rogerclee Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Let's say you were going to eat a tasty treat, and this tasty treat was in a container with others of the same kind. You reach in to get it, but find that ONE of them has a small amount of mold beginning to grow on it. Your plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 I pay attention to industrial strength advice.... http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvfa8xWMyoQ&feature=related its enough to make you sick... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Apparently, moldy chesse makes better fondue, or something like that. I saw something with Jacques Pepin talking about using that moldy chesse, old and all, ground up and melted somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 this may depend on what kind of food it is and how hungry I am. cheese is supposed to be moldy, right? besides, a little penicillin never hurt anyone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 I cut the mold off the infected one and eat it.If you're going to eat the mold, why bother cutting it off first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 I'm a little girl. I throw it all out. Amendment: sometimes in dark days of university dorm life, I'd just eat it all. It has definitely happened before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Invariably, the mycelium (root like structures of fungi) extend down into the food. These mycelium contain all of the toxins (and flavenoids in certain blue molds like roquefort cheese etc.) of the fungus and as such tend to "destabilize" the cellular structure of the foodstuff. Eat moldy foods at your risk and peril. Still, more people get sick from improper hygiene especially where poultry is concerned so wtf, soups on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Depends on the food really. Bread gets thrown out as soon as any mould appears. Whereas with fruit I just throw out the mouldy ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Let's say you were going to eat a tasty treat, and this tasty treat was in a container with others of the same kind. You reach in to get it, but find that ONE of them has a small amount of mold beginning to grow on it. Your plan? What kind of 'tasty treat' we talking about? Have to be some pretty f-ing tasty bite to eat around some spores. I'm hard pressed to think about anything that I would eat. Mold is pretty serious to me. Stale bread I can handle, rancid chips if there's nothing better in the house and I'll drink sour milk, but I hate the stuff. In college I had some eggs that must have been 6 months old, but those were desperate times. At midnight in Montana in February you don't exactly hike out to the C-store. My kids are funny. They'll ask me to smell the milk to see if its sour, but they won't touch it if its past the expiration date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Stale is one thing, I may try to salvage something. But mold I'm not screwing around with. If I ate any part of it and got sick I would feel like an idiot. Who needs it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 I'll pretty much eat anything shoved in front of my face. Including food dropped on the floor, picking off any hairs of course. I have a habit that most people tell me is disgusting, though I have no idea why, which is to eat leftovers directly out of the fridge without heating them up. If it was just a small spot of mold I'd probably bite off the moldy part, spit it out, and eat the rest. If it was particularly huge or gross I'd cut it off instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAnneM Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 I have read that 75% of the cases of the "flu" are actually food spoilage related illnesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Whatever is moldy is thrown away quickly. My apartment isn't big enough for me and moldy food. And since I'm not going, it has got to go! I am not going to save like 1 € for the risk of eating it and becoming ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Just throw away the moldy part, wtp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASkolnick Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 I happen to be in JDonn's camp. People worry too much about things like that. I can tell you since I don't make my house a complete disinfectant bubble, I barely get sick and my kids get sick almost never. If food hits the floor for one second, what does it matter? A little mold is Ok, as long as it still tastes good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 I happen to be in JDonn's camp. People worry too much about things like that. I can tell you since I don't make my house a complete disinfectant bubble, I barely get sick and my kids get sick almost never. If food hits the floor for one second, what does it matter? A little mold is Ok, as long as it still tastes good. You couldn't pay me to eat meat with mold on it.... There's actually a good argument that getting minor foodborne illnesses helps your immune system and strengthens your body in general. On the other hand, botulism has a rather nasty tendency to kill you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I happen to be in JDonn's camp. People worry too much about things like that. I can tell you since I don't make my house a complete disinfectant bubble, I barely get sick and my kids get sick almost never. If food hits the floor for one second, what does it matter? A little mold is Ok, as long as it still tastes good. As general philosophy, I agree. I eat much and worry little. Mold I pitch. As a child I ate raw hamburger, uncooked bread dough, green apples galore, and God only knows what else. I don't recommend all of that, but I certainly find the modern style is far too fussbudgety for my taste. However you can still have all my moldy food for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 uncooked bread dough Is that supposed to be bad for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 uncooked bread dough Is that supposed to be bad for you? raw eggs are supposedly bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 uncooked bread dough Is that supposed to be bad for you? Dunno but it gives me stomach pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 uncooked bread dough Is that supposed to be bad for you? raw eggs are supposedly bad. Most bread does not contain eggs. Cookie dough on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I would probably just throw the moldy one out but eat the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 uncooked bread dough Is that supposed to be bad for you? I think the yeast can be a problem. Whatever the case, my guess is that the modern parent would be more inclined to forbid it. I have often thought that if my family from the forties reappeared today the parents would probably be thought of as way to uninvolved. I am sure, for example, that my mother never had a conference with my teachers about anything. I realize there are pluses and minuses, but I have very fond memories of my childhood. Somehow though my mother never had to tell me not to eat moldy food. Seemed obvious then as it does now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zman102 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I make sour dough bread and pan cakes from a starter I keep in my fridge. I was told that if the starter ever turned pink I should throw it out. Over the years I have had that happen once and I tossed the starter and sterilized the crock I kept it in. I don't know what grew in the starter to turn it pink. It is usually a greyish color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I make sour dough bread and pan cakes from a starter I keep in my fridge. I was told that if the starter ever turned pink I should throw it out. Over the years I have had that happen once and I tossed the starter and sterilized the crock I kept it in. I don't know what grew in the starter to turn it pink. It is usually a greyish color. Candida wild yeast strains that also cause skin reddening when they "infect" human skin. While not necessarily toxic by ingestion, they tend to make your bread stringy and it wont rise much because the candida yeast doesn't convert sugar to CO2 very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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