in the powered milk and flour etc that they got.
Syrup, honey and sugar keep very well due to the high ossmolarity. That is the reason that old fashioned canned jelly and preserves have very high sugar content. The sugar is the preservative. The ones you have to refrigerate or freeze now days do not have that same level of sugar content. That is also why old fashioned jellly did not have to be vacume sealed just a little wax seal was enough.
Bread mold is not harmful. Though it taste really bad and some people may be allergic it is not pathogenic nor is the mold on jelly or syrup.
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