Hope it doesn't kill me

[oink]

I was recently bemoaning considerably the higher price of one of my very favorite cheeses, Taleggio. I've passed on buying any more.

Cleaning out the refrigerator I discovered a badly expired sealed package of it in the very back of my cheese drawer. It was badly expired and had become extremely soft. I was going to pitch it like I was doing other old stuff, but then I had second thoughts.

I took it from it's package and put it on a saucer. It smelled pretty rank, but then it always does, just more so now. It was also extremely soft and melting on one end.

So what the heck. I put in back in the refrigerator uncovered and let it dry out for a day and a half. When I checked it it was still extremely soft but not liquidy anymore and I could almost slice it. Sniff test again. Yeah still rank.

I thought what the heck. I tasted it. Most definately aged! It had developed a bit of granular texture along with the extreme softness. Yeah it tasted like rank cheese, much stronger that normal with a bit of bitterness.

Oh well! Out came bread and apple. I ate it. I thought it was pretty tasty. However I'm wondering if I need to keep the EMTs on speed dial.

Do you guys think I'll make it?

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[dmn57]

In general, I don't think most real cheeses can really go bad, they just become more aged. I've hacked mold off of blocks in the past and if anything they became more flavorful. Hopefully my theory holds up for you...

 

[Peak53]

Oh yeah. I slice mold off cheese on a regular basis and I'm still here. In fact, I don't throw out much of anything with an expiration date unless it smells or tastes funny. What I do hate, though, is adding milk to my coffee and seeing it curdle - that's not good.

 

[oink]

Still doing fine.

 

[Kinman]

I was raised on "green" hamburger, moldy cheese, curdled or clabbered milk. One of my doctors absolutely refused to removed tonsils unless they were a life threat. He was of the belief that our tonsils were an early warning system for our lower digestive system. When early humans ate questionable uncooked meat, which was all the time before they learned to control fire they quite often ate meat contaminated by bacteria or virus's. He was of the opinion that our tonsils work as an early warning system so the lower gut can prepare itself for the oncoming onslaught. He felt much the same about the appendix, it is there by evolutionary process and should be respected as such. At 72 I still have my wisdom teeth, tonsils, etc. I had strep once and he treated it with penicillin, while everyone else was getting theirs yanked out. I like that kind of thinking, rather than following the herd.

 

[lihpster]

Still doing fine.

It's onyl been tow horus. Let us knwo if yuor visoin semes odd. Liek if teh leterst seme mixed pu.

 

[BC38]

I was raised on "green" hamburger, moldy cheese, curdled or clabbered milk. One of my doctors absolutely refused to removed tonsils unless they were a life threat. He was of the belief that our tonsils were an early warning system for our lower digestive system. When early humans ate questionable uncooked meat, which was all the time before they learned to control fire they quite often ate meat contaminated by bacteria or virus's. He was of the opinion that our tonsils work as an early warning system so the lower gut can prepare itself for the oncoming onslaught. He felt much the same about the appendix, it is there by evolutionary process and should be respected as such. At 72 I still have my wisdom teeth, tonsils, etc. I had strep once and he treated it with penicillin, while everyone else was getting theirs yanked out. I like that kind of thinking, rather than following the herd.

I like his philosophy.
At 61 I still have my tonsils, adenoids, appendix, wisdom teeth, and pretty much all the other standard equipment I was born with.
Like oink, I am one who isn't afraid to eat stuff that is past it's expiration date. So far so good. I haven't had any food poisoning type issues in decades.
Guess my immune system must be pretty good by now!

 

[soFlaNative]

When it gets to where the cheese binds...

 

[Krogen]

5 hours later and I see a green online status for ya. I wager you survived!

 

[cruiserdan]

Remembering the late, great, George Carlin...

"Why is there an expiration date on sour cream? What's it going to do? Go 'good' on you?"

 

[alwslate]

Hope you're OK. I've learned the hard way about eating foods that are several days beyond freshness date in the fridge. Yogurt, eggs, bread and meat, so I don't do it any more. Canned goods that seem ok maybe but that's it.

 

[Breakaway500]

You are a braver man than I...

 

[oink]

I'm still OK! So guess what lunch will be. Yep, more bread, fruit and very ripe cheese.

 

[LVSteve]

If things go bad there's always the Imodium diet.

 

[Doug M.]

What I do hate, though, is adding milk to my coffee and seeing it curdle - that's not good.

*
Easy answer: drink it black. As I sometimes say, coffee should be dark and bitter, like what's left of my soul.

 

[oink]

Yeah, I prefer to drink my coffee black. But I don't want it super strong and I'm not really a fan of dark roast. I think dark roast is what you do to inferior coffee to make it palatable.

 

[Kinman]

I like his philosophy.
At 61 I still have my tonsils, adenoids, appendix, wisdom teeth, and pretty much all the other standard equipment I was born with.
Like oink, I am one who isn't afraid to eat stuff that is past it's expiration date. So far so good. I haven't had any food poisoning type issues in decades.
Guess my immune system must be pretty good by now!

I did get toemain food poisoning in Nam, our mechanic cook had cooked up some frozen pork chops and his usual tomato sauce and left them in the galley. I got in from somewhere and checked to see if there was anything left after the rest of the crew had eaten earlier. There were some small chunks of meat and a bit of sauce, I scarfed it up and I don't think I made it through the night before I got really sick. Started heaving, chills, fever alternating, the guys wrapped me up in a blanket, called in a jeep, they hauled me off to some sickbay where they said I had Toemain or some other food poisoning which should have killed me.

 

[NYlakesider]

*
Easy answer: drink it black. As I sometimes say, coffee should be dark and bitter, like what's left of my soul.

I like my black coffee strong. If its weak to begin not much you can do to strengthen it.

On the other hand its too strong you can always dilute it down with the popular add ons (milk sugar coffemate etc) that many people put in coffee. I have not found the need to weaken down any coffee I have had in many decades!

 

[oink]

I have not found the need to weaken down any coffee I have had in many decades!

You haven't had my brothers coffee.