Making stuff go mouldy more quickly!

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Aaargh....DD needs a piece of mouldy food for her science lesson tomorrow. She has been cultivating a mouldy piece of bread for a week - and it accidentally got thrown away! Is there a way of growing new mould quickly?!

Berries are probably your best bet? I left a cut up strawberry in the packet on the counter last night and it had gone mouldy by this morning (the dryer had been on so the room was pretty warm which may have been why)

Raspberries are awful for this. Maybe go to the supermarket & see if you can spot anything on the fresh aisle - burst tomatoes, berries or other sift fruit. Broccoli is a bastard for harbouring secret pockets of mould amongst the florets too.

Are all children required to bring in mouldy food? Seems a shame to encourage food wastage and some families won’t have food to waste/leave to go mouldy.

If you can’t sort anything I doubt she’ll be the only one without, just send her in with a note

Buy raspberries or blueberries from Aldi, they’re usually mouldy pretty quickly!

Leave some berries on the radiator?

A nice piece of Stilton?

Apart from soft fruit.... I can't think of anything but remember the mouldy bread experiment

Gloves on and rummage in the food waste bin?

All cheese is mouldy milk.

Wipe a piece of bread on the floor and put it in a warm place?

Or blue cheese.

Thanks! Tried a few (except bin rummaging as it's a communal bin!) but I think ultimately it just wasn't long enough.

Definitely raspberries, they go mould in the fridge quickly, so if you leave s few out in a warm room you should get a nice harvest!

Ugh. Just refuse. School shouldn't be asking for this. There are very specific guidelines about using mould in science lessons. They don't include asking people to bring random mouldy food from home.