Old Shea butter

How do u know when ur shea butter is old??? I wanna malke a mix but i dont wanna use it if its old...

Good question....if it's like some other oils, it may start to smell almost rancid or stale. But if it smells the same way as it did fresh than maybe it's ok.....??? I'm just throwing out ideas, I dunno for sure.

well i have one shea butter that is turning gray.... lol so imma assume thats out the window

ooooh, yeah, then I would say it's time to trash. too bad. Is it scrapable? Like if you scrape off the top is it still gray all the way thru??? You know how with cheese how it molds on the outside but if you cut it off it's just fine!!?? lol

Shea butter shelf life is suppose to be a year to 2 years that's if it's unrefined

@misskris - im gonna need you to stop scraping mold off cheese.... lmao. (you made bust out laughing at my desk girl)

@ Cia - I found this for ya on www.africansheabutter.org, dont know if its true but this is what it says...

"How do I store Shea Butter?
Shea Butter does not need to be refrigerated. However, over a period of two or three years, the Shea Butter will begin to lose some of its effectiveness. As the natural ingredients begin to break down, some of the healing benefits will be reduced, but the Shea Butter will continue to be an effective moisturizer. Store Shea Butter is a cool (not necessarily cold) place. If you're going to use it within a couple of years, you should have no problems. "

HTH...
fyi loving the doo!

Loving me wrote:@misskris - im gonna need you to stop scraping mold off cheese.... lmao. (you made bust out laughing at my desk girl)

@ Cia - I found this for ya on www.africansheabutter.org, dont know if its true but this is what it says...

"How do I store Shea Butter?
Shea Butter does not need to be refrigerated. However, over a period of two or three years, the Shea Butter will begin to lose some of its effectiveness. As the natural ingredients begin to break down, some of the healing benefits will be reduced, but the Shea Butter will continue to be an effective moisturizer. Store Shea Butter is a cool (not necessarily cold) place. If you're going to use it within a couple of years, you should have no problems. "

HTH...
fyi loving the doo!

misskris, that made me LOL too! You better throw that moldy cheese away

misskris wrote:ooooh, yeah, then I would say it's time to trash. too bad. Is it scrapable? Like if you scrape off the top is it still gray all the way thru??? You know how with cheese how it molds on the outside but if you cut it off it's just fine!!?? lol

note to self: skip the mac n' cheese at the misskriss' potluck meet-up lol

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What!!!!??? Y'all never did that??? I ALWAYS do that!!!! Cheese ain't cheap and it is honestly perfectly fine underneath. I've never gotten sick form that and I have ALWAYS done it!!! It's only the outer surface that has the mold cuz of the air. Stop acting like y'all never do that!!!! LOL
Oh, but I NEVER use that cheese when I make mac an cheese. It's usually the shredded cheese in the bag for the mac. In fact for the holidays (so off topic!! LOL) I make G. Garvin's 5 Cheese Mac n Cheese!!! OMG so good but SO high in fat and calories!!!

Cheese depends on mold. I just scrape it off too. But like misskris I buy new cheese for company cooking. But if I'm just making a grilled cheese or scrambled eggs (haven't made either one in months) I just scrape the mold off.

I don't like american cheese or those plastic cheese slices. My nephews would only eat the slices. Those things don't grow mold, they just slowly turn into hard plastic pieces.

Blue cheese IS mostly mold. hehe

LMBO misskriss at the site of mold im the first to jet to the garbage with it...but i mean if u still living then power to ya... i dont have enough courage to do it

but yea i suppose i could scrap it off because it looks like the outside is mostly damaged.

@loving me thanks for the article it helps =)