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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Had a dumb coworker trying to tell me that cheese with a little mold on top was dangerous. She didn't know the word "mycelium", but that's the explanation she was going for. Fair enough, I guess? Anyway, I'm carving the mold off and eating that cheese.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    She was right?

    The mold is on the inside of the cheese, the visible stuff on the surface is just the fruiting body used to spread spores.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yep, how far the mold penetrates depends on the hardness of the cheese. Block of cheddar hard enough to play headbrick? Generally fine to just cut off a the outer layer. Anything soft, a good pizza mozzarella maybe? Garbage the whole block

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