I quite don't know how to respond to this. I mean, the moment I see mould on a product, boy that is going straight to the bin. But then again, after reading Theresa May's admission, as first reported by the Daily Mail, that she eats expired jam by scraping the mould off the top of jam and eat what's underneath. This definitely caught my attention, yet the thought of it just makes me sick, that's just me. In fact, even the food experts cautioned that eating visibly expired food can be dangerous and expose people to "unseen toxins." after reading her statement.
People of course had a mixed reactions to this, going as far to admitting that they've been doing this for several years and are fine and dandy. This statement also brought back PM Theresa May's food controversy back in 2016 when The Sunday Times published her recipe for scones which was heavily criticised by people followed with more criticism on her expired jam statement.
From scone’gate to jam’geddon, Theresa May’s kitchen lore is still stirring fears, writes @joshbythesea in @theipaper https://t.co/yll2cCTTaN pic.twitter.com/2Zuors5zyZ
— Dan Lepard (@dan_lepard) February 13, 2019
the most powerful Brexit metaphor I've ever seen pic.twitter.com/Uf2sz1v8XV
— Alan White (@aljwhite) February 13, 2019
British PM rallies her people by telling them she has nothing to offer them but Brexit, mold, and expired preserves. https://t.co/UIMvnPng0b
— Aviel Roshwald (@RoshwaldAviel) February 13, 2019
I've seen this screenshot like 50 times this morning, so I just assumed it was one of those fake parody headlines. But nope, it's real https://t.co/IG7ifeoEy7 https://t.co/CGbIqNui60
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) February 13, 2019
How long until we see headlines about a food poisoned family who followed the PM’s advice…? #stickysituation #inajam https://t.co/MMvPyhPCeg
— Fatima Manji (@fatimamanji) February 13, 2019
NEW Theresa May's advice to eat mouldy jam could expose families to 'unseen toxins' says Food Standards Agency https://t.co/wv4pn2D310 via @Telegraph
— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) February 13, 2019
Food Standards Agency source tells @Telegraph: “While it is possible that removing the mould and a significant amount of the surrounding product could remove any unseen toxins that are present, there is no guarantee that doing so would remove them all.”
— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) February 13, 2019
Are you telling me you all throw away an entire pot of jam because it has a spot of harmless mould at the top? My god, you people.
— Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) February 13, 2019
we were promised alternative jams
— Tom King (@tallgeekychap) February 13, 2019
I’m not dead yet 🍯 https://t.co/uapyhvopCw
— Camilla Swift (@millsswift) February 13, 2019
Usually too mould in jam is caused by other ingredients imposed on it. I always use a spoon, a knife that’s been used and inserted back in to jar carries butter and or crumbs. 🙄 can you tell I’ve had years studying this 😂
— Carole (@Bird60Carole) February 13, 2019
How incredibly old does jam have to be to go mouldy, anyway?
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) February 13, 2019
2 important variables: 1. Crumbs. These in jam hugely hasten the development of mould hence why strictly a spoon not knife should be used. 2. Storage: whilst it attarcts much mockery “ why would you store a preserve in the fridge”-less mould. I reckon crumbs/warm within 3weeks.
— Victoria Smith #FBPE (@smithwax2) February 13, 2019
Jam doesn't last long enough in our house to grow mould, but anyone who throws cheese away because of mould rather than scraping it off then eating the cheese is a monster, don't @ me.
— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) February 13, 2019
by the way if you need an infuriating earworm then "I scrape the mould off the jam" goes well to the tune of Whip My Hair
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) February 13, 2019
['i push my fingers into my eyes' voice] i scrape the mould off the top of my jam
— joel golby (@joelgolby) February 13, 2019
The question we'd ask you folks is this. How old was the actual jam for mould to start developing on it or does Theresa May intentionally wait for the jam to go mouldy before she eats it?
