What is the general life span of homemade Bbq Sauces in refrigerators that are not air sealed? I'm sure ingredients play a big part but wondering if there is a guide to refer to. I'd like to make more of my own sauces but volume will depend on life.
All this is good to know. One of the reasons I haven't made my own sauce is that I remember reading somewhere that an uncanned homemade sauce should be used up in 2-3 weeks. I don't can and I don't use sauce enough to meet that timeframe, so I've stuck to SBRs. Time to make my own!
Just curious: why use shampoo bottles when old Ketchup bottles are made for the purpose (i.e., safe plastic) and have a nice squeeze feature? One other bonus, minimal cleanup: I made BBQ sauce last night after reading the first post in this thread, and used up the Ketchup in one bottle. I just poured the finished BBQ sauce back into the Ketchup "bottle" (it is a plastic squeeze bottle) when I was finished, without even bothering to rinse it out, other than to clean the lid of any old crud.
As for sterility, does any of that matter for something that is refrigerated? While refrigeration won't stop spoilage, I always thought it stopped growth of bacteria that create toxins.
The only homemade sauce I ever worried about was a mayo based white sauce. It had some vinegar in it but not enough for me to trust it to kill anything that might have been hiding in the eggs. Used almost all of it but after about 10 days I tossed what was left.
Just curious: when you make your own, do you pasteurize the eggs? I have a sous vide, which let me pasteurize the eggs while still keeping them liquid, so they can be use to emulsify the oil. It tastes about the same, but is a long extra step, so I don't always do it. Just curious if you do.I agree with you on the Hellmans but I usually make my own and that is a different kettle of fish.