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Default White mold on blueberries - salvageable?


"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.?


Depending on condition, if it was just a few I may wash and eat the good
ones. On the road, I'd definitely not want to get sick. I'd toss them.

I can see you now, intestines screaming for release the the sign says "next
rest stop 50 miles"