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How long to keep?

Post by Blossom » 14th Jul, '08, 20:33

How long can I safely keep pasta meat sauce for?

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Burbage » 14th Jul, '08, 20:38

For ever in liquid nitrogen. But you have to keep the dewer topped up.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by BoD » 14th Jul, '08, 20:39

7 years. After that it will mutate into a virulent superbug-sauce
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Burbage » 14th Jul, '08, 20:40

Unless you are a Pastafarian.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by TheDancerOnYourGrave » 14th Jul, '08, 20:42

...then you just smoke it

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by slinky » 14th Jul, '08, 20:45

Are we talking frozen or just refrigerated, Blossom?

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Burbage » 14th Jul, '08, 20:48

And are we talking about eating it or keeping it to see if it turns into something that will crawl out of the bowl and strangle you in the night?

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Aliya » 14th Jul, '08, 20:50

Oh I thought this was a thread about how long to keep a man! Pasta sauce cooked and in the fridge, about 3 days max
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Burbage » 14th Jul, '08, 20:51

I can safely keep it longer than that. I wouldn't eat it though.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by slinky » 14th Jul, '08, 20:56

Burbage wrote:I can safely keep it longer than that. I wouldn't eat it though.
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Blossom » 14th Jul, '08, 21:26

cooked on Saturday night. Wondering if it would be ok for lunch tomorrow.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by sluggo » 14th Jul, '08, 21:54

Blossom wrote:cooked on Saturday night. Wondering if it would be ok for lunch tomorrow.
Sure no problem as long as you don't have a sensitive stomach
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by BoD » 14th Jul, '08, 22:23

Feed it to people you don't like that much just in case
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Fat Bob » 14th Jul, '08, 22:29

Aliya wrote:Oh I thought this was a thread about how long to keep a man!
You know Aliya's answer to that....until he pops his clogs from eating Blossum's left over pasta sauce.
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by chocolate » 15th Jul, '08, 07:31

i'm aiming for a week...i froze stuff yesterday..a week later, hopefully i wont die :)
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Fat Bob » 15th Jul, '08, 07:56

Frozen? Anything up to a month if it's kept in a proper freezer (including fridge-freezer), a week in the icebox at the top of a fridge.
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by daffodil » 15th Jul, '08, 08:18

Just one month for cooked pasta - or is that due to the meat sauce? I'm sure I've got some veggie lasagna that's a wee bit older than that
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by chocolate » 15th Jul, '08, 08:23

i always figure these things as instant weight loss plan if they go wrong

i nearly ate 1 year old yogurts yesterday but stopped myself..they smelt and tasted fine.....lol!
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by daffodil » 15th Jul, '08, 08:42

I can feel a frozen food cull coming on
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Kooky » 15th Jul, '08, 08:53

I tend not to worry to much about frozen food, but roughly observe Use By dates on chilled food. Food I've cooked myself, I would freeze or eat up next day.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by slinky » 15th Jul, '08, 09:26

You cooked the sauce on Saturday & it's been in the fridge and you want to eat it today (Tues.) as I read it? I'd say, yes, it's fine. I eat the leftovers from dinner for lunch all the time & I know I've eaten stuff I made on a Thur or Fri night on a Monday for lunch and none of it has made me sick. The only exception would be if you know it sat out a looooong time on Saturday before you put it in the fridge - then I might have concerns.

Basically, when stuff is still sitting in the fridge and I know it's been a week (or more :shock: ) I dump it in the bin, no questions asked. Use by dates are pretty much strictly adhered to by me - I don't even want to get into 'whether or not it smells ok to eat' [smilie=deg.gif]

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Kooky » 15th Jul, '08, 09:36

One problem I found in Singapore was cooling the food completely before refrigerating it; I worried it was hanging around too long. I was a lot more fussy there, but then my kitchen was outdoors.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Bender » 15th Jul, '08, 10:02

Kooky wrote:One problem I found in Singapore was cooling the food completely before refrigerating it.
Advice I was given some time ago, and stick by because it works: If you're going to refrigerate or freeze something, don't wait around for it to cool before putting it in the fridge because it'll only spend more time at a temperature that encourages the nasties to breed.

Put it straight in the fridge or freezer, even if it's straight off the stove - this will not damage the fridge, it is made to handle it.

Tip: make sure you don't put hot dishes or pots straight on the fridge/freezer shelf as it may crack or melt. We put a cork mat under hot things to protect the shelf.

When freezing, we always label things using a labelmaker which prints the date on the label. This helps us manage what we've stored, saves throwing stuff out and we have no more 'mystery' items in the freezer. (I mentioned this somewhere in an earlier post about personal productivity websites)
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Re: How long to keep?

Post by Kooky » 15th Jul, '08, 10:25

Thanks, Bender - I didn't know that was the preferred method. I always cook too much so often freeze a third portion for when Neo's away.

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Re: How long to keep?

Post by daffodil » 15th Jul, '08, 10:38

Bender - your posts make me feel like a totally disorganised kitchen slut.

Labelmaker? Where's the fun in taking out a container from the freezer for dinner only to find out it's a rhubarb tart? :P
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