Re: [CH] Chile Mold -- MM MM Good!!!

Hobby Farmer (hobbyfarmer@t-one.net)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:53:40 -0400

Ken - Your first reference says to trim the mold off of peppers and
go ahead and use them.  Good news to me....

Hobby Farmer

Ken wrote:
> 
> someone, who didn't know any better, wrote ...
> 
>> What we see is when the mold is at the reproductive stage.  No big
>> deal.  Remember penicillin is a mold.  Scrape it off an chow down.>>
> 
> ... here's hoping that anyone following that advice has very good
> MEDICAL INSURANCE.  The truth is:  scraping the fruiting bodies (fuzzy
> stuff) off your food doesn't get rid of the toxins.  Not all molds are
> beneficial (like penicillin).  Some penicillin-like molds are VERY
> toxic.  Some molds are DEADLY.  For info on food safety check:
> gopher://cesgopher.ag.uiuc.edu:70/00/Food-and-Nutrition/Food-Safety/Mold-in-and-on-Foods

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