/ck/ - Food & Cooking

How the fuck are we supposed to know?
Do you think we manufactured that shit?

>>19101630
Mold. Moldy Tabasco is quite unlikely, but if you ever notice any furry action on the surface or near the cap, it’s time to open a new bottle.

Off smell. If your Tabasco stinks or smells “weird,” discard it.

Texture change. If the condiment is completely separated or the texture has drastically altered in any other way, it’s no good.

Bad taste. If everything about the sauce seems in perfect order, you can eat a bit (e.g., on a tortilla chip) to make sure. In almost all cases, the sauce will be fine. If it’s super old, it might taste a bit stale and lack some of that oomph, but that’s it.

>>19101644
>mold
As I said, its a sealed, unopened bottle so no mold whatsoever. I've actually eaten a lot of expired regular Tabasco, because I'm always stocked on them and always have bittle in the pantry fron like a few years ago, and its always good, but I was wondering if the green one would be different in that aspect

>>19101630
>2020
you're good, i found hot sauce in my parent's pantry from when i was in high school like 15 years ago, that shit is not good, you're fine

>>19101657
If it's the original red I'd say it's fine, but the green is a bit of a weird one due to the extra ingredients. Open it and give it a whiff and then a taste test. If it's fine and you feel normal after an hour, I'd say keep it.

>>19101630
It will oxidize over time and get pale and taste funny

>>19101630
That shit is basically survival shelter food, its good for decades, especially if still sealed. Not sure about the green one, if it has some extra ingredients that could probably go bad quicker, but I doubt it, you should be fine if it expired just in 2020 and is still sealed on top of that

>>19101630
PROTIP: in almost all cases (including meds, which you should remember to take,) expiration dates are just marketing. No food is expired until it's spoiled with bacteria to a point it's inedible. Best by dates are horseshit. Sell by dates are horseshit.

For some funsies, have a quick read: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/drug-expiration-dates-do-they-mean-anything

>>19102481
Obviously, most shit you buy from the supermarket lasts way longer than they are allowed to claim by the law, just use common sense, and most importantly, your nose. Half of the factory made foods nowadays are so full preservatives and shit, that they can last you for week, months or even years after the stated expiration date, depending on the product. I remember having an opened bar of Nutella that I used for like year and a half, cos I'm not that big of a fan and that shit tasted exactly the same as freshly opened
Well, be cautious for shit like dairy and meat obviously, but in general, dont panick like a fucking soccer mom if something is slightly passed expiration date...

>>19101630
ITT: Can I eat 3 year old hot sauce I can buy for a few dollars?

>>19102481
Interesting, I was never picky about eating "expired" food, but always was afraid to use old medicine, im lucky to really rarely get ill or use pills at all, so I always have a box of medicine which 90% of shit is probably from a decade ago, good to know.
I presume this won't be the case for stuff like antibiotics, but I won't be afraid to get a pull of ibuprofen it'll aspirin thats been sitting there for 5+ years next time I get a headache

>>19102797
the peppers are aged for 3 years before its even bottled fagtron

>>19102912
ITT: Can I eat 6 year old hot sauce I can buy for a few dollars?

>>19102934
aging it is desirable. why would you buy go buy a worse product when you have a superior aged product

it separates with time & heat and not something you want to test out.

>>19102797
>>19102934
>weebshit
>is absolutely braindead
IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING

>>19102934
dumfuk

>>19102961
It doesn't age in the bottle, the vinegar inhibits the fermentation process

I have a bottle of some carolina reaper hot sauce in my room thats been expired ateast since 2021and opened probably even a year earlier. Its too hot for most normal food, so I used it like 4-5 times a year tops, but it still as good as new.
No idea if the hotness of thr sauce actually matters, shit is too got even for bacteria

>>19102797
For the amount of absolute garbage food that amerisharts consume, its baffling to.me.how they are also so scared to consume anything that's not strictly ""allowed""...
No.wonder from a nation that literally washes their meat

>>19101630
RIP, anon

>>19102797
I hate this man's work and his ugly fucking mug, prease refrain from posting

>>19107536
racist

>>19103690
> it separates
> I shake it
oh wow fixed