Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be floating around?

On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be floating around?

Always.

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Colin Bignell

Am 31/03/2023 um 12:27 schrieb Colin Bignell:
> On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
>> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in
>> bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning home
>> mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface while
>> sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I had a
>> bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be
>> floating around?
>
> Always.
>

Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
nowadays) should not go moldy. In the good old days, bread would go
stale but you could still reuse it in soup, for example Florentine
ribollita [1] which is simply veggie soup with stale bread. I'm sure
there are British examples but I am not aware of any.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribollita

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Ottavio Caruso

On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be floating around?

Unless you have a really very cold kitchen, you are taking quite a
chance leaving the soup out like that.

Am 31/03/2023 um 13:52 schrieb Ottavio Caruso:
> I'm sure
> there are British examples but I am not aware of any.
>

Stupid me: bread pudding.

Although I would think nowadays one would just use fresh bread.

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Ottavio Caruso

On 31/03/2023 14:52, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Am 31/03/2023 um 12:27 schrieb Colin Bignell:
>> On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
>>> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in
>>> bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning
>>> home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface
>>> while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I
>>> had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be
>>> floating around?
>>
>> Always.
>>
>
> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
> nowadays) should not go moldy. In the good old days, bread would go
> stale but you could still reuse it in soup,

The mould spores were still floating around, but the bread went stale
faster, so they didn't have time to get established.

for example Florentine
> ribollita [1] which is simply veggie soup with stale bread. I'm sure
> there are British examples but I am not aware of any.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribollita
>

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Colin Bignell

Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
> nowadays) should not go moldy.

Depends what you keep it in. Bread goes stale when it dries out, and mouldy
when it stays damp. Put it in an airy bread bin and it'll go stale, in a
plastic bag it'll go mouldy.

The same applies when houses go mouldy.

Theo

On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:52:19 +1100, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Am 31/03/2023 um 12:27 schrieb Colin Bignell:
>> On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
>>> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in
>>> bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning home
>>> mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface while
>>> sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I had a
>>> bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be
>>> floating around?
>> Always.
>>
>
> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
> nowadays) should not go moldy.

Bullshit. Proper bread always does go mouldy eventually.

> In the good old days, bread would go stale but you could still reuse it
> in soup, for example Florentine ribollita [1] which is simply veggie
> soup with stale bread. I'm sure there are British examples but I am not
> aware of any.

> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribollita

Am 31/03/2023 um 18:13 schrieb Rod Speed:
> On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:52:19 +1100, Ottavio Caruso
> <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Am 31/03/2023 um 12:27 schrieb Colin Bignell:
>>> On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
>>>> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in
>>>> bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning
>>>> home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface
>>>> while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when
>>>> I had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores
>>>> be floating around?
>>>  Always.
>>>
>>
>> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
>> nowadays) should not go moldy.
>
> Bullshit. Proper bread always does go mouldy eventually.

Your mum goes mouldy.

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Ottavio Caruso

I think the short answer is of course they are, as are lots of things, even
minute little creatures.
I keep my bread in the fridge and a stock in the freezer. Its been very
damp and so I'd expect them to be even more around now. There was a
wonderful programme made by BBC 2 some years ago which basically as things
rotted in a normal house. It was very interesting and just a little
frightening. Some of the moulds are in fact perfectly edible but others not.
Brian

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Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in bread box
(didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning home mede tomato
soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface while sitting in saucepan
on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I had a bowl heated in microwave.
Just wondering would mould spores be floating around?

Am 01/04/2023 um 12:12 schrieb Brian Gaff:
> I keep my bread in the fridge

Sacrilege!

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On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:13:23 +1100, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Am 31/03/2023 um 18:13 schrieb Rod Speed:
>> On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:52:19 +1100, Ottavio Caruso
>> <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 31/03/2023 um 12:27 schrieb Colin Bignell:
>>>> On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
>>>>> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in
>>>>> bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning
>>>>> home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface
>>>>> while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when
>>>>> I had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores
>>>>> be floating around?
>>>> Always.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
>>> nowadays) should not go moldy.
>> Bullshit. Proper bread always does go mouldy eventually.
>
> Your mum goes mouldy.

Nope, she was cremated.

On 31/03/2023 14:52, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Am 31/03/2023 um 12:27 schrieb Colin Bignell:
>> On 31/03/2023 13:22, fred wrote:
>>> Over tha past few weeks home made wheaten bread has gone mouldy in
>>> bread box (didn't bother me I just cut it off ), and this morning
>>> home mede tomato soup has grown an interesting beard on its surface
>>> while sitting in saucepan on stove top. It was grand yesterday when I
>>> had a bowl heated in microwave. Just wondering would mould spores be
>>> floating around?
>>
>> Always.
>>
>
> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
> nowadays) should not go moldy. In the good old days, bread would go
> stale but you could still reuse it in soup, for example Florentine
> ribollita [1] which is simply veggie soup with stale bread. I'm sure
> there are British examples but I am not aware of any.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribollita
>
That's probably true in the climate of Italy where IIRC you grew up, but
it's not the case in the UK.

It's astonishing how many spores are floating around all the time.

Andy

On 31/03/2023 16:02, Theo wrote:
> Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
>> nowadays) should not go moldy.
>
> Depends what you keep it in. Bread goes stale when it dries out, and mouldy
> when it stays damp. Put it in an airy bread bin and it'll go stale, in a
> plastic bag it'll go mouldy.
>
> The same applies when houses go mouldy.
>
> Theo

I cover the cut end of my bread with a piece of cling film and keep it
in a cotton draw string bag. This works very well.

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Cheers
Clive

On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:36:33 +1000, Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 31/03/2023 16:02, Theo wrote:
>> Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Tomato soup is understandable but proper bread (not the crap we buy
>>> nowadays) should not go moldy.
>> Depends what you keep it in. Bread goes stale when it dries out, and
>> mouldy
>> when it stays damp. Put it in an airy bread bin and it'll go stale, in
>> a
>> plastic bag it'll go mouldy.
>> The same applies when houses go mouldy.
>> Theo
>
> I cover the cut end of my bread with a piece of cling film and keep it
> in a cotton draw string bag. This works very well.

I keep mine in a plastic bag that get used for a month or so
with fresh bread from the bread machine every 4 days and
that works perfectly and is a lot less farting around.