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Default White mold on blueberries - salvageable?

On Sep 9, 5:23*am, Steve Freides > wrote:
> Hi - posting from google groups 'cause I'm on the road and w/ a
> different computer.
>
> I brought a container of fresh blueberries with me - they haven't been
> refrigerated for the last two days and they'd already been in my
> refrigerator for about a week before I left. *Now they are starting to
> show some white "stuff," which I assume is mold, in a spot or two.
>
> Are they still safe to eat in any form and, if so, should I wash the
> white stuff off, should I just try to avoid the ones that have the
> mold already on them, etc.? *I imagine there is a scientific answer
> here but I'd appreciate a practical one. *Obviously I don't want to
> give myself food poisoning but I'm hoping this white stuff isn't so
> terrible - you tell me, please. *Today is Friday - I'd love to find a
> way to get another day or two, and another handful or two, out of
> them, not so much for frugality's sake as because I'm busy and getting
> to a grocery store will be tough.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -S-


Try 'em. If you get sick then you'll know better next time.