"Alice Faber" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >i am ocd or whatever about food waste so it rarely happens to us, it
>> >used
>> >to until i started really watching it, food is one of the few places you
>> >can actually save money in your budget, its work but it can be done...
>> >the
>> >dh will eat almost anything as i can if needs be.
>> >
>> > a small side comment, one of your issues, from your writing seems to be
>> > the expiri dates on packages, that is a selling gimmick/legal
>> > protection
>> > for the producers/sellers, most foods are fine well past their labeled
>> > date, you must use your nose/eyes to eat these foods but honestly its
>> > really not critical to keep by them, if it tastes fresh then it is...
>> > bear
>> > in mind i say this selling food... much of which has these dates and i
>> > am
>> > prohibited from selling it, but i often bring it home and we eat it or
>> > give it away and its all fine as long as the package is sealed...
>> >
>> > the most stunning example of this is yogurt, its good forever and if
>> > still
>> > sealed can be a generational thing, lol, Lee
>>
>> I don't know about the yogurt. I don't eat it but Angela has had some
>> that
>> was expired and it was very badly separated. She doesn't eat the kind
>> with
>> fruit in it so it should all be the same texture. It wasn't.
>
> Yoghurt has milk solids and whey in it. When your yoghurt separates, the
> liquid is the whey. You can just pour it off. The more expensive Greek
> yoghurt has all the whey strained out, which is why it's thicker.
>
> Some cheaper brands of yoghurt have gelatin or other stabilizers to
> minimize the amount of separation.

Well, she won't eat it if it is that way.