Quick question... I found some old opened salsa in the fridge.. the expiration date says May 06... is it still good to eat if it's been opened?? *so hungry*
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I've never heard a rule about mold on tomatoes. But I have heard that bread with any mold at all should be discarded, because:
1. Bread mold is particularly toxic.
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2. Bread mold grows long tendrils which permeate the bread, so you can't safely remove the moldy part.
Cheese mold is benign at worst, and possibly good for you, unless you're allergic to penicillin. Cut off the bad part if you don't like the taste (smell) and eat the rest.
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Fuzzy may not be good, but a friend of mine makes a fizzy salsa that's out of this world. I don't know if it's slightly fermented or what, she won't tell me.
I've been trying to carbonate salsa for some time, in order to test it out, but I kinda lost my access to CO2 some time ago.
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I usually steer clear of anything that is open and has been in the refrigrator for more than five months. If its green or weird smelling, I avoid it too.
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quote: Is it fuzzy? Fuzzy is not good.
What do you have against the cute, little bunny rabbits!?
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When I was a missionary in Japan my companion undertook to make Mexican-style salsa from some old vegetables that were given to us.
The salsa was a welcome break from the bland Japanese food. The large batch remained on the stovetop for several days, and we dipped freely from the pot, mixing the sauce with everything we ate.
By the fifth day there was about an inch of froth on top of the salsa, and it had become pleasantly tangy. Unfortunately, we had visiting missionaries from a neighboring town, and they quickly finished it off.
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quote: What do you have against the cute, little bunny rabbits!?
I don't have anything against them. Once they're de-fuzzied, they're pretty tasty.
Of course, bunnies and rabbits are not the same thing.
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Hmm. I thought rabbits were for eating, and bunnies were pets? Yeah, I like wabbits, too. Yum!
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quote:Originally posted by Telperion the Silver: Why is tomato mold worse than others?
I don't know about mold, but I know botulism can grow in tomato paste that's left alone too long. It's a muscle relaxant so too much and you stop breathing.
On the other hand, salsa is pretty acidic, and the CDC says botulism can't grow below 4.6 pH. Also only about 110 cases of botulism poisoning occur a year, of which 25% are from food poisoning. and with treatment you have a 92% chance of survival. So I guess it's not that big a deal.
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