Urgent : Does Miracle Whip go bad?

[jberryhill]

I urgently need an answer to that question.

Please, no joking, I will be relying on the consensus here.

We're talking about a quarter of a jar that's been hiding in the back of the refrigerator for, oh, maybe a year...or two.

Is there a way to tell if it has "gone bad"? Or does Miracle Whip not go bad, like Cool Whip or "cheese food" in a pressurized can or an unopened package. I mean, when did anyone ever eye a Lantz cracker sandwich and think, "That cheese must have gone bad by now." It does, after all, have "Miracle" in the name, right? Does it have a half life of, say, three years? Three thousand years?

And, if it has gone bad, will it hurt you? A test indicates that it has a slightly rancid taste, but is okay mixed with some garlic chili sauce (the Vietnamese stuff with the chicken on the label). So, forget what it tastes like, am I going to end up with some antibiotic resistant brain-eating bacteria while retching on the floor of the emergency room to get my stomach pumped?

Am I going to regret this?

[NYC_SKP]

1. "Go bad"? It starts off Bad!

I like unsweetened mayonnaise, myself!

[jberryhill]

3. I mean "spoiled"

I bought it as a joke one time when my wife had put mayo on the shopping list for a recipe she was trying out. I bought a little bar of it and said "here's the mayo". Since then, it's been a long time since anyone touched it except for me a couple of times in ccondiment desperation.

[hobbit709]

36. Beat me to it.

[BootinUp]

39. lol nt

[talkingmime]

47. That was EXACTLY my thought!!!!

[MrMickeysMom]

55. I'm with you on that one...

After years of not, I tried it... bleh! It might stay in the back of my fridge for a year

[TeeYiYi]

2. Are you being serious?...

YES, IT GOES BAD! Don't eat it, if you care anything about yourself.

TYY

[jberryhill]

7. Well...who knew?

Then what's the Miracle?

[TeeYiYi]

9. Same as the 'Whiz' behind Cheez, I guess...

re:"Then what's the Miracle?"

TYY

[Chellee]

21. The miracle is

someone bought it.

[a la izquierda]

50. ..

[BainsBane]

23. it's the tangy zing

or so the commercial says.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Google indicates opened MW lasts no more than a month or so....

there should be an expiration date on the bottle as well. Probably nothing to fool around with, unless you enjoy the possibility of projectile vomiting!

[jberryhill]

5. Uh-oh "Best if used by 28SEP2010"

Oh my.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Yikes! Maybe it has gone from good to bad, to good again...

but I doubt it!

[jberryhill]

12. Well, I had maybe a spoonful back when the thread started

So, I guess I'm gonna find out tonight.

[Brigid]

43. You're going to have a rough night.

[Kennah]

16. Just means it's off it's game a little. Not performing at it's peak. That's all.

[jberryhill]

25. Kinda like me

I'm a little past my prime, so I can sympathize with it.

[BainsBane]

33. Only 3 years

What could happen?

[jberryhill]

34. Well, nothing was growing in it

And I slept okay.

[olddots]

6. had some Ralph's brand cool whip "lite"

opened it and there was a black mold in it ( I swear )

best not to waste other food with miracle whip that might be bad or worse than normal .

[octothorpe]

10. Oh man, this is how zombie apocalypses start.

[IrishEyes]

11. Yes, it goes bad

I would throw it out.

[jberryhill]

13. Okay, but what if you had a little bit first?

[Sissyk]

14. Ipecac

Stat!!

Just kidding. If you are not sick by now, you should be okay. Maybe.

Throw the remainder out though.

[jberryhill]

15. I threw out the rest

And ate a grapefruit.

[Sissyk]

17. Now you've done it.

All that acid from the grapefruit will attach itself to the miracle molecules and start a small volcano in your stomach cavity. An irruption is inevitable. Whipped lava spewing everywhere.

[vanlassie]

18. Quick. Set up the video cam. We want to see!

[jberryhill]

29. Fine so far, knock wood

[jberryhill]

26. I figured the acid might kill anything bad

[Paulie]

37. Your stomach acid is much more powerful

The shits should start any time now. No long walks.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

20. Have some honey.

It will straighten you out.

[jberryhill]

27. My honey is kind of old, is that okay?

Honey doesn't go bad, does it?

I mean, it's partially crystallized, but I can nuke that, right?

[In_The_Wind]

31. Honey never goes bad.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

40. ^^^ +1

Edible honey has been found in the pyramids in Egypt.

[In_The_Wind]

41. ^^^ +1 ^^^

When I was a food broker: Honey was one of our accounts.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. The consensus in my household:

It's recommended that dairy based condiments be discarded after 30 days even if refrigerated.

Don't take a chance, toss it.

[BainsBane]

24. It's not dairy

and it lasts longer than 30 days, but if doesn't know how old it is, I'd definitely advise tossing it.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

44. Quite correct on both counts.

We use the store brand which is labeled "Whipped Dressing". I tend to conflate this with other dressings that actually have a dairy component. The perishable components of the brand I have are eggs, oil and garlic. The inclusion of vinegar in this product extends its life quite a bit but our household feels uncomfortable with any refrigerated perishable beyond 90 days.

Thanks

[jberryhill]

28. Is it "dairy"

I thought it was made from the same cows they get margarine from. Or a by product of Vaseline or something.

Vaseline doesn't go bad. At least not in my experience. But if you get sand in it, then do what I did. Some things never need exfoliation.

[BainsBane]

35. If you actually make mayo yourself

It has no diary. It's made from eggs and oil.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

45. Actually no.

As BB has pointed out, there are no milk based components to it.

[BainsBane]

22. Yes, it can go bad

It's made from eggs and oil, on some level.

[jberryhill]

30. It's been in a refrigerator

Actually it's been in two refrigerators, since it outlived the old one which, oh boy, that was a long time ago.

[In_The_Wind]

32. imo: Toss the Whip out! Stat!

[AngryOldDem]

38. When in doubt, throw it out.

It's always a good idea to go through your fridge and pantry every so often and check for food that's gone over as well as for expiration dates.

Learned that lesson the hard way here recently after my kid ate some saltines that had an expiration date of some time last year.

[pipi_k]

42. Bad?

I don't know.

But if it's at least a year old, I wouldn't use it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

46. One word: Mayonnaise.

I put mayonnaise on everything.


That's how I eat.

[talkingmime]

48. According to the Table of Condiments that Periodically Go Bad, Mw has 3 months...

http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cookbookpeople.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fwhencondimentsgobad1.pdf&images=yes

But, there's ANOTHER way that condiments can go bad...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuipoet/2910214114/

(Can't embed it - full copyright block)

[jberryhill]

49. 6 months for chocolate syrup?

Damn, now I'll never know if it was the dinner or the dessert.

[a la izquierda]

51. Thank you, thank you, for this thread

I have tears pouring out of my eyes and am afraid to sip any beverages because I've already spat water in the trashcan twice.

I so needed to have a belly laugh today.

[jberryhill]

52. Speaking of bellies and spitting into the trashcan...

...nope, just kidding. I came through it just fine. Cast iron gut.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

53. Miracle Whip is bad to start out with.

I don't know whether it actually rots because I'm not sure whether it's even food.

[jberryhill]

54. Precisely

That was pretty much the logic I was applying to the situation. It came out of the space program or something, didn't it?

Tang doesn't go bad, so why this?

[jmowreader]

56. You would regret this

Come on, dude, a new jar of Miracle Whip is less than five bucks. Cheaper than a trip to the emergency room.