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yetanotherBob

In article .com>,
says...
> hi
> I m house sitting for a fellow batchelor whose gone away for a couple
> of weeks to Portugal/ the lucky sod.
> he asked me to empty fridge of all out of date foods, which is now
> done. However in the larder I ve found a jar of blackberry and apple
> jelly that has a white surface mold on top. dont really know how old it
> is , tho guessing 6 month. can i just remove mold and use for our
> consumption. I d be less hesitant with a dense jam , but this is a
> wobbly jelly. thanks in anticipation of yr help
>
>
Since you don't really know what you're dealing with, why risk illness
or some other bad reaction for a bit of free jelly? It might be OK if
you scrape the moldy part off, but then again...

Bob