Removing mold from food before consumption

[hoosierdoc]

OK... so before work tonight I toasted a bagel. They had been on the coutner for awhile and after re-assembling it for transport I noticed a 9mm casing sized (keeping it real) area of mold. I was hungry and late, so I removed a wedge with about half an inch of clearance around it.

If you remove mold from food, are you obligated to inform the intended recipient before they consume it?

Does anyone here just eat the mold and not worry about it?

To continue the gross thread, my wife was mad at me for putting goldfish on the table at Pizza King before wiping it down with a sanitizer wipe for our son. I slid the two goldfish to the side, cleaned the area in front of him, gave him new ones and popped those original two into my mouth. Along with a big long hair. EEEwwww... I guess she knew what she was talking about.

 

[Mackey]

Wow. I thought I was gross. You got me with that hair thing. Generally you're safe eating around mold if you cut enough away but it's not work the risk. Many molds can react with your immune system (you can develop allergies) and some are actually toxic.

 

[Caleb]

My take is if it has mold on it, it's no good! You might have gotten all the mold off of that surface area, but what's growing inside your bread? Side note, I got a milkshake at the steak'n'shake late at night in seymour on my drive back home...wasn't until I got to the bottom of the shake I found a long a** nail in my damn shake!! No more steak'n'shake for a reeeeeeeeeealy long time!!

 

[Mackey]

.. I got a milkshake at the steak'n'shake late at night in seymour on my drive back home...wasn't until I got to the bottom of the shake I found a long a** nail in my damn shake!! No more steak'n'shake for a reeeeeeeeeealy long time!!

Was it a fingernail? or a nail, nail.
If the later, perhaps they thought you needed some iron.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Anyone eat the Sara Lee breakfast sandwiches from Walmart/Sams? They have turkey sausage in them. About every 10th one I get a hard crunch while eating the sausage. Grosses me out, nearly puke, but continue on anyway.

 

[RichardR]

*shrug* a bit of mold doesn't bother me at all.

We (humans) are scavengers after all....

 

[MrsXtremeVel]

Bread mold is baaaad! Bread is porous and the mold contains mycotoxins that could be dangerous to your health. BEWARE!

 

[hoosierdoc]

" Some people live life in the fast lane - I live in oncoming traffic!"

But avoid bread mold? Moderators, please change his .sig file

 

[Caleb]

Was it a fingernail? or a nail, nail.
If the later, perhaps they thought you needed some iron.

Fingernail...I about died!

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I pull the moldy bits off cheese, and a little more margin around the ones on bread, but only small ones. You can keep jelly/jam without refrigeration; the surface will mold over, but if you scrape it off well you'll be fine. Not that I do that, just what people did before refrigeration was common.

 

[88GT]

Not all molds are necessarily toxic to the human body. I thrive on mushrooms.

For bread and hard blocks of cheese I just cut off the offending section and chow down. If the item is covered in it or it's fruit or veggies or leftovers, it goes in the trash.

 

[MrsXtremeVel]

But avoid bread mold? Moderators, please change his .sig file

He is a she. And yes, I live life dangerously! I'm JetGirls closet blonde sidekick!
Sha-Cronic!!!

 

[hoosierdoc]

He is a she. And yes, I live life dangerously! I'm JetGirls closet blonde sidekick!
Sha-Cronic!!!

Ah, the Mrs confused me? I blame the 5am posting.

 

[JetGirl]

For bread and hard blocks of cheese I just cut off the offending section and chow down. If the item is covered in it or it's fruit or veggies or leftovers, it goes in the trash.

Pretty much the same here.

I live life dangerously! I'm JetGirls closet blonde sidekick

TRUE. Man, does she ever have blond moments!!
I am only blond on the outside... but that ^ redhead's "blond" goes to the BONE, man!!

Sha-Cronic!!!

QFT!

 

[UncleMike]

Here's some pretty good information.
The chart toward the bottom of the article seem fairly comprehensive.
Molds On Food: Are They Dangerous?

 

[Clay]

I usually do the same, just cut off the mold, eat the rest. Penicillin was found because its typically what bread mold is made of.

 

[chocktaw2]

I have to ask this question. Exactly what kind of a " doc" are you?

 

[Benny]

Fingernail...I about died!

****ing gross. I would be livid.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I have to ask this question. Exactly what kind of a " doc" are you?

Indiana one!

I saw the USDA info but that's run by Obama so I added it to my webfilter

 

[williamsburg]

Bread mold is baaaad! Bread is porous and the mold contains mycotoxins that could be dangerous to your health. BEWARE!

mycotoxins...i had to google that word...people always use them big words