"RodS" > wrote in message ...
> On 8/02/2012 1:18 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "W. > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie > wrote:
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>>> : "W. > wrote in message
>>> : ...
>>> :> Julie > wrote:
>>> :>
>>> :> : "Peppermint > wrote in
>>> message
>>> :> :
>>> news >>> :> :> In >,
>>> :> :> "Julie > wrote:
>>> :> :>> "Alice > wrote in message
>>> :> :>> ...
>>> :> :>> > In >,
>>> :> :>> > "Julie > wrote:
>>> :> :>> >> "Alice > wrote in message
>>> :> :>> >> ...
>>> :> :>> >> >
>>> :> :>> >> > 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.
>>> :> :>> >
>>> :> :>> > Just pour off the liquid then.
>>> :> :>>
>>> :> :>> As I said... She won't eat it.
>>> :> :>
>>> :> :> Pour off the liquid before she sees it.
>>> :>
>>> :> : No. She won't eat food with an old expiration date.
>>> :> My yogurt uusually separates well before any expiration date.
>>> :> You might also let her know that expiration dates do not
>>> necessarily
>>> mean
>>> :> that food is bad but she can trust her nose and eyes to check that
>>> the
>>> :> food is ok. Food well before the eapration date can go bad if it
>>> has
>>> been
>>> :> badly handled "behind the scenes" at teh store or earlier, so nose
>>> and
>>> :> eyes are always good to use.
>>>
>>> : Heavens no! We do not go by that. We go by expiration dates. Eyes
>>> and
>>> : nose are no good in that respect. I know people who have gotten very
>>> sick
>>> : from eating expired food that smelled, looked and tasted fine to them.
>>>
>>> ou can't mean that! Are you really sying that if you opened something
>>> in
>>> a package that was not yet at it's expiration date and it smelled "off:
>>> or
>>> had funny colored stuff on it you woudl eat it because it had not yet
>>> expired by the package date? That is what you have said.
>>
>> Well yes. I certainly DO mean that! Of course if it smelled off or
>> looked
>> off we wouldn't eat it. But we also wouldn't eat it if it was past its
>> expiration date and smelled and looked fine. We just don't eat food past
>> the expiration date.
>>
>>
> please don't tell anyone but I ate mouldy and smelly stuff yesterday and
> enjoyed every mouthful of it If you haven't tried White Costello cheese do
> yourself a favour it's to die for, not as strong as their blue cheese but
> a splendid taste.
> BTW I never look at expiration dates here they are called use by not
> "throw out dates"

There are different kinds of dates here. Some are "sell by", some are "use
by", some are "best by" and some are "exp".