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OmManiPadmeOmelet[_3_]

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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

Cheese has more available nutrients. Protein and lactose.

Butter is pretty much pure fat. And it's preserved with salt on top of
that. Not a lot of critters can metabolized that in the way of fungus
and bacteria. Too bad humans are not that way eh? <G>

Frozen butter keeps for years, and freezing cheese preserves it longer
as well but renders it only good for cooking, texture-wise.
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Om

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