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  7 0 Speaking as someone who works with mold a lot: You're fine. Common bread molds are pretty much harmless and only an issue because of the way they make bread taste, which is not so great. These are considered spoilage organisms. Rarely, you could run into something that's not so great for you, but bread mold in particular is unlikely to put you down. Arsenic7 answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by K Lo and Arsenic7… 0 0 I like your science-y answer :) I know I've probably eaten much worse stuff without realizing it. And yes, the mold tasted awful. I realized that if slightly spoiled bread was somehow able to mutate into toxic death mold, they would probably mention that on the label. K Lo commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Well thanks. Also, if you want to avoid this happening in the future you may want to consider keeping your bread in the fridge, if you don't do so already. Particularly if you like to buy freshly baked bread. I know some people don't like their bread cold or whatever but it does increase the life expectancy by a good amount. Arsenic7 commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 It depends on the bread mold; some are harmless, some are indigestible and can make you nauseous, some are poisonous and can make you very ill or kill you. And some can make you trip (ergot derivatives). Trouble is, where there is one bread mold, there are likely others, and all fungi exist mostly below the surface - picking off the visible (fruiting) bodies doesn't remove the mold. Chances are, if you ingested only a few bites of mold, you'll be fine. You might be a little queasy, but it's hard to say how much of that is psychosomatic. It's unlikely there was enough mold on the bread to make you seriously unwell. People hard up for food have eaten large quantities of moldy bread without serious ill effects. But it's not something to seek out. Geni answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by K Lo… 0 0 Definitely more psychological damage than intestinal damage :) thanks! K Lo commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I've done it more or less as you did. My USWAG is that if you were allergic to penicillin then you might have a problem (the green mold is pennicillium), but barring that you're likely fine. If you have a paper cut, rub your sandwich crust on it. CleverScreenName answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by K Lo… 0 0 Thanks for the reassurance. :) No paper cuts today, but I guess I could save the crusts for when my health care coverage runs out...just kidding. K Lo commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 You better hope it wasn't the dreaded Cordyceps fungus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8 Matt answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by nseattlite… 0 0 That is both amazingly cool and frighteningly creepy. nseattlite commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I accidentally did that with a bagel the other week. I had no ill effects, except that I was totally grossed out! Kristin Bell answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I'm incredibly late on this bandwagon. However the mold on bread uses a type of photosynthesis to break the complex carbs down. So place it in a cabinet or purchase a bread box and it will more than double the life of the food. Other than that your fine :) We humans have durable guts when it comes to molds, it's those pesky bacteria like Ecoli that are killers. Svensken answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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