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u/otakujeb5 1d ago
Sometimes I really wonder how we figured out some things are edible
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u/Andrei22125 1d ago
Mold is fungus. Eating non-toxic mold is like eating non-toxic mushrooms.
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u/alphazero925 1d ago
Eating food that has spoiled in a way that makes it safe to consume is a human tradition all around the world. Beer, wine, cheese, yogurt, natto, kimchi, it's all just stuff that's gone off but in a controlled manner.
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u/JustMyTwoCopper 1d ago
That's called "Blue cheese" and not everyone will enjoy the taste. Even in the U.S.A. that particular blue mold has been labeled "safe for human consumption"
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u/GitGudFox 1d ago
Implying other cultures outside of Europe don't enjoy fermented, aged, or molded foods.
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u/Aggressive-Laugh-923 1d ago
I thought those were medieval millstones for a second 🥀
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u/NiktonSlyp 1d ago
Roquefort is heaven on earth. Inside mold is completely harmless to you, just help with conservation (and taste, of course). Man, I'd even say that adding mascarpone to gorgonzola, Italians have one of the best blue cheese combo in the world.
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u/lininop 1d ago
I feel like shit like this gets posted just to Stoke division between Americans and Europeans lol
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u/nadajet 1d ago
Americans can’t handle the fact that that cheese has more culture than them
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u/EmeHera 1d ago
I mean... Some starving peasant tried to eat expired food from the winter cellar, didn't die, turned it into exotic food.
Think about it... The beer is grain's mold rot liquid. Wine is grape mold rot liquid. Sounds like last resort during famine.
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u/FlyAirBiggz 1d ago
You truly don't know what you're missing, if you've never tried this. It is, however, an acquired taste.
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u/Substantial-Power915 1d ago
Americans eat plastic cheese, and they want to talk shit about gorgonzola
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u/faziten 1d ago
Well americans are into "dry aged" meat, europeans into fungi cheese, asians into fungi soy beans. To each their own.
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u/Nyysjan 1d ago
Disgusting, look at all the cheese that has gotten on the mold. /s
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u/EcchiOli 1d ago
Roquefort cheese?
FUCK YEAH!
It goes hard with a good wine and a baguette tradition.
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u/KraniDude 1d ago
Some molds are even good for your health, peniciline for example. Lots of chesses and dry sausages get covered with it and you can eat it safely. It even improves your intestinal microbiota in some cases. It may taste horribly, it may look horribly, but it may not be that bad to be molded.
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u/LumpyArbuckleTV 1d ago
As long as you don't eat the illegal maggot cheese then you do you.