[at-l] Bagel experiment

[wolferrae@earthlink.net (Rogene Beers)]

Just be careful with moldy breads if you are allergic to Penicillins,
cheese etc.  My dad ate cheese, peanuts, moldy breads etc all his  life
untill he got to where he was forced to sleep in another room from mom from
the snoring untill the polyps that, formed because of the allergies, were
removed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Orange Bug" <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Bagel experiment


> Fungal infestation in food is not necessarily a bad thing. For
> instance, cheese, yogurt, saurkraut, real pepperonni, beer, wine and
> other aged/fermented foods - including bread which uses yeast - a
> "good" fungus. The contaminant more likely to make one ill will be
> bacterial from a lack of cooking or from poor handling.
>
> Fungal infections are likely when we are immune deficient for a variety
> of reasons - including cancer chemotherapy, overwhelming infections,
> irradiation, steroid use, aging and others. They are much more robust
> than bacteria, often succombing only to stuff that nearly kills us.
> This little experiment with bagels is not likely to harm anyone other
> than an immune suppressed person, and I doubt they are recommended to
> go hiking among us or eat skanky food.
>
> This experiment suggests that the likely molds to attack the bagel will
> be bread mold and yeast from the bakery. The lesson from the experiment
> is that one _could_ (as opposed to _should_) make bagels stretch for a
> pretty long section hike. Thank you, but I'll stick to tortilla  or
> pita bread.
>
> Bill...
>
> --- Rogene Beers <wolferrae@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > The Bagel experiment is interesting but the way mold grows with
> > tendicles(for the lack of a better description) deep down into the
> > food that cannot be seen or scraped off I would be hesitant of
> > getting sick on the trails.  You got away with eatting them this
> > time but next time your intestines might disagree with your mold
> > ladden diet.  ...
>
> > Fungus infections are particularly hard to get
> > rid of in a hospital setting.  I would not mess with my chances this
> > way.
>
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