Someone told me that it happened because someone put a spoon in it after it had been in there mouth and that the saliva was breaking it down. Of course I think that is nonsense but see as I dont know the real reason I can only say they are wrong and not actually prove it. Any one that knows please let me know. Thanks
2007-03-19 10:59:23 · 5 answers · asked by cdw3311 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Look at the ingredients in your sour cream...
sometimes it contains a gelling agent (gelatin, agar, carrageenan are typical examples). As with gels, sometimes the liquid weeps out of the mixture.
The weeping is more pronounced in low-fat and non-fat sour creams.
2007-03-19 11:14:39 · answer #1 · answered by lots_of_laughs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the saliva thing is closer to the truth than you might think.
Sour cream, like yogurt, is the curd portion of whole milk, which has been "infected" with a (friendly) strain of bacteria. Read the container of sour cream or yogurt: "contains live cultures".
As soon as you open the container, airborne bacteria have a chance to get into the product. They can interact and multiply with the existing bacteria in the product, and cause MORE curd production. Although you can't actually see the curd forming, you can see its by-product...the whey (the clear/whitish liquid).
Your mouth contains a much higher concentration of bacteria than the air does, so if you stick a used spoon into the container, you've given the cultures even MORE to breed with. But don't get completely grossed-out---that liquid is whey, not saliva.
The same exact thing happens with yogurt, but you rarely see any whey on top of yogurt. Know why? Because you usually eat an entire container of yogurt all at once.
2007-03-19 18:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by What the Deuce?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz there is so much water in the sour cream when its been out at room temp then put back into a cold fridge the water seperates from the cream
2007-03-19 18:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by *L-I-V-E* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody's pulling your leg! The cream separates from the whey. You can either stir the sour cream and re-incorporate it or pour the liquid off. No biggie.
2007-03-19 18:02:43 · answer #4 · answered by JennyP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The solids separate from the liquid. No problem, just stir it up when you reopen the container. It's fine.
2007-03-23 00:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋