also if not opened will go well past the exp. date, Lee
"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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On Sep 1, 7:47 am, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> James Silverton > wrote:
> >On 9/1/2011 2:50 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> -snip-
>
>
>
> >> I found tons of old yogurt. Three tubs of sour cream with just a dab
> >> left
> >> in it. Old cream cheese but another cream cheese opened. And I few
> >> other
> >> things that were never eaten but had expired. So out they all went.
>
> >Weren't the old opened yoghurts and sour creams some interesting colors?
> >I've usually found that mold grows after less than a week in opened
> >containers.
>
> Either you need to turn the temp down in your fridge-- or I've got to
> stop buying sour cream and yogurt with embalming fluid in them.<g> I
> get closer to 6 weeks out of both before the mold forms.
>
> Jim

Further, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream, creme fraiche - all these
dairy products will last about twice as long if you store them upside
down. Don't ask me why, I don't know, but it sure-fire works.

N.