Money Saving gone TOO far?

justpeyton4now

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Well, special species of mould used for Roquefort or Camembert are not poisonous. But do you know what kind of mould grows on YOUR cheese? I personally would risk neither my health, nor that of my family.

From the time I was a child, I remember my mother and grandmother slicing a moulded bit from cheese and using the good part. I do the same now. I will qualify that by saying I only do that with firm cheeses such as cheddar, edam, gouda etc. Soft cheeses like brie, philadelphia etc would get tossed. Just want to let you know I've lived to the ripe old age of 46 so far.

danksshady

my mum and myself do this and no cancer in our family

Gigervamp

But that link just debunks some myths about mould on cheese. Am I missing something?

princesstippytoes

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

http://www.longwoods.com/view.php?aid=18965

Well, special species of mould used for Roquefort or Camembert are not poisonous. But do you know what kind of mould grows on YOUR cheese? I personally would risk neither my health, nor that of my family.

If thats the best evidence that you can find to support your claim then I'll take your post with the large dose of salt it deserves. :rolleyes:

In post 125 you said
'' Doing this is probably one of the most irresponsible things you could do.'' I believe making sweeping statements intended to frighten people without being able to back them up with evidence is much more irresponsible.

PolishBigSpender

geordie_joe wrote: »

Well I read that document 3 times and could find no mention of "special species of mould. What make you think it is special?

I called "special" the species used for production of the cheese like Roquefort, eg. Penicillium roqueforti.

geordie_joe wrote: »

Not knowing the name of the mould on your cheese does not make it cancerogenic!

No, it only means you don't know if it's carcinogenic or not. According to some studies, even cheese meant to be moulded can be dangerous.
http://www.mold-help.org/content/view/631/

Certainly many species of mould are producing undesirable substances, as you can read here: http://www.vdh.state.va.us/EnvironmentalHealth/FOOD/FoodSafety/GuidanceDocs/GuidanceFiles/Food/ENV381.pdf

In black and white, from the above link.

These mycotoxins have caused cancer and other adverse effects in experimental animals

This website states that you can eat hard cheese after removing a fair bit of mould... but I wouldn't risk it.
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/articles/moldy-cheese-is-it-unsafe-to-eat/0AC2B547-5A12-493D-A2EE25521E535348

This shows how mould permeates to other parts of the food: http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=105052

I might not be rich, but thankfully I don't have to eat rotten food yet.

Pitlanepiglet

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

I might not be rich, but thankfully I don't have to eat rotten food yet.

I bet you have.....unless you never eat out and never eat anything that you haven't prepared each part of it yourself :rotfl:

clutterydrawer

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

No, it only means you don't know if it's carcinogenic or not. According to some studies, even cheese meant to be moulded can be dangerous.
http://www.mold-help.org/content/view/631/

I don't know if ANYTHING is carcinogenic though. ...a study might come out tomorrow saying all bread makes you ill, but im not going to stop eating it "just in case"

PolishBigSpender

clutterydrawer wrote: »

I don't know if ANYTHING is carcinogenic though. ...a study might come out tomorrow saying all bread makes you ill, but im not going to stop eating it "just in case"

I must say that the lack of any logic in this statement left me quite speechless

Primrose

Is there anybody else like me who seems to be constitutionally incapable of throwing out broken/damaged items and is still limping along with them trying to squeeze out a little more use?

Anybody care to add to my list?
- a badly split plastic colander which is still being used to drain vegetables
- a large cracked hand mirror used to blow dry my hair
- a pair of split garden Cloggies mended with Duct tape which have split
open again but still being used
- several pairs of holey knickers which wouldn't bear inspection if I was
run over by a bus.

Am I tight or just frugal? If the economy were better I might feel more comfortable about replacing things but while items still have some use left in them I feel badly about committing them to the landfill site.

onetomany

lol im the same i loked at my broken, plastic jug 2day thinking i really should throw it away as it has a broken handle, and a crack but i just shut the cupboard door lol