Monsignor Tartarus Sanctus wrote:
> On Jun 24, 11:48 pm, sf <.> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:34:08 -0700 (PDT), Monsignor Tartarus Sanctus
>>
>> > wrote:
>>> Hi all. We went on vacation and left a covered butter dish with a full
>>> stick of butter for a month. When we returned, it was covered with
>>> many different colored molds, but as man is wont to do, I smelled it,
>>> and it smelled like excellent gorgonzola. I put it in a dish in the
>>> fridge, because I am curious -- is it safe to taste and maybe to eat?
>>> If it tastes as good as it smells, and is safe, then why not? Isn't it
>>> just extremely fatty cheese?
>> 1. Butter gets moldy?
>> 2. If it did, throw it out. Costs just a few pennies to replace.
>> 3. Or don't. God be with you.
>
> I'm just curious. This is how people discovered cheese. It really does
> smell like fine gorgonzola. The only question is this -- are there
> dangerous molds that can infect butter, or are they generally safe?
> People (even well known TV chefs) eat all kinds of rotten food. I
> don't have a problem eating anything other cultures eat and don't get
> sick from.
>

You wrote: "People (even well known TV chefs) eat all kinds of rotten
food."

That made me laugh.

> Tartarus

--Bryan