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Default why does butter last longer than cheese?


"dee" > wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
>> "dee" > wrote in message
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>> >> 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

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>> 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

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