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why does butter last longer than cheese?
wrote:
> Hi all, a couple of sunday morning ponderings for you if I may.
>
> once you have broken the seal on a packet of cheese, it generally goes
> off in a few weeks, whereas butter will last months (maybe a year) in
> the fridge before it's inedible. but they're both made of basically the
> same thing. how does this work?
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> also, milk lasts even less long than either butter or cheese - how
> come?
>
> Andy
related:
http://bioteach.ubc.ca/Bioengineerin...logy/index.htm
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