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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