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.

On 2017-04-25, U.S Janet B > wrote:

> there it is. A fuzzy blue spot of mold......

I hate that flavor. I can taste bread mold a mile away. So could my
late brother, who passed away a few yrs ago. Must be cuz we got so
much of it when we were kids, when Mom was a single parent jes trying to
provide.

I ate it, then. I toss it, now.

nb

On 25 Apr 2017 16:21:31 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2017-04-25, U.S Janet B > wrote:
>
>> there it is. A fuzzy blue spot of mold......
>
>I hate that flavor. I can taste bread mold a mile away. So could my
>late brother, who passed away a few yrs ago. Must be cuz we got so
>much of it when we were kids, when Mom was a single parent jes trying to
>provide.
>
>I ate it, then. I toss it, now.
>
>nb

The main thing of interest is that if soft foods are moldy, throw the
food away because away because the mold can travel so much further
than the eye can see.
Janet US

On 2017-04-25, U.S Janet B > wrote:

> food away because away because the mold can travel so much further
> than the eye can see.

Agree. I've tasted bread mold on bread and still not been able to "see"
it.

nb

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.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:24:04 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>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.
>
this isn't just about bread. It is about any soft food.
Janet US

"ImStillMags" wrote in message
...

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.

===

Heh I remember that!



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