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OHMIGOD I have just eaten moldy bread HELP !!!!!!!!!

19 replies

melsy · 13/02/2004 09:19

If you feel queisy(spelling??) DO NOT read.

I didnt realise till the LAST mouthful then it started tasting weird as it had thick jam all over. Now i think I am goona hurl. I had a look in the bag & I see grean stuff , hard to detect as it was one of those seedy grainy breads.

I feel so sick , and i just had a stomach bug. Can I get ill from this ???

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musica · 13/02/2004 09:22

It's probably fine - after all, mould is the source of penicillin. Don't know if it could make you sick, but how horrible to find out after you'd eaten it. Hope you're ok.

Bron · 13/02/2004 09:30

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katierocket · 13/02/2004 09:39

you'll be fine melsy.

twiglett · 13/02/2004 09:40

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M2T · 13/02/2004 09:44

lol Melsy!

I've done this a few times.... and I'm fine. Luckily enough it's not a dangerous form of bacteria growing and your immune system can MORE than cope with it. And if it was toasted then you'll have killed the bacteria anyway.

lydialemon · 13/02/2004 09:47

I've also been known to pick the moldy bits off, if thats all the bread that is left! You will be OK ( clear up the tummy bug for you )

musica · 13/02/2004 09:55

I did feel really bad once when I gave ds a hot cross bun, and he spent ages picking at it. I was getting really irritated, saying "just eat it" when he handed me all the mouldy bits he'd just picked off. (He was 2)

M2T · 13/02/2004 09:56

ROFL Musica!!

Evita · 13/02/2004 11:07

M2T, what does ROFL mean? I've seen it a few times on various threads.

melsy, you'll be fine. mould's supposed to be quite good for you. Unless you're allergic to penicillin.

Hulababy · 13/02/2004 11:08

EVita - ROFL = roll on floor laughing

suzywong · 13/02/2004 11:11

IT's probably a delcacy in parts of France

nutcracker · 13/02/2004 11:34

I did exactly the same (hovis, best of both i think). I was half way through my sandwich when i realised it tasted funny and then noticed a little whit and green bit in the corner. My brother and my dd2 were eating it too.

Metrobaby · 13/02/2004 11:43

My Granny regularly eats toasted mouldy bread. She never seems to have a problem with it. She'll be 90 in 4 months time, so I guess its never done her any harm.

I reckon you'll be fine too.

aloha · 13/02/2004 11:49

I've done this so often, and I'm still here...

GeorginaA · 13/02/2004 11:52

I've done this quite recently - AND I'm allergic to penicillin!! Am fine, but it probably isn't a good thing to make a habit of

Demented · 13/02/2004 17:13

The way you lot are talking about mouldy bread, it's starting to sound like a health food, yum off to look for some!

marthamoo · 13/02/2004 17:26

Yeah, I've eaten it too - fed it to my kids etc. We are still here! I've also scooped the mould off jam/cranberry sauce etc and still used it. And I let ds2 eat cereal off the floor when he was a baby. I am a bad, bad person.

hmb · 13/02/2004 17:44

Doubt it. I've done it an I'm still hear to tell the tale.

And I've picked the mouldy bits off when I've run out of bread in the freezer.

Theoreticaly there can be toxins present, but remember that Penicilin comes from a mould originally!

mammya · 14/02/2004 00:12

It IS a delicacy in France as the blue mould of Roquefort cheese comes from mouldy bread!

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