Lasagne topping sauce suppose to smell?

[WhiteBears]

I was making lasagne today and poured a jar of the white topping sauce (ASDA brand), oh my god.. is it suppose to have a strong smell? the sauce was lumpy too...eeww ive never made one before, so i thought it was normal, after the lasagne was made... i tasted it and everything tasted nice apart from the white sauce......... it just tasted Stilton cheese or gone off sauce.....you reckon the sauce gone bad?? i checked the BB and its until July 2011... ...i feel sick but i think my minds playing tricks on me...

[ummmm]

What are the ingredients?

I've never used a jar of white sauce so can't really comment.

[WhiteBears]

just checked the ingrediants:

water, veg oil, maize starch, skimmed milk powder, sugr, dried egg yolk, slat, acidity regulator, yeast extract, stabiliser, black pepper, ground nutmeg.

[merciasounds]

Smell? What of? - it may smell a little...garlicky i suppose, I don't know I always make my own bechamel - to be on the safe side, i wouldn't eat it....

[ummmm]

I can't see there being a problem with it. How was it when it was cooked?

[WhiteBears]

mericasounds, it smells gone off milk. :-S ive already eaten it, but i scrapped all that white sauce off......

[WhiteBears]

ummm the white sauce dosnt taste the same to the lasagne i normally have from restaurants or ready made ones...

[looobylooo]

hi whitbears
i made a lasagne for the first time too the other night, a veg one, and i used a jar of tesco white lasagne sauce 78p for a big jar.
there wasnt hardly any smell attall and it wasnt lumpy as such, it was just fairly thick and i had to spread it out with the back of a spoon.
it all tasted really lovely when it was all cooked with no strange taste..
so im not sure why yours smelt so perculiar, im sure...?

[Mosaic]

As a point of principle it's best never to eat anything that revolts you - nature gives you that response for a reason. If you can retrieve the container and take it back to the store you should point this out to them and ask for a refund.

[WhiteBears]

hmm looby, i really think my jar of the white sauce have gone bad...

[looobylooo]

yeah, it doesnt sound right smelling so bad as you say it does, and like i said with the jar i used there wasnt much smell attall, if any..
maybe you should do as mosaic says and take the jar back to the shop.
i wonder if the seal on the lid had been 'popped' while the jar was still on the shop shelf, thus making it go off..?

[WhiteBears]

well i really dont want to take the jar back (still have half jar left) because its not convenient i only went to Asda because i was visiting a friend and Asda isnt close where i live. I have sent them an email so hopefully they can investigate??

[looobylooo]

ah right i see, yeah it would be more hassle than anything going back to the shop wouldnt it if you dont live near.
well lets hope you get a satisfactory response from them eh,
let us know how you get on!

[WhiteBears]

just had another sniff and looked at the sauce, it just dosnt lok right, it reminds me of gone off milk where it just about to turn solid!

[poodicat]

A basic bechamel sauce is so easy to make and cheaper

[looobylooo]

whats your recipe for one poodi?

[poodicat]

Dont have a recipe as such just put a large knob of butter in a pan add plain flour till it binds together cook out for a few minutes then add hot milk whisking away till its of a desired thickness then season to taste and add some fresh or ground nutmeg

[~Wingnut~]

It certainly sounds like it's a bit iffy Whitebears!! I always make a cheese sauce when I make lasagne, but I LOVE cheese sauce and lasagne with a bechamel sauce just doesn't taste right to me. If you do make it again, buy a packet of basic cheese sauce mix and use that instead, unless you want to make it from scratch. Or if you don't like cheese sauce buy a white sauce packet :o)

[~Wingnut~]

I learnt that stretching the roux before adding the milk should thicken it up without causing lumps. Just keep stirring the roux over a low heat for a few mins then start to add the milk.

[WhiteBears]

Thanks, i feel really ill :-S ive just asked my housemate and he said that jar didnt look right either, and smells funny too............. :-( wasted lasagne ....

[Androcles]

I don't know what kind of ASDA sausce it was, but a good guide is to use your nose, if it looks bad and smells bad, it probably IS bad!