Email Caroline's Korner THE GAG TEST Anything that makes you gag is spoiled except for leftovers from what you cooked for yourself last night. When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is probably past its prime. Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese.
Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can't get any more spoiled than it is already. If it makes you violently ill after you eat it, mayonnaise is spoiled. If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three-block radius to congregate outside your house, the meat is spoiled. A carrot that you can tie a clove hitch in is not fresh. It should not taste like salad dressing.