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From: cat@tommif.UUCP (Catherine Mikkelsen)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Mold on swiss cheese slices.
Message-ID: <110@tommif.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 23:13:34 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 23:13:34 1985
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Summary: eating mold

> > >
> > >Some molds are safe to eat, and some are quite toxic.
> > 
>(I accidentally deleted this part, but it talked about external-cheese-fur)
> if you can see this, then the rest of the cheese could be filled with
> mycelia (the main part of the mold).  I have heard that the mycelia can be
> toxic.
> -- 
> Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
> aka Swazoo Koolak
> 
> {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff
> {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff

Oh come on.  If my cheddar starts sprouting mold, I simply cut that part
off.  I sincerely doubt that one light layer of mold on one section of
cheese renders the entire piece inedible.  Shame on you, Jeff. I call for
another opinion!  

If my hostess twinkies start molding, now, that's a different matter....


Catherine Mikkelsen @ Teknisk