Life of Chicken Broth

[Enore_Tsotset]

Ok, mundane question here... My wife and I had an arguement about that pre-packaged chicken broth in the plastic container. She says that, after opening, it's only good for a couple days (the expiration date is Jan 2001), even though it was sealed and refrigerated. It had been in the fridge for 3 weeks... I think it should be ok until early next year, but she made me throw it out anyway... Anyone have any insight into this?

[Ukulele Ike]

Probably safest to throw it away. Homemade chicken stock can be kept in the fridge for three or four days...any time over that, it should be brought back to a boil and re-refrigerated. And, frankly, I wouldn't boil it more than once. So let's say you can keep stock around for eight days, if it's boiled at the half-way point.

Next time pour the unused stock into a ziplock freezer bag and stick it in the freezer. It'll keep for months in there.

[DVous Means]

You'd better listen to your wife, otherwise you will end up full of salmonella or worse. The moment you open a sealed container of food and allow bacteria-laden air in, the contents will begin to spoil. I am amazed that you as a SD user couldn't figure that out for yourself.