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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2005completely OT: how long do drink mixes last?
I'm sick and at home. This is a dangerous combination, as my brain and body are in no state to do anything, so I get really bored quickly. Anyway, I noticed that there is one bottle of sweet & sour mix and three (3!) of strawberry daquiri mix in the fridge. They're all at least several months old, but they're completely artificial and have no alcohol in them. What I'm wondering is, should I toss them or are they still useable? I looked for an expiration date and couldn't find one. I found numbers printed on the plastic, but nothing that looked like a date.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I'm sick and at home. This is a dangerous combination, as my brain and body > are in no state to do anything, so I get really bored quickly. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I looked for an expiration date and couldn't find one. I found numbers > printed on the plastic, but nothing that looked like a date. Remember the saying "when in doubt, throw it out"? Water or tea or a can of soup would be better for you. Purrs that you feel better soon. MLB >> I'm sick and at home. This is a dangerous combination, as my brain and >> body are in no state to do anything, so I get really bored quickly. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Remember the saying "when in doubt, throw it out"? Water or tea or a can > of soup would be better for you. Purrs that you feel better soon. MLB Oh, I wasn't going to drink the stuff *now*! I'm just bored and looking for things I can do; throwing things out seemed to fit into that category. I just hate tossing things if I think they can still be used. Wasting food really bugs me. Thanks for the purrs. I finally took some tylenol and I think it's helping. DH came home for lunch and told me I should be in bed, but it's so boooring there! I do have a DVD I haven't seen yet, so I guess I can lie down on the couch and watch that. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I'm sick and at home. This is a dangerous combination, as my brain and body > are in no state to do anything, so I get really bored quickly. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I looked for an expiration date and couldn't find one. I found numbers > printed on the plastic, but nothing that looked like a date. Are the bottles open? If they aren't open, they'll last a very very long time as the bottling process is virtually sterile, particularly if they are sitting inthe fridge as its dark and cold in there. (A can of coke can last viritually forever) Things to look for as indicators of being off are: cloudiness if the liquid was orignally clear, any solid particles (if the liquid shouldn't have any), any sort of skin, any discolouration around hte lid and in the neck of the bottle, and upon opening: any unusual smells, or efferverscence (or more effervescence if it was originally fizzy). If they are truly only a few months old, they should be fine If the bottles were open, providing that no-one took a swig from the bottle itself, they should last quite a few months in the fridge because of the very high sugar and acid content. Again watch out for the signs above, but as MLB said, if in doubt, throw it out. Yowie >> I'm sick and at home. This is a dangerous combination, as my brain >> and body are in no state to do anything, so I get really bored [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Yowie Thanks, Yowie. These are open but no one has sipped directly from them. Quite a few months almost certainly describes their age, and they look fine. Still, you guys are probably right; I should get rid of 'em. Even if they're really still go, I've thought about it so much at this point that I doubt I'll drink from them, and if I do I'd probably psych myself into a stomach ache. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Oddly enough, Coke and Pepsi go stale in a couple months. Dunno why, but they aren't worth drinking after a couple months. I've not measured it. I remember the time I was a teenager, and I bought a plastic two liter bottle of pepsi to take home. Some months later, I opened it to drink, and it was totally awful. SignatureChristopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com (A can of coke can last viritually forever) Things to look for as indicators of being off are: cloudiness if the liquid was orignally clear, any solid particles (if the liquid shouldn't have any), any sort of skin, any discolouration around hte lid and in the neck of the bottle, and upon opening: any unusual smells, or efferverscence (or more effervescence if it was originally fizzy). If they are truly only a few months old, they should be fine If the bottles were open, providing that no-one took a swig from the bottle itself, they should last quite a few months in the fridge because of the very high sugar and acid content. Again watch out for the signs above, but as MLB said, if in doubt, throw it out. Yowie > Oddly enough, Coke and Pepsi go stale in a couple months. Dunno why, but > they aren't worth drinking after a couple months. I've not measured it. That's what I meant by saying they can "develop strange flavors when they get old". Beer, on the other hand..... I have kept the remnants of a six-pack of Belgian beer in the fridge for nearly two years, and found them perfectly drinkable (better than most American beer, however new). > I remember the time I was a teenager, and I bought a plastic two liter > bottle of pepsi to take home. Some months later, I opened it to drink, and > it was totally awful. Of course, there ARE people who will argue that Pepsi is "totally awful" to begin with! ;-) (I'm not a great cola fan - in fact I don't really like fizzy drinks of any sort.) > Oddly enough, Coke and Pepsi go stale in a couple months. Dunno why, but > they aren't worth drinking after a couple months. I've not measured it. > > I remember the time I was a teenager, and I bought a plastic two liter > bottle of pepsi to take home. Some months later, I opened it to drink, and > it was totally awful. It's because the carbonation escapes through the plastic bottle. This did not happen with glass bottles. >> Oddly enough, Coke and Pepsi go stale in a couple months. Dunno why, but >> they aren't worth drinking after a couple months. I've not measured it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >It's because the carbonation escapes through the plastic bottle. This >did not happen with glass bottles. Well, not as fast, anyway. With glass bottles and a tight-fitting cap, I would expect the carbonation to last for several years, just as sparkling wines keep their carbonation if properly corked. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > I'm sick and at home. This is a dangerous combination, as my brain and body > are in no state to do anything, so I get really bored quickly. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > old, but they're completely artificial and have no alcohol in them. What I'm > wondering is, should I toss them or are they still useable? Taste them! SFAIK, they can't "spoil", so won't harm you, but sometimes artificial beverages develop strange flavors when they get old. (A few months shouldn't matter, I've kept stuff like that in the fridge for a couple of years - how many months is "several"?) > I looked for an expiration date and couldn't find one. I found numbers > printed on the plastic, but nothing that looked like a date.
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