That bread, you know, it gets that white stuff on it sometimes. I seen it plenty of times. That’s white mold on bread, that is. It ain’t good to eat, that’s for sure. Makes your tummy rumble somethin’ fierce if you eat it. I always throw it out, or put it for the birds, they don’t seem to mind.
It’s like a fuzzy kinda thing, all over the bread. Sometimes it’s just little spots, sometimes it covers the whole darn slice. And that white mold, it can be other colors too. I seen green, I seen black. Ugly stuff. They say it’s some kind of, uh, “fun-guy” or somethin’. I don’t know about all that. All I know is it ruins the bread. It grows real fast, too, especially if it’s warm and damp.
You know how they make more of them little mold babies? They got these things, tiny little things you can’t even hardly see. “Spores” they call ’em. Like seeds, but smaller. They float around in the air, land on the bread, and start growin’. That’s how it spreads all over, makes a mess of the whole loaf sometimes.
- Keep that bread in the icebox.
- Don’t let it get all wet and soggy.
- That white mold on bread don’t like the cold.
I remember one time, I left a whole loaf out on the counter. Came back a few days later, and it was covered, just covered in that white mold. Had to throw the whole thing out. What a waste! Learned my lesson that time, I did.
They say that store bread, the kind you get in the plastic bags, it lasts longer if you put it in the icebox. Keeps that mold away. The cold slows it down, you see. Like puttin’ it to sleep, almost. But that homemade bread, that’s a different story. That stuff goes moldy real quick. Gotta eat it up fast, or freeze it.
And don’t be keepin’ your bread in a wet place. That white mold, it just loves the wet. It’s like a party for that mold. Keep it dry, keep it in a cool place. That’s what I always say. That is the way to keep the mold away!
Now, some folks, they say you can just cut off the moldy part and eat the rest. Not me, though. I don’t trust it. If I see even a little speck of that white mold on bread, the whole thing’s goin’ out. Better safe than sorry, that’s what my momma always said. And she lived to be 90, so she musta been doin’ somethin’ right.
That mold, it ain’t just on bread, neither. I seen it on cheese, on fruit, on all sorts of things. It’s a sneaky little thing. Just gotta keep an eye out for it, that’s all. And keep things clean and dry. There is nothing that mold likes more than a dirty, wet place.
One time, I saw mold on some old jam I had. It was all furry and green. Looked like a little monster livin’ in the jar. Straight into the trash it went! No way I was gonna eat that.
- White mold on bread is bad.
- Green mold is bad too.
- Any color mold is bad!
- Keep it cold, keep it dry.
I remember when I was a little girl, we didn’t have no icebox. We had a cellar, where we kept things cool. But even then, that white mold would still get on the bread sometimes. Especially in the summer, when it was hot and humid. We had to eat it up quick, or it would go bad. These days it is easier, but mold still happens, you have to be careful.
Nowadays, we got all these fancy ways to keep food fresh. But back then, we just had to be smart about it. We didn’t waste nothin’, that’s for sure. Every scrap of food was precious.
This white mold on bread, you don’t want to eat it. It’s not worth the risk of getting sick. Just throw it out, and get yourself some fresh bread. And remember what I told ya: keep it cool, keep it dry, and keep an eye out for that mold. Keep the bread in the fridge! You don’t want that mold to win. That is what I always say.
The mold can grow very fast. One day the bread is fine, next day it is no good. That is why you have to look all the time for the white mold.
