What you call “Blue Cheese” in France is “Roquefort” and here in Italy is “Gorgonzola”. I like “Gorgonzola” but my cholesterol cry out loud and my doctor too.
Expiration dates are BS. On a box of Mac and cheese the date is 18 months out? On a can of soup 2 years? That’s the date the box and the can begin to break down, not the food inside.
I don’t eat cheese. I don’t like the way it looks or smells or tastes, except on pizza and only when that is still warm. I don’t imagine it goes bad very quickly. Cheese is moldy milk, basically. When people give me grief for not eating cheese, I will say, “I don’t like milk. Why would I eat it moldy?” If you have a dish and tell me I can’t taste the cheese in it, I assure you, I can. I am not proud of my picky eating, but I can’t eat stuff that makes me gag. The results are unpleasant. I do eat a varied and healthy diet.
Brutus, the nose usually knows but not with Blue Cheese, instead look for green fuzzy stuff. If there is more of that than there is Blue Cheese, throw it out.
When in doubt, throw it out. Not worth the GI upset. You DO NOT want food poisoning. I’ve probably tossed many foods that were still “good”. Not worth it.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 1 year ago
What you call “Blue Cheese” in France is “Roquefort” and here in Italy is “Gorgonzola”. I like “Gorgonzola” but my cholesterol cry out loud and my doctor too.
Justanolddude Premium Member about 1 year ago
Expiration dates are BS. On a box of Mac and cheese the date is 18 months out? On a can of soup 2 years? That’s the date the box and the can begin to break down, not the food inside.
Zykoic about 1 year ago
Cheeses brag about their age but then put a best by date?!
dcdete. about 1 year ago
Brutus: “We’re in luck! The cheese expiry date says June 30th 2023. It is still good for tonight.”
nosirrom about 1 year ago
Blue cheese is just sad. Try telling it a joke.
GROG Premium Member about 1 year ago
Never touch the stuff. I only eat Canadian sharp cheddar when I do eat cheese.
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 1 year ago
I have read that if you have taken an anti-acid before eating it, the mold in blue cheese can actually kill you.
drycurt about 1 year ago
When it starts to smell like ammonia, it’s gone bad.
Chris about 1 year ago
then why do you keep buying it… unless it’s your wife’s, unless she allows you to buy some of your own dressing then your kinda stuck. :J
bigplayray about 1 year ago
Blue Cheese is on my NEVER list!
mfrasca about 1 year ago
How do you tell when nattō has gone bad?
ladykat about 1 year ago
I like blue cheese salad dressing, especially if you aren’t mingy with the blue cheese.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member about 1 year ago
Brutus knows .
Just-me about 1 year ago
Poor Brutus is always the guinea pig. I resemble him that way. My wife is always asking me to smell or taste something she has doubts about.
CorkLock about 1 year ago
It’s your life. Go for it. Why have a bunch of food out of date? Just use it or donate it before it’s useless.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 1 year ago
Never mind the expiration date His nose knows!
ChessPirate about 1 year ago
Ha! So there is Blue Food! ☺
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 1 year ago
Oi! I like blue cheese!
Rose Madder Premium Member about 1 year ago
Brutus is not wrong. Ugh on blue cheese.
raybarb44 about 1 year ago
Which is Brutus’s unique way of saying that it’s OK to use the cheese…..
cuzinron47 about 1 year ago
Go bad? It’s literally moldy cheese when you buy it.
Moonkey Premium Member about 1 year ago
I don’t eat cheese. I don’t like the way it looks or smells or tastes, except on pizza and only when that is still warm. I don’t imagine it goes bad very quickly. Cheese is moldy milk, basically. When people give me grief for not eating cheese, I will say, “I don’t like milk. Why would I eat it moldy?” If you have a dish and tell me I can’t taste the cheese in it, I assure you, I can. I am not proud of my picky eating, but I can’t eat stuff that makes me gag. The results are unpleasant. I do eat a varied and healthy diet.
T... about 1 year ago
Brutus goes on, “I knew I shouldn’t let you take those gourmet cooking classes”…
Buckeye67 about 1 year ago
Brutus, the nose usually knows but not with Blue Cheese, instead look for green fuzzy stuff. If there is more of that than there is Blue Cheese, throw it out.
Medtech4 about 1 year ago
When in doubt, throw it out. Not worth the GI upset. You DO NOT want food poisoning. I’ve probably tossed many foods that were still “good”. Not worth it.
megerkey about 1 year ago
I agree with him, how could anything that tastes that bad ever be good?
sheashea about 1 year ago
Oh SO true! Sight, taste, and texture = hurl.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member about 1 year ago
I think Gladys suspected the answer to her question before she asked it. Otherwise she would have tested it herself.
ArcticFox Premium Member about 1 year ago
Thorny hit that nail right on the head!!!
gopher gofer about 1 year ago
wait, bleu cheese has an expiration date…?
Sir Davecelot about 1 year ago
Ranch is the way to go when dunking celery.