On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 8:56:54 AM UTC-7, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/heal...gi0?li=BBnb7Kz
>
> Lyndsey Matthews
> 23 hrs ago
> We've all been there. You're about to cut into a loaf of bread and
> there it is. A fuzzy blue spot of mold lurking on the surface of that
> baguette you just bought yesterday. While most of us were taught to
> just cut around the mold and eat the rest in order to not waste food,
> it's time to stop that bad habit.
> "We don't recommend cutting mold off of bread, because it's a soft
> food," Marianne Gravely, a senior technical information specialist for
> the United States Department of Agriculture told NPR. "With soft food,
> it's very easy for the roots [of the mold], or the tentacles, or
> whatever creepy word you want to use, to penetrate [deeper into the
> food]."
>
> Basically, the mold spore's roots go much farther into bread than our
> eyes can see.
> Gross, right?
> There might be some wiggle room when it comes to sliced bread that
> comes in a bag, according to Gravely. If you can tell that one end of
> a long loaf is clean on the inside and exterior, it's safe to keep.
> But if you're not sure, just toss it out.
> "I have seen mold spread from one slice to the next," Gravely told
> NPR. "I'm sure some people would really want to press the situation,
> but bread is cheap. Go buy some more."
> Bread isn't the only food that you can't just cut off the moldy bits
> and eat the rest. Jam, soft fruits and lunch meat also should be
> thrown away once mold is spotted on any part of it.
> There is some good news though. Harder foods like salami, carrots and
> hard cheeses can be salvaged by cutting off the visible mold since its
> roots can't move as quickly through their tough surfaces. Just to be
> safe, Gravely recommends cutting off an additional inch of food around
> the mold.


Growing up, we just figured bread mold was penicillin and picked it off and didn't worry about it.