Oh No, I Have Moldy Nuns!!!
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Toss it, please.
Risking smoking mold spores to save $12... Seriously.
I'd attempt to contact the manufacturer and let them know it molded. They may offer to simply send you a replacement.
Yes it is only one tins worth, but I may still try to save it. I mean why not, I'm not doing anything else tonight.
But, there's no way to really know if you're successful.
I'll just send you a tin if it convinces you to not smoke mold.
I'll just send you a tin if it convinces you to not smoke mold.
That is a common misconception. Microwaves heat by spinning all of the polar molecules in a substance causing friction and heating it up. It just happens that water has a very high content of dipolar molecules. The microwaves only penetrate an inch or so, which is why you sometimes have to stir things part way through to avoid cold spots. NOT recommended to kill mold.
You never know, it might! The purple fungus that grows on rye grain in a too-rainy season is where LSD comes from (lysergic acid > ergotomine tartrate). But if you just eat it as it is, in its raw form, it will also do much more, like give you gangrene of your limbs while putting you into a delirium.
Holy freakin shit tmb152!!! You win, I threw it out!
It broke my mother-lovin heart, but I threw it out and it's worm fodder now! 8O
Yes, water is composed of polar molecules and the radiation excites the atoms. Can you understand not everyone on this site teaches physics and that sometimes keeping it simple is the best path? You won't hear me go into the complex neurology of the basilar ganglia's role in hemiparesis from thrombosis. Or, the origin of the psychological impulses behind your incessant need to correct the most minor of semantic imprecisions of all things physics ON A PIPE SITE!! If you want to ride my ass, send me a PM, or start a Physics thread. And please take responsibility for being rude and don't blame the site for MAKING you an ass. My apologies to the OP and site members for this outburst. I come here to relax and learn about pipes and tobacco, not to be badgered by a know it all. That's MY JOB! :evil:
The spores themselves are not dangerous. We inhale them all time without knowing and only in certain cases do they cause harm to an otherwise healthy body. The resultant mold, which starts out microscopic, can produce toxins, which may or may not break down from heat. I have to say throwing it out was probably the best option, unless you like to be a guinea pig like me.
Tmb152- I want to apologize for my ungentlemanly outburst. Instead of being grateful and respectful of your knowledge, I find myself acting like a complete ass. I will continue to work on my character defects in this area and wish you the best in all your endeavors...including correcting my vulgar attempts at discussing Newtonian Physics. If anyone needs me I'll be in the Diogenes Club having a psychotic episode.
Tmb152- I want to apologize for my ungentlemanly outburst. Instead of being grateful and respectful of your knowledge, I find myself acting like a complete ass. I will continue to work on my character defects in this area and wish you the best in all your endeavors...including correcting my vulgar attempts at discussing Newtonian Physics. If anyone needs me I'll be in the Diogenes Club having a psychotic episode.
I'd have picked out the moldy leaf and put the rest on the front of my rotation to use it up. But I think death' has a good plan with heating it up (after you pick out the visible mold). The mold got on there along the way, might have been after you opened the tin. No telling. Spores are everywhere. Could have been on the jar itself. I don't think the extra air in the larger jar is the problem per se. My wife, who grew up on a farm, without electricity in the early days, laughs off mold on cheese, cuts it off and happily goes on with the recipe. She's livin' in the real world, as she went right on doing in her many years living in Manhattan.
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