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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Halex on February 10, 2012, 06:36:53 am
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I bought it to make dinner spinners tandori chicken which is yum, but didnt realise quntity was only 80g.
No dips or tzazikis I have some in the fridge.
Any ideas please.
Thanks
Hally
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Freeze it in ice cube trays Hally for smoothies and instant ice reams!
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I bought 500mls too the other day Hally - am going to make the strawberry yoghurt sorbet pge 194 QFITT but using the ice-cream maker.
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Indian food!
I am in the process of testing my own butter chicken recipe and also my Rogan Josh recipe in the TM. Was going to do them today but oops went out for lunch with a friend :) I am hoping to finish it Sunday
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Meagan, i freeze everything, just never thought if yoghurt on its own.
Jd will look at the srbet, i have frozen mangoes in freezer.
Thanks
H :)
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another dish I love using yoghurt.
sprinkle moroccan seasonin on lamb fillets leave to marinate.
Dice up pumpkin - bake in oven till tender - sprinkle with sesame seeds for last few minutes of cooking. You can also toast some pine nuts , or just use some pistachios (untoasted)
cook up couscous - whe cooked add finely chopped red onion, green capsicum and dried apricot.
Dressing - about 1 cup nat yoghurt with about 2/3 tsp minced garlic and 2/3 tsp cumin - mix well
Pan fry lamb fillets till tender
plate up with baby spinach topped with couscous, then lamb, then pumpkin and nuts and dress with yoghurt dressing.
Yumbo
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Don't worry it will last far beyond Tuesday. It is probably good for another month. Just apply the smell test.
Frugal Gert
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Don't worry it will last far beyond Tuesday. It is probably good for another month. Just apply the smell test.
Frugal Gert
LOL....I live by your rules Gert ;)
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Well maybe not maddy. You might not want to come to my house as If it grows red mould I might incorporate it into a chili dip. There are good moulds and not so good moulds. I do not drink milk but I always have it in the house for visitors. I usually buy the full strength milk from the local dairy which is quite expensive and when it goes sour I use it in lots of things like scalloped potatoes or maybe a salad dressing among other things.
Passed it's used by date is not in my vocabulary. My dad was one of nine brought up during the US depression years and he taught me a lot about waste. On the other hand I learned a lot because of him and that was not to be mean. Life is all about balance and sometimes taking risks. I have never been sick eating month old yogurt.
Think about the cheese you buy from a wheel in a deli. No date on that. I won't eat a Brie until it is runny and usually way past it's best before date. The French know something about that!
Living in the tropics is a challenge in itself as you can watch the mould grow on store brought bread. Two days and it is turning blue and hairy. I love blue mould but only in cheese.
Gert
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my yoghurt always goes wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over the use by date - never had a problem with it - as Gert said you can tell by the smell ;D
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Not to mention the sour cream auds. I always remove the red mould before serving . If it is blue mould I just might hesitate but not for long. Lol!
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There is no use by date on my yoghurt because I make my own lol
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Right on Meagan.!
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i have made bread using yoghurt instead of the water if i find the recipe i will post it, and like Meagan i would/have use it in smoothies and have frozen it
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I don't think I've seen red mould ??? You must have iron guts Gretch ;D My DH has, and any food that is slightly past its useby date I tell him he can eat it. He would never know the difference, and would never get sick.
Years ago just before lunch time I cleaned the kettle with CLR, and left it on the bench. DH comes home for lunch and makes himself a cup of coffee. (I am elsewhere in the house) I walk into the room and see him drinking away and :o :o :o ask him if he emptied the kettle at all? No. Ho hum, he ran to the sink to spit out a mouthful of coffee - he's still here, and we're still married but he is definitely suspicious that I was trying to poison him ;D but he can basically ingest anything as well
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So he didn't actually notice until you mentioned it? :D
I use yogurt instead of sour cream for dips and tacos etc.
Here's a great dip called Scoop:
250 g tub Philly Cheese
1/2 cup plain yoghurt (original recipe uses sour cream)
1/2 cup mayo
Mix together and spread into a pie plate so it's about 1 1/2 cm deep. Spread carefully with sweet chilli sauce.
Top with finely diced de-seeded tomato, cucumber, capsicum and spring onion.
Sprinkle with grated cheese.
Serve with corn chips.
Yum !
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There is no use by date on my yoghurt because I make my own lol
Me too and it lasts much longer than the "advisory" bulletins indicate. I keep it in the coldest area in the fridge - which reads on an accessory thermometer as two degrees above freezing as that discourages almost all harmful pathogens. I've kept my homemade yogurt for a minimum of four weeks this way.
Commercial yogurt, with the preservatives, should keep even longer.
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I don't think I've seen red mould ??? You must have iron guts Gretch ;D My DH has, and any food that is slightly past its useby date I tell him he can eat it. He would never know the difference, and would never get sick.
Years ago just before lunch time I cleaned the kettle with CLR, and left it on the bench. DH comes home for lunch and makes himself a cup of coffee. (I am elsewhere in the house) I walk into the room and see him drinking away and :o :o :o ask him if he emptied the kettle at all? No. Ho hum, he ran to the sink to spit out a mouthful of coffee - he's still here, and we're still married but he is definitely suspicious that I was trying to poison him ;D but he can basically ingest anything as well
Well,I guess CLR might work if you were having a colonoscopy the next day! Close one eh? :D
Gert
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:D :D Gertie, how do you find your sense of humour so early in the day :D :D
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:D :D Gertie, how do you find your sense of humour so early in the day :D :D
Hi Judy. It is already 0900 here and I have been up for hours. Had a swim before breakfast and now reading the Sat papers. Made a great healthy drink in the TMX which included some wilted bok choy and quinoa. Feeling chipper. ;D
Gertie
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It's so nice to see you back at full strength Gretchen, keep it up :-* :-*
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Well maybe not maddy. You might not want to come to my house as If it grows red mould I might incorporate it into a chili dip.
:o. LOL......mental note, never eat chili dip at Gretch's house!
Why is the mould red?
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OMG, red mould, never ever seen it. Gert, if your having a party I'll bring the dip, ;D
Good tip about lasting longer, i have always thrown out the day after, such a waste. Good to know sore cream as well.
So whats the rule if something has been opened, 3 days max?
I make faffas yogurt but not greek style, is there a recioe for that here?
H :)
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Moulds are fungi and come in many lovely colours and there are thousands of them. You only get to actually SEE the mould when they grow into colonies. Some are good moulds some are bad moulds. Some are used in food production. Some are used in food destruction. I have never seen any harm in removing a colony of mould from the top of a container of sour cream and eating the remains. Usually that mould has grown due to cross contamination like a knife plonked in for a swipe that may have had mayo on it.
I have a container of sour cream I bought in December before Christmas. I opened it about 3 weeks ago and it is still fine. Not even a wee bit of mould.
I never worry about use by or best before dates because I have a nose that can smell just fine, eyes that can see, though not as good as they used to, and common sense. Look in your pantry and you will no doubt find some really old bottles of stuff not to mention the herbs and spices.
Up here in the deep north I have to keep a lot of things in the fridge to forestall the creeping fungi not to mention the pesky evil weevils and that is why I have four refrigerators, not, as some say, to hold the grog! Well maybe two to hold the grog! ;D
Gert
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Most labels have the "best before" date on them as its the law to do so. A lot of the stuff will last a lot longer than the "use by" date.
You kind of get to know when stuff has gone over IMHO - lots of stuff will last ages past.
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Freeze it in ice cube trays Hally for smoothies and instant ice reams!
I like this idea, or strain the yoghurt and make labne (http://"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7011/labne+marinated+yoghurt+cheese+balls").
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Most labels have the "best before" date on them as its the law to do so. A lot of the stuff will last a lot longer than the "use by" date.
You kind of get to know when stuff has gone over IMHO - lots of stuff will last ages past.
Well said auds. What ever did we do before the the government got involved?? :-))
Gert
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I must agree about using things after the use by date. DD goes off her brain about it but once more what she doesn't know won't hurt her. (hopefully) I made icecream with old yoghurt and old cream yesterday. They both smelled and tasted fine. I love it when the supermarket puts soft cheeses out near the use by, I buy them up as they are just ready for eating.
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I like to buy that cheese and leave them a month until they are runny!
Yum.
Gert
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:)Gertbysea, we have 3 fridges too, because of the weevils, lots of things we have to store in the fridge too.
Its hot today 32, great for growing mould.
best before dates are a great way for food companies to make money. It makes most people throw out stuff that's ok, and buy more.
Robyn ;D
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Robyn you cannot imagine my joy today when I found wee bit of cranberry and muscat sauce from the Rutherglen in the fridge door. I had cooked some roast turkey for lunch. Perfect. Use by date...... October 2010. Yummy
Gert.
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Oh Gert, your making me sick, aaaggghhhh
I am going to change my ways and Use the smell/taste test.
Most of my stuff in the pantry is still in the use by dates as I have always thrown out, even herbs, but not anymore :)
H :)
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Oh Gert, your making me sick, aaaggghhhh
I am going to change my ways and Use the smell/taste test.
Most of my stuff in the pantry is still in the use by dates as I have always thrown out, even herbs, but not anymore :)
H :)
If you don't hear from me you will know I died of food poisoning.
Gert
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My friend who does no cooking used some flour to thicken a curry the other day with 2006 use by date on it. I don't think I would want to use it. Yuck 😝
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Robyn you cannot imagine my joy today when I found wee bit of cranberry and muscat sauce from the Rutherglen in the fridge door. I had cooked some roast turkey for lunch. Perfect. Use by date...... October 2010. Yummy
Gert.
I hope that wasn't the use by on the turkey? :D :D :D
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Lol! I didn't even look but it wasn't slimy and it smelled ok. Found some cottage chees this morning In the garage fridge. Use by Jan 1 2012. Opened it and it was just fine on toast for my breakfast. Don't know how I missed it. Two great finds this week!
How old is your Worcertershire Sauce? Bought a new bottle of Lea & Perrins the other day as I am about to finish one with a use by date of Feb 2010. Pretty fresh I say. Has no artificial colours, no preservativesand no added MSG? Tastes just fine.
Gert still a kickin'.