I also canīt stand mold. I am very sceptical when I want to get me some bread and always sniff it and check it thoroughly before I cut myself a slice. If I donīt remember how old a loaf of bread is, I would rather throw it away than try to have a bite, in fear of getting moldy taste in my mouth. ( YUCK )
Iīm also hysterical with little bits of food and bread crumbs under the kitchen table. Just the thought of stepping in to it makes me shiver!!
I don't like the moldy white crust on Brie. The gooey stuff inside is ok though.
I always have a bad reaction when i notice any food with mold on it or what i take to be mold.
I'm a little paranoid about mold on bread. Occasionally my mom likes to buy these artisan Ciabatta rolls, which I like to make slightly toasted buttered toast with (the butter melts in the heat, so delicious), but we don't freeze them. Once I left the rolls out for too many days, and mold started developing on it. Nowadays I try to eat all six rolls in the package before a few days pass, to avoid it from getting moldy.
Here's some advice: Freeze your bread loafs. (I don't know if it will work well with white bread (I like to call it Playdough bread because of the texture), though. We only buy Polish bread (white with real bread texture with a much more crunchy crust) and Whole Wheat bread.)
I only eat bread when it is really soft, if it is slightly stale I don't eat it. Same with everything else that goes bad really. If their is a newer unopened loaf of bread or bottle of milk I will open that one even if there is still alot left in the slightly older thing.
I never emptied my bag when I went to school, because I would never get round to putting it back in, and sometimes I would leave my butties in there for months. They were covered with mold.
Sometimes when I bought yoghurts at the supermarket, they had mould on the top even when they hadn't reached their expiry date. :shock:
*vomits in corner* Even THINKING about it make my stomach turn! DISGUSTING!
I'm glad I don't like most yogurts anyway, so I never have to deal with yogurt mold.
Some foods are smelly but actually taste okay if you can get past the smell eg. grated parmesan, paw paw, durian fruit, blue cheese.
I don't mind food that is supossed to have mold on it. Bleu cheese is delicious. i like it's very sharp cheesy taste. But if I see mold unexpectedly, I may drop the food out of my hands and have somebody else take care of it. I'm starting to get a little more used to mold, since I've seen a lot of it recently. two people in my family moved out for college, so only four people in my family are around the house to consume everything. My parents still like to buy large quantities of foods, despite the fact that no one will eat it all.
Here's some advice: Freeze your bread loafs. (I don't know if it will work well with white bread (I like to call it Playdough bread because of the texture), though. We only buy Polish bread (white with real bread texture with a much more crunchy crust) and Whole Wheat bread.)
it does my gramma does it
i HATE the smell of veggies steAMED OR OTHER wise.
I'm sensitive about mold/expiration dates as well, but that's because I'm emetophobic (so if something has the slightest chance of making me ill I won't eat it). I will not eat anything past the sell-by date, and whenever I'm about to heat up leftovers (I don't eat too many leftovers, though), I'll have my mom smell it and make sure it's still good. If I'm going to use a piece of bread that was not baked that day, I'll look over it for like five minutes to make sure there's no mold anywhere.
When I was in high school I used to bring sandwiches to eat for lunch, and one time when I was almost done with the sandwich I looked at what was left of the bread and noticed there was white mold on it! I started freaking out and had a panic attack, but luckily it didn't make me sick or anything. Does moldy bread even make people sick? I had always assumed it would but that day one of my friends (who's obsessed with dumpster-diving) told me that she eats moldy bread all the time and that it won't make you sick, but people just don't like it because it tastes bad. That made me feel a bit better and helped me to calm down, but does anyone know if this is true?
Also, I'm fine with mold on cheese as long as it's supposed to be there, but if cheese gets moldy from being too old I won't touch it.
Ick... this thread is so gross. Guess that's what I get for clicking.
I too have a severe disgust for all thing moldy or just plain old. I never get doggy bags at a restaurant for this very reason. I hate the thought of leftovers. (I will say, as an adult, the necessity for financial pleasantness has helped me with this) I usually let my hubby clean out the fridge... ick. I've been working on that to and do it once a week, therefore there's no ickiness.
I used to hate yogurt... the thought of eating mold (or its biproduct or whatever yogurt is anyway...) was just too much for me. Hubby finally convinced me to eat it with granola... much better. Hubby's always good at helping me get over such things, explains them logically.
Also... from the original post. There is a horrible phobia that I just can't get over. Miller moths. I grew up in the eastern plains of Colorado, where we get them seasonally from about May-August. They're like a plague of logusts when the come... the can squeeze through any crack. One night (I like to draw at night) I went to get a snack downstairs and turned on the light. A swarm of moths cycloned under our kitchen light. Apparently someone had spilled a bag of sugar and they were sucking it down... eww. Anyway, I couldn't sleep with even the idea of them being in my room. I would bring in the vaccum, put a towel by the crack in my shut door, close the window even in the heat... then I'd suck any little bugger that I could find. Then throughout the night if I heard one tapping on the window (they make this horrible tapping sound) I'd spring out of my bed, turn on a light and suck a few more... Now I refuse to go home during "the season"
Okay, now you all think I'm crazy. Congrats, you know the truth. ;Z
I'm sensitive about mold/expiration dates as well, but that's because I'm emetophobic (so if something has the slightest chance of making me ill I won't eat it). I will not eat anything past the sell-by date, and whenever I'm about to heat up leftovers (I don't eat too many leftovers, though), I'll have my mom smell it and make sure it's still good. If I'm going to use a piece of bread that was not baked that day, I'll look over it for like five minutes to make sure there's no mold anywhere.
When I was in high school I used to bring sandwiches to eat for lunch, and one time when I was almost done with the sandwich I looked at what was left of the bread and noticed there was white mold on it! I started freaking out and had a panic attack, but luckily it didn't make me sick or anything. Does moldy bread even make people sick? I had always assumed it would but that day one of my friends (who's obsessed with dumpster-diving) told me that she eats moldy bread all the time and that it won't make you sick, but people just don't like it because it tastes bad. That made me feel a bit better and helped me to calm down, but does anyone know if this is true?
your friend is probably just one person who may be immune to bread mold. my mom told me, however, that mold is not as sickning as people may think. she says it's like eating dirt. but doesn't eating dirt make you sick too? even if mold does make you sick, at least it doesn't kill you.
meh... a little bit of mold never hurt anybody. Just last Saturday, I made a couple slices of toast. When I put the bread in the toaster, I noticed a small thin patch of green mold on the crust of one slice. I just let it there, popped up, buttered my toast, and ate it. This is the point when I say "Yummmmm" while everyone else here cringes as they read this. I do have limits, though. If half the slice was moldy, I certainly would have thrown it out.