Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Rashmi Dhanwani
So I discovered some sambhar that's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. It's been in a closed container and not been taken out of the fridge. I am not sure the container is airtight. It doesn't smell rotten. Opinions on whether it's OK to eat? You are in South India with its rivers

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Arjun Guha
Heat it, give it a good stir, and if you don't smell a rat, take a taste and make the call. Udhay. Dude. Really? Arjun. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Nima Srinivasan nimava...@gmail.com wrote: I guess it depends on what your end goal is and how much of a sambar snob you are. My mom

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Gautam John
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Opinions on whether it's OK to eat? Sterilise it and eat it? [Is this a thought/science experiment?]

[silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
So I discovered some sambhar that's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. It's been in a closed container and not been taken out of the fridge. I am not sure the container is airtight. It doesn't smell rotten. Opinions on whether it's OK to eat? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((via

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Nima Srinivasan
I guess it depends on what your end goal is and how much of a sambar snob you are. My mom will claim oosi ponna naatham (the soul wrenching smell of food gone bad) within 4 hrs 8 minutes and 23 seconds of it being made. In BLR - I'd say that you should be good for a few days. You are pushing it

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I did eat some roast chicken that was lying in an office fridge for a few weeks - and survived without any ill effects. But that was over 15 years ago and I think I was just lucky. It is not an experiment I’d personally try on myself. Feeding it to your dogs is potential cruelty to animals -

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Mahesh Murthy
Sambaar (and not 'sambhar', Udhay) by definition has organic material in it, and hence significant numbers of bacteria etc. Leaving this stuff to stew for a month in a cool and non-hermetically-airtight place is stuff of petri-dish experiment, and I for one wouldn't subject my stomach to it, even

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Deepa Mohan
Followed the thread, and the net result seems to be: It's up to you. The state of food also depends on how soon after preparation it was put in there. But perhaps you are referring to a deer species in your refrigerator? On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:28 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Madhu Menon
On 18 May 2015 at 20:01, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So I discovered some sambhar that's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. It's been in a closed container and not been taken out of the fridge. I am not sure the container is airtight. It doesn't smell rotten. No.

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Thaths
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:31 AM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So I discovered some sambhar that's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. It's been in a closed container and not been taken out of the fridge. I am not sure the container is airtight. It doesn't smell rotten.

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Vatha kozhambu, especially the thickened to almost paste like consistency variant, has an almost indefinite shelf life - not that it lasts very long, you wouldn’t forget to use it up. On 19-May-2015, at 1:59 am, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: To begin with, is it Sambaar or one of it's

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Thaths
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:17 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Vatha kozhambu, especially the thickened to almost paste like consistency variant, has an almost indefinite shelf life - not that it lasts very long, you wouldn’t forget to use it up. The vatha kuzhambu is

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Aditya Kapil blue...@gmail.com wrote: Is Lavanya in Coimbatore? ​Heh. Right to the heart of the matter. :)​ ​Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Aditya Kapil
Is Lavanya in Coimbatore? On 18 May 2015 8:01 pm, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So I discovered some sambhar that's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. It's been in a closed container and not been taken out of the fridge. I am not sure the container is airtight. It