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[–] 34 points 11 months ago (18 children)

Oh, I've been cutting the visible mold off for years. Same applies to things like jam (jelly). Spoon out the mouldy bit, then crack on.

Should I be ded?

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  • [–] 59 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    You actually died 6 years ago, this is purgatory.

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  • [–] 39 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Shit that actually makes a lot of sense

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Does it?

    The world I'm in, I can practically see the flames licking at my feet......

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    The rule is that if its soft food as bread or jelly, its all compromised and should be thrown. If its hard like cheese, you can cut the mold and consume since the mold probably didn't get that far inside

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I thought that jams were so sugary it was probably fine?

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If there is visible mold on a part of a surface, then it's reasonable to assume that a much larger part of that surface already has mold, it's just not visible yet. Bread is basically a sponge, the surface of a sponge is the entire sponge, so that mold can have spread everywhere in the bread.

    I found this overview which looks right to me: https://www.eatingwell.com/article/91553/4-moldy-foods-you-can-eat-plus-which-foods-to-toss/

    Should you be dead from eating mold? I suspect that it's a lottery with many factors: which types of molds that you have eaten, the quantities, your immune system, ... But keep at it and eventually you might win a price.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    For marmelade / jam / jelly it depends on the sugar contents. I don't know how much it has to be but if it has high enough sugar contents, you can indeed take off the mould generously and eat what is under it. That said - gross! Just don't let foods spoil. Buy what you need and plan ahead a bit.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    But jam comes in jars of a minimum size and sometimes it goes mouldy before finishing.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago
    1. Keep it in the fridge
    2. Only use clean spoons (don't let breadcrumbs, butter, saliva touch the jam in the jar)
    3. Immediately close the jar after taking something out.

    -> rarely ever any mold. I keep my jams fresh for months this way.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The key part is that your immune system is used to various mold and parasite infections and you're fine, but if you become immune compromised or old then the same thing you did before can kill you. That's why people who actually get infected with things like water born parasites are usually very old or sick.

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