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thank god you didn't ask him what he thought the proper bathing process
is... lol, Lee


"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 18 May 2012 07:42:24 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 18 May 2012 00:08:54 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> I ask because my Greek Flatbread got moldy again! It does not expire
>>>> until
>>>> the 23rd. My honey whole wheat bread from Costco is perfectly fine.
>>>>
>>>> I have written to the manufacturer about the bread. That would be
>>>> Alexis.
>>>> Because not only was it moldy but crumbly like it was spoiled. The
>>>> ingredient list says they put Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate
>>>> to
>>>> control spoilage. But apparently those things are not working!
>>>
>>>Tell your daughter to wash her dirty, Milk Dud soaked hands more often
>>>- especially before fondling all the bread in the package trying to
>>>find that one acceptable pita.
>>>
>>>I've been guilty of that, too. When I see mold spots the same pattern
>>>as fingerprints I reminded myself to handle the bread before I start
>>>slicing up a bunch of meat.
>>>
>>>I never understood how breadboxes are supposed to keep bread fresher
>>>if the bread is in plastic bags. The temp is the same as outside the
>>>box and airflow is restricted - which may be good or bad. But in
>>>mostly impermeable plastic bags, what difference does it make?

>>
>> Not everyone eats the kind of bread that's sold in plastic bags.
>> Breadboxes are from a time long before plastic and even long before
>> refrigeration. Breadboxes were originally devised much more to keep
>> bread clean and to protect it from vermine, not so much to maintain
>> freshness. Bread molding is primarily from poor sanitary habits...
>> those whose bread is regularly molding have poor personal hygiene
>> habits, simple as that. Slobs don't even know they are slobs... most
>> people have very poor food handling practices, most people don't even
>> know how to bathe properly.

>
> Nonsense! I never opened the package and the bread was still moldy.
> OTOH, the honey wheat which I have opened and handled numerous times has
> no mold. Ditto for the English Muffins that we had last week. Daughter
> handled them. No mold. And yet the Greek bread went moldy.
>
> I am thinking they either bagged it when it was warm or they failed to put
> the ingredients in it to keep it from going moldy.
>