Eli5 your food has mold so you throw it out. Except for cheese, you just cut off that bit and keep going. Why is molded cheese still safe to eat, unlike bread or chicken?

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Eli5 your food has mold so you throw it out. Except for cheese, you just cut off that bit and keep going. Why is molded cheese still safe to eat, unlike bread or chicken?

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Bread full of holes, easy to grow in. Meat and soft cheese soft, easy to grow through. Hard cheese no holes, hard to grow through. Bacteria strong, but not that strong. Gut biome weak. Tummy hurt. So still cut off lot of hard cheese when moldy, at least one finger wide. Tummy won’t hurt.