After the sliced bologna or ham or whatever has been in the 'fridge for
a few days, it can develop a coating that makes the slices stick
together but feels slippery. Since it washes off your hands (or the
bologna) easily with cold water, I don't think it can be any sort of
fatty stuff exuding from the meat. Whatever it is, eating it doesn't
cause even a twinge of stomach upset.

My suspicion is that it is a bio-film, maybe a coating of something like
lactobacillus something-or-other.

Anybody know for sure?

Isaac

On 8/19/2014 10:27 PM, isw wrote:
> After the sliced bologna or ham or whatever has been in the 'fridge for
> a few days, it can develop a coating that makes the slices stick
> together but feels slippery. Since it washes off your hands (or the
> bologna) easily with cold water, I don't think it can be any sort of
> fatty stuff exuding from the meat. Whatever it is, eating it doesn't
> cause even a twinge of stomach upset.
>
> My suspicion is that it is a bio-film, maybe a coating of something like
> lactobacillus something-or-other.
>
> Anybody know for sure?
>
> Isaac
>
No, but that's a great question.

"isw" > wrote in message
]...
> After the sliced bologna or ham or whatever has been in the 'fridge for
> a few days, it can develop a coating that makes the slices stick
> together but feels slippery. Since it washes off your hands (or the
> bologna) easily with cold water, I don't think it can be any sort of
> fatty stuff exuding from the meat. Whatever it is, eating it doesn't
> cause even a twinge of stomach upset.
>
> My suspicion is that it is a bio-film, maybe a coating of something like
> lactobacillus something-or-other.
>
> Anybody know for sure?
>
> Isaac

I think it means that the meat is spoiled. If you are getting meat cut at
the deli, you need to eat it within a day or two.

On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:55:36 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:27:14 -0700, isw wrote:
>
>> After the sliced bologna or ham or whatever has been in the 'fridge for
>> a few days, it can develop a coating that makes the slices stick
>> together but feels slippery. Since it washes off your hands (or the
>> bologna) easily with cold water, I don't think it can be any sort of
>> fatty stuff exuding from the meat. Whatever it is, eating it doesn't
>> cause even a twinge of stomach upset.
>>
>> My suspicion is that it is a bio-film, maybe a coating of something like
>> lactobacillus something-or-other.
>>
>> Anybody know for sure?
>>
>> Isaac
>
>It's the first stage of deli meat going bad, IME. I don't let it get
>to the slime stage.

Correct.
Holding sliced deli meats more than 3 days is risky... deli meats
purchased in sealed plastic like Oscar Mayer bologna is processed
robotically under clean room conditions so they are safe up to a week
after opening, of course depending how refrigerated at market and at
home, I buy some factory pacaged deli but still don't hold them more
than three days after opening, and I always check the exp date and
seach for those furthest out. But cold cuts sliced at a local deli
can be risky even at the time they're sliced, not all delis are clean
nor do they follow correct food handling procedures. That slime is
typically indicative of listeria, I would toss it and not shop there
again. I've became ill from small local deli foods, that's why I no
longer patronize any deli other than Walmart's, they are extremely
fastedious in all aspects and have huge turnover. Now some of yoose
complain but the Super Walmarts I shop are terriffic stores, I will
assume like with any other chains not all Walmarts are equal... I
prefer the Walmart north of me, the one to the south is not as
nice.... I'll buy packaged groceries there but not deli, their deli
clerks are not up to my standards of cleanliness... any deli that
reuses plastic wrap I keep far away from. When meat is going to be
sliced the plastic wrap is supposed to go in the trash, the first
slice tossed, and rewrapped with new plastic. If you look in the meat
case and deli is sitting in fluid don't shop there.