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Default why does butter last longer than cheese?


Ophelia wrote:
> "dee" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > 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?
> >>
> >> also, milk lasts even less long than either butter or cheese - how
> >> come?
> >>
> >> Andy

> >
> > related:
> > http://bioteach.ubc.ca/Bioengineerin...logy/index.htm

>
> Thank you for that, it is most interesting but I can't actually see the
> answer to the question above. I may be missing something and I would be
> grateful if you could point it out?
>
> O


just related

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