How long is salsa good for?
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I've never had any go moldy but I try to toss all the frig sauces after about 3 months. I wish they all came in smaller bottles.
Poppinfresh
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I've kept salsa in the fridge for...christ, 7, 8 months before I started to worry about it? This was added preservative salsa as opposed to fresh though, so YMMV.
BreezyCooking
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For the life of me I can't recall where I read this just recently, but commercial salsa products, once opened & refrigerated, are supposedly good for a month.
I keep an indelible marker near the fridge, & everytime I open a jar of something or a carton of broth, I always date it.
I keep an indelible marker near the fridge, & everytime I open a jar of something or a carton of broth, I always date it.
Dove
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Good idea Breezy.
SizzlininIN
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After finally learning out to make a salsa that we love I haven't bought any salsa in the jar since.
Ortega recommends: http://www.ortega.com/help/faq.asp
Q. 7 to 10 days.
Ortega recommends: http://www.ortega.com/help/faq.asp
Q. 7 to 10 days.
CharlieD
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Last time i made mango salsa, I made it too much and we just did not wanted to eat after while, so it was seating in the refrigerator for nearly a year or more, and it was still good, i made it a bit too spice to begin with.
BreezyCooking
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Was that a "fresh" salsa CharlieD, or a chutney? I can't imagine any fresh fruit salsa lasting more than a week unless it was more of a pickle or a chutney.
jennyema
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SizzlininIN said:
7-10 days? I think they are just trying to get you to throw it out and buy more. Commercial salsa should last way longre than that. I just ate some that has been opened about 2 months ago.
urmaniac13
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I also learned to make my own, first as a semi necessity as all the bottled salsas are obscenely overpriced here, but now I found out it is so much better made fresh (and easy to make), I wouldn't go back to buying any of those old el paso's even if they are available at reasonable prices...
I only make a modest batch each time and try to use them up within a week.
I only make a modest batch each time and try to use them up within a week.
CharlieD
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BreezyCooking said:
Regular salsa, got the recipe from local news paper. It was seating in the refrigerator ans salt, I think, works as the preservtive. It was not nearly as potent as it was originaly, but it was still good to eat.
vagriller
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urmaniac13 said:
Alright, you knew it was coming.
Can I get the recipe? Pretty please?
BreezyCooking
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Wow CharlieD - that must have been a heck of a lot of salt to keep a fresh fruit salsa edible for over a year.
Still, I have to say that keeping any salsa sitting around for a year & then eating it probably is not the safest thing to do. It's too easy to make another fresh one rather than take health chances.
Still, I have to say that keeping any salsa sitting around for a year & then eating it probably is not the safest thing to do. It's too easy to make another fresh one rather than take health chances.
CharlieD
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Who said i was eating it, I just did not threw it away. No, there was not a lot of salt, I think like a t.spoon or something, as far as taste goes I would probably even added more salt.
BreezyCooking
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CharlieD said:
Uh - you said it yourself CharlieD. How did you know it was "still good" if you didn't eat it? What exactly do you consider that to mean - "still good"? And if you didn't eat it, how exactly do you know it was "still good"? That you fed some to the dog & the dog didn't die - lol!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, the term "still good", quite frankly means EDIBLE. Perhaps you have another definition for it? "
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CharlieD
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I tasted it, duh
BreezyCooking
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Well, you didn't say that in your previous post, did you? You said "Who said I was eating it, I threw it away". Make up your mind.
Frankly, if you did in fact really taste this stuff after it sat in your fridge for over a year, you're not only lucky you didn't become ill, but are lucky to be alive.
Having nearly died from food poisoning, I know.
Frankly, if you did in fact really taste this stuff after it sat in your fridge for over a year, you're not only lucky you didn't become ill, but are lucky to be alive.
Having nearly died from food poisoning, I know.
CharlieD
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I said "I did not threw it away", and that was the reason it was seating in the refrigerator for so long. I kept hoping that somebody would eat it. Read carefully first berfore telling people to make up their mind.
Maybe I was lucky or maybe you were unlucky. I make this mmm, I don't know what it is called but it is kind of salsa, in the way. I make a huge badge(sp?) in the summer when vegies are cheap and use it almost till next summer.(the recipe is in the "ukrainian food" thread)
Maybe I was lucky or maybe you were unlucky. I make this mmm, I don't know what it is called but it is kind of salsa, in the way. I make a huge badge(sp?) in the summer when vegies are cheap and use it almost till next summer.(the recipe is in the "ukrainian food" thread)
vagriller
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You 2 both get a timeout! If you can't be nice at least try to be nice!
BreezyCooking
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Now wait a minute. I'm not trying to "not be nice". But if someone posts that a fresh-fruit mango salsa is good to eat after sitting in the fridge for over a year, I reserve the absolute right to counterpost that that's a definite route to food poisoning. Not to mention - salt or not - that I can't believe it wouldn't be unappetizingly green.
If you take the time to scroll back thru these posts, I specifically asked CharlieD if perhaps his recipe was more of a chutney or pickle. I didn't recieve any response.
I'm not trying to be nasty - just trying to keep someone else reading these posts from thinking that a fresh-fruit salsa is edible after a year in the fridge. Like I said in my last post - food poisoning is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
CharlieD said he tasted his Mango Salso after it had been in his fridge for over a year. Even though it might be over on the "Ukranian Foods" thread, perhaps he might want to repost it here. It might very well be more of a chutney or preserve - but a salsa it cannot be. Not if it was still good to eat after a year.
Again - I'm not trying to be unpleasant. I'm just trying to keep someone from ending up sick.
Sorry.
If you take the time to scroll back thru these posts, I specifically asked CharlieD if perhaps his recipe was more of a chutney or pickle. I didn't recieve any response.
I'm not trying to be nasty - just trying to keep someone else reading these posts from thinking that a fresh-fruit salsa is edible after a year in the fridge. Like I said in my last post - food poisoning is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
CharlieD said he tasted his Mango Salso after it had been in his fridge for over a year. Even though it might be over on the "Ukranian Foods" thread, perhaps he might want to repost it here. It might very well be more of a chutney or preserve - but a salsa it cannot be. Not if it was still good to eat after a year.
Again - I'm not trying to be unpleasant. I'm just trying to keep someone from ending up sick.
Sorry.
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