https://crashtaste.com/ Recent content on Crash Taste Hugo en-gb Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:40:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-bananas/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:40:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-bananas/ Yes, and it is one of the best ways to stop a fruit bowl going to waste. Here is how to freeze bananas the right way, whether whole, sliced or mashed, how long they keep, and how to use them straight from frozen for smoothies and banana bread. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cheese-last/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:20:07 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cheese-last/ Unopened hard cheese keeps for months, opened cheddar three or four weeks, and soft cheeses only a week or so. Here are the real fridge times for every kind of cheese, the honest rule on cutting mould off, and how to store it so it lasts. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-bacon-last/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-bacon-last/ Unopened bacon keeps a week or two in the fridge, opened bacon about a week, and cooked bacon four or five days. Here are the real limits for raw and cooked bacon, why curing buys it extra time, and how to freeze it without wrecking the texture. https://crashtaste.com/posts/use-by-vs-best-before-dates/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/use-by-vs-best-before-dates/ A use-by date is about safety and a best-before date is about quality, and mixing them up either makes you ill or bins good food. Here is the difference, the one exception that lets you eat past a use-by date, and how to store food so the date holds. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-butter-last/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:40:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-butter-last/ Butter lasts far longer than milk, but it is not immortal. Here are the real fridge, counter and freezer times for salted and unsalted butter, why salt matters, and how to tell when butter has turned. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-cooked-rice/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:20:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-cooked-rice/ Yes, you can freeze cooked rice, and it is often the safest way to store a big batch. Here is the one-hour rule, why freezing does not undo bacteria, and how to freeze and reheat rice properly. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-fish-last/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:40:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-fish-last/ Cooked fish keeps in the fridge for 3 to 4 days if it was chilled promptly. Here are the storage times for cooked fish and shellfish, how to store it, and the signs that tell you it has gone off. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-do-cooked-eggs-last/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:20:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-do-cooked-eggs-last/ Cooked eggs keep in the fridge for up to a week, and hard-boiled eggs are safest kept in their shells. Here are the storage times for boiled, scrambled and cooked eggs, plus how to tell when they have gone off. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-refreeze-cooked-chicken/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-refreeze-cooked-chicken/ Yes, you can refreeze cooked chicken, but only if it was thawed in the fridge and not left sitting out. Here are the safe rules, the one situation to avoid, and how to keep the texture decent. https://crashtaste.com/privacy/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/privacy/ How Crash Taste handles your data: the newsletter, cookieless analytics, advertising cookies, affiliate links, hosting, your rights under the GDPR and how to contact us. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-do-cooked-potatoes-last/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:30:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-do-cooked-potatoes-last/ Cooked potatoes keep three to four days in the fridge and a few months in the freezer, but only if you cool them fast. Here are the real limits for mash, roasties, boiled and baked, why potatoes need respect, and the foil-wrapped baked potato risk worth knowing. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-many-times-can-you-reheat-food/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:40:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-many-times-can-you-reheat-food/ The safe rule is to reheat leftovers once, and this explains why: it is the trips through the danger zone that build risk, not a magic number of heatings. Plus the rice and chicken specifics and how to portion so you never reheat twice. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-eggs/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:25:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-eggs/ You can freeze eggs, but not in their shells, and yolks need a pinch of salt or sugar first or they turn to glue. Here is how to freeze whole eggs, whites and yolks, how long they keep, and how to thaw them safely. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-bread/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:20:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-bread/ Bread freezes brilliantly, and freezing a fresh loaf keeps it better than the bread bin ever will. Here is how to freeze and thaw bread, how long it keeps, and the one mistake that leaves you with a soggy slice. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-tell-if-meat-has-gone-off/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:12:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-tell-if-meat-has-gone-off/ The smell, colour and feel that mean beef, pork, lamb or fish should go in the bin, why those tests are a veto and never a green light, and why the use-by date is the number that actually keeps you safe. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-cheese/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:20:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-cheese/ Yes, you can freeze cheese, and hard cheeses like cheddar do it well. Here is which cheeses freeze brilliantly, which turn to a watery mess, how to freeze and thaw them, and the food-safety rule to get right first. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-milk-last-after-opening/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:19:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-milk-last-after-opening/ Opened milk keeps roughly four to seven days in the fridge, but the printed date, the sniff test and where you store it all change the answer. Here is how long milk really lasts once the seal is broken, and the one rule you should never override. https://crashtaste.com/posts/buttermilk-substitute/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:20:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/buttermilk-substitute/ No buttermilk in the fridge and a recipe that wants it? Here are the swaps that actually work, from the classic milk-and-lemon trick to yoghurt and cream of tartar, with the ratios and the reason buttermilk matters in the first place. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-mince-last/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:19:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-mince-last/ Cooked mince keeps a couple of days in the fridge and a few months in the freezer, but only if you cool it fast and reheat it once. Here are the real limits, why mince plays by stricter rules than a steak, and how to batch-cook it safely. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-refreeze-meat/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:20:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-refreeze-meat/ The honest answer depends entirely on how the meat thawed. Fridge-thawed versus counter-thawed, the UK and US rules compared, why it is really a quality question until it becomes a safety one, and the trick that saves you the whole dilemma. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-tell-if-chicken-is-off/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:19:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-tell-if-chicken-is-off/ The smell, colour and feel that mean raw chicken should go in the bin, why those tests are a veto and never a green light, and why the use-by date is the number that actually keeps you safe. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-pasta-last/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:38:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-pasta-last/ Cooked pasta keeps a few days in the fridge and a couple of months in the freezer, but only if you cool it fast. Here are the real limits, why pasta plays by the same rules as rice, and how to reheat it once, safely. https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-milk/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:35:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/can-you-freeze-milk/ Yes, you can freeze milk, and it saves a lot of waste. Here is how long it keeps, which types freeze best, why you defrost it in the fridge, and how to fix the grainy look afterwards. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-chicken-last/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-chicken-last/ How long cooked chicken really keeps in the fridge, why UK and US advice differ, cooling it fast, airtight storage, the limits of the smell test, freezing and thawing, and reheating it safely once. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-rice-last/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-does-cooked-rice-last/ Cooked rice is the one leftover I treat with real respect. Here is the one-hour cooling rule, the one-day fridge limit, why reheating cannot undo the problem, and how I freeze and reheat rice safely. https://crashtaste.com/posts/storing-fruit-and-veg/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/storing-fruit-and-veg/ Which produce belongs in the fridge, on the counter or in a dark cupboard, how ethylene ripens everything near it, and what the fridge actively ruins. https://crashtaste.com/kitchen-tools/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/kitchen-tools/ Free kitchen calculators: convert cups to grams for real ingredients, oven temperatures between Celsius, Fahrenheit and gas mark, and scale any recipe up or down. https://crashtaste.com/posts/cooking-measurement-conversions/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/cooking-measurement-conversions/ A practical, honest conversion reference: why weighing in grams beats cups, the ingredient-by-ingredient cup weights, UK vs US cups and pints, spoon and oven-temperature conversions, and the few worth memorising. https://crashtaste.com/posts/ingredient-substitutions/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/ingredient-substitutions/ The honest list of kitchen substitutions from a cook who has been caught short mid-recipe a hundred times: buttermilk, self-raising flour, one egg, butter and oil, cream, herbs and more, with real ratios and the swaps that genuinely do not work. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-food-lasts-in-the-fridge/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-long-food-lasts-in-the-fridge/ How long leftovers, raw meat, fish, dairy and opened jars really keep in the fridge, the difference between use-by and best-before, and the honest limits of the sniff test. Straight guidance from a busy family kitchen. https://crashtaste.com/posts/meat-doneness-temperatures/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/meat-doneness-temperatures/ Internal temperatures for beef, lamb, pork, chicken and mince, how resting and carryover cooking work, and why a probe thermometer beats every other method. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-rescue-a-dish/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-rescue-a-dish/ The fixes that actually work for over-salted, over-spiced, too-sweet and bland dishes, why the potato trick is a myth, and what cannot be saved. https://crashtaste.com/posts/freezer-storage-times/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/freezer-storage-times/ Realistic freezer storage times for meat, fish, bread, vegetables and leftovers, what freezer burn actually is, and which foods freeze badly. https://crashtaste.com/posts/reheating-leftovers-safely/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/reheating-leftovers-safely/ The real rules for leftovers: cool within two hours, fridge for two days, reheat once to 75°C, plus the rice and chicken specifics and what reheats badly. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-tell-if-eggs-are-still-good/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-tell-if-eggs-are-still-good/ What the float test actually measures, why the smell test is the real judge, best-before dates on eggs, and how to store them properly. https://crashtaste.com/posts/storing-herbs-and-spices/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/storing-herbs-and-spices/ How long ground and whole spices really last, why the rack above the hob is a mistake, and how to keep fresh herbs alive or freeze them properly. https://crashtaste.com/posts/oven-temperature-conversions/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/oven-temperature-conversions/ The full gas mark, Celsius and Fahrenheit conversion table, how much to drop for a fan oven, and why recipes from different countries disagree. https://crashtaste.com/posts/baking-ingredient-substitutions/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/baking-ingredient-substitutions/ Tested swaps for eggs, butter, buttermilk, self-raising flour and sugar in baking, with quantities, plus the substitutions that quietly ruin a bake. https://crashtaste.com/posts/cooking-oil-smoke-points/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/cooking-oil-smoke-points/ Smoke points for common cooking oils, refined versus unrefined, why olive oil is fine for frying, and how to store oil so it doesn't go rancid. https://crashtaste.com/posts/defrosting-food-safely/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/defrosting-food-safely/ The three safe ways to defrost meat and other food, realistic thawing times, why the kitchen counter is a bad idea, and when refreezing is allowed. https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-cook-perfect-rice/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://crashtaste.com/posts/how-to-cook-perfect-rice/ Water ratios for basmati, jasmine, long grain and brown rice, why rinsing matters, absorption versus boiling, and how to reheat rice safely.