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My grandma has a 22 year old block of cheese (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Bad news, I don't think it's mild cheddar anymore

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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (10 children)

yeah anyone recommending eating that is just wrong

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

    Think of what cheese is.

    "I milked this cow, and now the milk has become full of bacteria, smells gross, and has solidified.......but I think I'm going to eat it."

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    What I mean is that you have no idea what bacteria is in that cheese or if the beer fridge was constantly refrigerated. If it doesn’t kill you it could still lead to an unpleasant ER visit. Not worth it over $10-20 worth of cheese.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I remember getting into such a heated argument with a dumbass on early lemmy about moldy bread and cheese.

    it got so heated that I was issued a temporary ban for telling them to go ahead and eat a moldy cheese sandwich and die from food poisoning.

    some people just want to prove they're "tough" by risking their lives for the dumbest shit.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    Moldy bread? Nah.

    Moldy hard cheese? Just generously cut off the mold and it's fine*

    *I wouldn't feed this to anyone else, but I'd eat it, and do all the time

    EDIT: the USDA agrees that moldy hard cheese is safe to eat https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/If-food-has-mold-is-it-safe-to-eat

    For hard cheese, such as Cheddar, cut off at least 1-inch around and below the mold spot (keep the knife out of the mold itself). After trimming off the mold, the remaining cheese should be safe to eat.

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

    Rule of thumb, don't be a dumbass about it and you can do potentially dangerous stuff just fine

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