Is this oatmeal safe to eat?

Cafe Society
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I made some steel cut oats about 2 weeks a go and put what I did not eat in a Ziploc bag in the fridge (not the freezer). I remembered it today and decided to have it for breakfast. It has a bread like slightly yeasty smell to it that became more pronounced when I cooked it.

I put some sweetener and a bit a half and half on it. It tastes OK on first bite but has the yeasty smell and a tangy aftertaste to it that’s hard to describe. The “tang” is what’s concerning me, I’m guessing there was some slight fermentation going on even in the fridge.

I’ve eaten about a spoonful. Is this dangerous?

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Why not just make fresh oatmeal?

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Probably not dangerous, just unpleasant.

Probably.

4

I wouldn’t eat them.

ETA: This is a great site that I use all the time: http://www.stilltasty.com/

5

Well I ate them anyway about a half hour ago so this is currently a science experiment in progress.

Yeasty, tangy oats the new taste sensation!

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No word from op for some time. Should we call someone? Or set up a betting pool?

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Still kicking! I can’t measure up to this guy though.

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If you like the tang, I soak mine overnight in yogurt whey*. It takes on just the right texture, and I reheat in a double boiler so the probiotics survive.

*I make my own yogurt and strain part of it. Originally for Greek yogurt, but now that’s the by-product of whey.

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Astro, if I didn’t know better, I’d think you were my Pops. He probably ate old stuff just to see me cringe.

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Fercrikiessake dude, you live in the USA, just toss the crap and make some more.

It’s just 25cents worth of oats. :rolleyes:

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I thought astro lived in Japan.

Anyway, I have the sense that steel-cut oats are significantly pricier than rollled oats, so the twenty-five cents bit might be inaccurate.

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Hmm, I can’t decide whether Unsafe Oatmeal or Dangerous Oatmeal would be the better band name.

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No, he lives in “the Taint of creation”.:rolleyes:

Ok, a buck, maybe.