Mouldy jam jar rim, aibu to eat the non mouldy jam?

[Jjiillkkf]

There is a little mould down one side of the jam jar - what do normal people do? Eat the unaffected jam or chuck it all? Is it gross to even consider eating the jam?

Chuck it.

It's gone off

Eat the non-mouldy bits
No problem

If the mould is in on the rim, I wipe it off and carry on, if there is any mould at all in the actual jam then I chuck it, it’s not worth taking the risk for a bit of jam.

My MIL would have chucked the mould and eaten the jam. If she was feeling cautious she’d have boiled it up again first. afaik she was never ill.

OTOH I wouldn’t dream of doing this. It’s probably safe but it’s a bit gross.

I’d chuck it, DH would be in the eat it camp! Yuck!

I'd scrape off anything mouldy with a healthy margin, and eat the rest of the Jam. I understand Jam is one of the few foods you can do that with, safely.

I wouldn't be able to enjoy it. In the bin.

Scrape off the mould - jam you can do it with and hard cheeses too 👍

This ^^

I found this article that confirms what @Advent0range says and advises what is and isn't safe:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47227477

[t is probably penicillin.

It's gone mouldy coz it's not often eaten, this takes weeks to go mouldy. Just get rid and buy a new one in a smaller pot

I'd eat it, depends how much you want jam though I guess.

Yep

So Theresa May eats it and look how long she lasted...

I really wanted it, but lost my nerve and chucked my Jammy roll to the birds. Probably is safe, but just wasn't sure what a normal sensible person would do

I'd scrape off the mould and eat it.

Wow for a jar of jam why risk it?! Bin it and buy another.

I would remove the mould with a teaspoon and eat the remaining jam. I keep it in the fridge tho so it grows slowly

Def scrape off the mouldy bit and eat it. Been doing this all my life having been taught by my Mum who was a war baby, when food was not wasted.

If the mould has got very extensive I chuck it out of course.

I wouldn't eat it.

If you don't want mouldy jam, use a teaspoon so put the jam on your toast then spread it with a knife. It's the butter that causes it to go off.

Wipe off the mould. Scrape off the top layer and then eat what’s underneath.

or, scrape off the top layer and remove the good jam to a Tupperware

What is one of those?

@Jjiillkkf so you let the birds risk the mould

Store your jam (and other jarred condiments) upside down in the fridge. The air at the bottom of the jar is sterile and the jam is in contact with the lid with no air for the mould to grow.

If you've opened it and air gets in, it's not sterile