Eli5: Why do you not eat moldy food, but eat moldy cheese
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The mold in moldy cheeses is carefully cultivated and added to the cheese on purpose. Wild molds that that get into food are unsafe to eat because there are some kinds that are toxic.
When mold grows on bread it can spread deep into it so it’s lost. When wild mold gets on the surface of hard cheeses it can’t go deep into the it because the cheese is too dense. Molds need air.
It’s safe to cut the mold off and eat the cheese.
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