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Can hot sauce go bad?
Posted: 2003-10-19 02:22am
by Ender
I know there are some things like honey that simply can't go bad. Is hot sauce one of them? I figure it might have too much stuff in it to let stuff grow. I have before me a previously unopened bottle of hot sauce I got a few months back, and its a clear/white on top and a deep red down below. I can't tell if it settled or went funky.
Posted: 2003-10-19 02:25am
by Kuja
Did you try shaking it?
Posted: 2003-10-19 02:37am
by haas mark
Yes, it can. It's made out of jalapeños, which are perishable. When it goes bad, I dunno. But it's a long time.
As for it being unopened for just a few months, I should think it's still good, and it just settled.
~ver
Posted: 2003-10-19 03:41am
by Hyperion
Shake, taste, if it tastes wierd (i.e. bitter) or if the liquid is milky, then it's bad.
Posted: 2003-10-19 04:06am
by Zaia
I thought honey was the only thing (well, other than water, I guess, which just gets kind of stale) that doesn't go bad ever...no?
Posted: 2003-10-19 04:12am
by Frank Hipper
If it's un-opened, it shouldn't have gone bad. Depends on the vinegar content, though.
With all things food related, the following are words to live by:
When in doubt, throw it out! 
Posted: 2003-10-19 04:17am
by Dillon
Frank Hipper wrote:With all things food related, the following are words to live by:
When in doubt, throw it out!
Indeed. Is it really worth the risk of getting sick over a bottle of hot sauce that costed you what? $10 at most?
Posted: 2003-10-19 04:31am
by Darth Fanboy
Mustard lasts for well over a year at least.
Twinkies will last for thousands of years.
And if your milk spoils, dont think of it as wasted milk, think of it as free cheese!
Posted: 2003-10-19 04:44am
by haas mark
Zaia wrote:I thought honey was the only thing (well, other than water, I guess, which just gets kind of stale) that doesn't go bad ever...no?
Tootsie rolls.
~ver
Posted: 2003-10-19 05:07am
by neoolong
Zaia wrote:I thought honey was the only thing (well, other than water, I guess, which just gets kind of stale) that doesn't go bad ever...no?
What about liquor with a high level of alcohol.
Posted: 2003-10-19 05:31am
by haas mark
neoolong wrote:Zaia wrote:I thought honey was the only thing (well, other than water, I guess, which just gets kind of stale) that doesn't go bad ever...no?
What about liquor with a high level of alcohol.
It doesn't *spoil* but it does ferment to the point where it's no good as alcohol anymore.. Unless you *really* want Everclear or Absinthe..
~ver
Posted: 2003-10-19 11:10am
by Mark S
I've personally never had a bottle of hot sauce settle before so if it was me I'd be leary of tasting it. Maybe the bottle wasn't sealed properly to begin with.
Posted: 2003-10-19 01:00pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Any food will go "bad" eventually, there are microbes out there that eat heavy metal, don't think your hot sauce will be too spicy for them.
A good rule of thumb is if the sauce screams when you pour it onto your hot food, it's likely beyond consumption and needs to be captured and fried with a flamethrower.