Originally Posted by
hoodedclawjen
ok... i've had hummus 'food poisioning' once (seriously it wasn't at all nice, lol) and the thing that was different about the hummus i ate, was that it tasted a bit bubbly and foamy, kind of.... a bit too light and airy and spongy/frothy- and not quite 'right'. mine was improperly sealed, i didn't actually leave for it too long cos i'm super careful about that, but i assume its the same principle involved- air making stuff go bad (grrrr @ air).
anyway, i've noticed that in the canada (and i bet america too) food doesn't seem to have 'once opened, refridgerate and use within so-and-so days' written on it. i hate that so much, lol. if it helps, in the UK its written on the packet*, and they give you 4 days max to use an unsealed (opened) pot of hummus, if its kept covered and refridgerated.
*supermarket/hfs hummus, don't know how this applies to home made hummus, but i'd assume the same time period, as this wasn't preservative ridden stuff.