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Eat or Toss? A Safety Primer for Moldy Foods - Mental Floss
Crowded shelves in refrigerators often have unpleasant surprises lurking in the hard-to-reach corners behind newer groceries. Past the rotisserie chicken and unopened almond milk could be last week’s leftovers or last month’s pizza.
Stinky meats and petrified casseroles are easy enough to deal with: You toss them into the trash. But other foods fall into an edible gray area. If you have a block of cheese that’s developing a tiny bit of mold in a corner, should you toss it, or simply excise the moldy portion?
Crowded shelves in refrigerators often have unpleasant surprises lurking in the hard-to-reach corners behind newer groceries. Past the rotisserie chicken and unopened almond milk could be last week’s leftovers or last month’s pizza.
Stinky meats and petrified casseroles are easy enough to deal with: You toss them into the trash. But other foods fall into an edible gray area. If you have a block of cheese that’s developing a tiny bit of mold in a corner, should you toss it, or simply excise the moldy portion?