Sour cream smell
I [tag]sour cream[/tag] the same way I clabber milk, and usually there’s some varietyin the results in terms of sourness and “bite.” Now, though, I have a jarthat smells just a wee bit like smelly feet. Does this mean the bacteria istruly bad and I should chuck it?
May 11th, 2007 at 7:04 am
I’ve come to the conclusion, in my own experience, that the smelly feetnasty yucky smell/taste is from the cute little white fuzz. Scrape thatoff, it’ll be fine.
Ooooh, I LUUURRRVE being technical!
May 11th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
I read a bit about cheesemaking and it seems that oneof the bacteria involved IS in fact the same one thatmakes your feet smell. Oh well.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:52 am
Field Marks: Propionibacteria thrive in the ducts of adolescent and adultsebaceous glands. They rejoice when their host reaches adolescence because thenthose glands can become a bit clogged with rich oils, making a very pleasanthabitat for bacteria. Just as they do in making Swiss cheese, these bacteriaproduce propionic acid and carbon dioxide as waste products of their metabolism.Active sebaceous glands are their field marks. Between the toes, Brevibacteriaare busy eating dead skin and converting an amino acid, methionine to methanethiol, the distinctive smell of socks and feet, as well as some deliciouscheeses. Some mosquito species are attracted to the smells of brevibacterialproducts and use that to locate their hosts.