Cream Cheese Conundrum!
Here's a scientistic research experiment from the vault. It's no secret that I like cheese. In fact, I have even invented a new category of vegetarianism to describe myself: I hereby proclaim me a Chegan! That means that except for my unabashed love of CHEese, I'm completely veGAN. It also means that occasionally I CHEat. Incidentally, I also like Montreal style bagels (I know, they have eggs in them. So sue me). And what better way to enjoy them than with some quality cream cheese?
While enjoying my cream cheese and bagel snack, I casually turned the container over in my hands. I glanced at the expiration date. And I sat bolt upright. Don't worry, dear reader, the cream cheese hadn't gone bad. What caught my eye however, was that not only was there a best before date, but it also gave the exact time of expiration, right down to the minute! Observe:
That's correct. At precisely 8:52 am on May 24, 2005, my container of Arla Herb & Spices cream cheese would supposedly spoil. Would it really happen? I was determined to find out the truth. I made sure not to eat all of the cream cheese to see what would happen at this magical minute.
Here are the results. This is a picture of the remnants of the cream cheese at 8:51 am on May 24th. Clearly the cream cheese is still quite edible. I tried it! It was delicious.
And one minute later, what do you suppose happened to the cream cheese? It went bad! Seriously horribly, inedibly bad!
It turned into a dirty gym sock! I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Now you know.
While enjoying my cream cheese and bagel snack, I casually turned the container over in my hands. I glanced at the expiration date. And I sat bolt upright. Don't worry, dear reader, the cream cheese hadn't gone bad. What caught my eye however, was that not only was there a best before date, but it also gave the exact time of expiration, right down to the minute! Observe:
That's correct. At precisely 8:52 am on May 24, 2005, my container of Arla Herb & Spices cream cheese would supposedly spoil. Would it really happen? I was determined to find out the truth. I made sure not to eat all of the cream cheese to see what would happen at this magical minute.
Here are the results. This is a picture of the remnants of the cream cheese at 8:51 am on May 24th. Clearly the cream cheese is still quite edible. I tried it! It was delicious.
And one minute later, what do you suppose happened to the cream cheese? It went bad! Seriously horribly, inedibly bad!
It turned into a dirty gym sock! I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Now you know.
posted by Evil Robot Boy at 3:32 AM
5 Comments:
I once read a wine review which described the particular vintage in question to "have a hint of the barnyard". In addition the aphorism "dirty sock" is often used by the fancy foods crowd to describe certain aftertastes in both wines and cheese.
I'm not buying it.
-JW
I recall hearing a tale where someone opened up an expired container of yogurt and out popped a handkerchief decorated with cherries. Which was odd, because it was raspberry yogurt.
Robin: That reminds me of a plan from a couple of years ago to start doing phony wine reviews with discriptors such as "farty bouquet", and "diesel aftertaste". But then I realized that it would be so close to real wine reviews that nobody would get the joke.
Carol: the dangers of expired food are everywhere. Always read the best before date!
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