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What's your record for expired yogurt?
I've often pondered the question, "How does one actually know when yogurt goes bad?" I mean, the stuff is kind of sour to begin with...so do you trust the Use By date or is that just a conspiracy to get you to buy more when you don't actually need it?
Today I set a new personal record for consuming expired yogurt...but only because I was stupid enough to walk out the door this morning without my usual stash of Wasa Sandwiches. Breakfast is not served in the office cafeteria until 8:30 a.m., and I arrived at 7:10 starving.
That's when I remembered a carton of drinkable yogurt that I'd seen in the corridor fridge numerous times over the last few weeks. It may have even been mine and I'd just forgotten about it. In any case, it was sure to be "expired" and thus unlikely to be claimed by anyone else. (In my experience, the Swedish pre-disposition to strictly follow rules even extends to diary Use By dates.)
So the key questions were: How old was the yogurt and how many days past the Use By date was I still willing to drink it? (Keep in mind that the plastic container had never been opened, had been constantly refridgerated, and I was really hungry courtesy of my latest effort to drop a few pounds.)
The answers were 6 months and 197.
Yeah, it tasted a little old but certainly not rancid. And five hours later I still don't appear to be any worse for wear. But if anybody asks, I think I'll tell them I'm training to be a contestant on "Fear Factor."
So, needless to say, anything that can be cured by penicillin never saw
that coming!
A few weeks ago I poured myself a nice bowl of Müsli... got the mjölk out
but noticed it had expired the day before.. I smelled it... it smelled
fine... I poured it on my nice little bowl of Müsli... and proceeded out to
the livingroom to read CNN on my computer... I set my bowl down for a few
minutes.... just to get comfortable.... I picked it back up and took a
bite.... IT WAS SOLID!!!! I looked at it and there was a hole where I had
taken the spoon full out.... ICK!!!!!
OMG..... It was soooo disgusting I have not had mjölk ever since....
and about this drinkable yogurt... my husband says it is the same as the
yogurt in the cups...
I still refuse to eat it.... I like my yugurt solid.... just not my mjölk.
sorry I just posted the same story again.... PLEASE forgive me.... My
computer is acting up and so I thought my message had NOT gone through....
so I wrote it again..... PLEASE forgive me....
No Worries Seattle! Either you managed to delete the duplicate comment, or
it never showed up in the first place. I really like the drinkable yogurt
because it's so easy to consume while travelling...no need for a spoon. I
often have it on the train during my commute.
I found your post via Google search using terms "expired yogurt" (while I
was eating some Yoplait that was 3 weeks past its sell by date). But your
post was only 5 hours after you drank the 6-month old yogurt. How did you
do the following days (reply to my e-mail if you can see it -- I might not
find my way back to your site). Thanks, -Tom.
I just ate Danone yogurt that expired a yr ago. Smelled, looked, and
tasted normal. No bubbles on the surface when I opened it. The recession
is causing me to eat to the back of my fridge. :-p
Well, at least you have a good excuse! I was just starving and lazy!
Thanks so much for commenting!
I found your blog just like the guy on comment #5, after eating a 8 month
expired yoplait plain white yogurt.
It was very good, smelled and tasted absolutely normal.