******* mold

firstsip
firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
edited January 1 in Food and Nutrition
I just bought some strawberries. Kept in fridge. They are moldy.

I had bought multigrain Kroger sandwich thins. They lasted for over a month. I bought the whole wheat kind--BOOM, mold in like three days.

Idgaf if the multigrain is obvs. more processed, hence less mold. WHY IS MY FOOD MOLDING SO FAST. HOW CAN I STOP IT.

PLEASE HURRY, I'M HUNGRY.

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  • nicosland
    nicosland Posts: 85 Member
    I keep my bread products frozen and just take out one as I need it as they go bad too fast and are too expensive to waste. I also find fruits and veg go moldy too fast so I tend to buy mostly frozen versions of stuff and just take out enough to use. If I buy fresh, I use it the same day or face the wrath of mold the next day or so.

    There's nothing worse than biting into moldy food, ugh.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    The less processed your food is, the faster it spoils. Think about the chemicals that keep food for a month...preservatives, dyes, and such...you may have to deal with shopping more often but atleast you aren't putting those chemicals in your body.

    Here is a pretty good article about keeping fresh fruits and veggies fresh for longer.

    http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/fruits-vegetables-fresh-long.html

    P.S. When I know I am not going to eat my berries or bananas in 3-4 days, I will freeze them in ziploc bags and use them in recipes or smoothies. They last a long time in the freezer!
  • jeme3
    jeme3 Posts: 355 Member
    Yep, real food goes bad faster.

    The reason people started making white flour and white rice was to keep the vermin out. Think about that- the rats won't eat it, why should you?

    The half life for fresh fruit is very short. And berries, it's a day or two.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I just bought some strawberries. Kept in fridge. They are moldy.
    Check the temperature is correct.
  • minizebu
    minizebu Posts: 2,716 Member
    OP: I bought some plastic food storage containers on Amazon that work very well to keep food fresh longer. I had some mushrooms that I stored in one of the containers and then forgot about. Ten or twelve days later they were still good and didn't go slimy like forgotten mushrooms usually do. (I've got way too much stuff in the fridge and things get buried or pushed to the back a lot.)

    Anyway, the were called Kinetic Go Green Nano Silver - they sound like a super-hero's food storage containers.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member

    The reason people started making white flour and white rice was to keep the vermin out.

    cool story, bro
  • PittShkr
    PittShkr Posts: 1,000 Member
    just eat it ... unless your allergic
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I often freeze bananas, and used to freeze bread... except I rarely eat bread, so when I buy it, it's supposed to be for the next few weeks. It's just become "the next few hours."

    I don't know where I've been that I haven't thought of freezing berries, though. I'll be slapping that **** in the freezer from now on.

    P.S. Yeah, I know WHY foods have built in shelf lives.
  • fitsin10
    fitsin10 Posts: 141
    that's the reason for white flour and white rice? Seriously?
  • healthynotthin
    healthynotthin Posts: 223 Member
    So wait... what are you asking, exactly?
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Yep, real food goes bad faster.

    The reason people started making white flour and white rice was to keep the vermin out. Think about that- the rats won't eat it, why should you?

    The half life for fresh fruit is very short. And berries, it's a day or two.

    You've convinced me. Keep your Paleo diet, I'm going on the "Pal-Rat Diet". I'm going to start eating stuff that rats eat because they are the very image of health and hygiene.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    So wait... what are you asking, exactly?

    Correct.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    that's the reason for white flour and white rice? Seriously?

    no.

    but it sounds really alarming, right!?
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