“Do you want to poison us?” American in shock: saw mold on Russian jam and made a scandal The owner's response stunned her

Sarah came to the Russian dacha and did not expect that the usual tea party will end in a loud argument. The reason was a bank of homemade apricot jam, on the surface of which mold appeared, writes the Zen channel “Talking about education”.

When the owner of the house, Aunt Tamara, was going to remove the top layer and serve jam for tea, the American was outraged. She was convinced that the product was dangerous to health, and demanded that the entire can be thrown away immediately.

Sarah even tried to pick her up from the table, but relatives stopped her by a guest. They explained that they are not going to risk their health, but they do not want to throw away home blanks unnecessarily.

For Aunt Tamara, home preparations were a familiar part of life. She cooked jam for years and kept it in the cellar, trying not to translate the harvest.

Sarah insisted that mold could be dangerous even if only the surface was affected. In this matter, her fears are not without reason: mold fungi are able to penetrate deeper than the visible area, and some of them produce toxins.

Therefore, removing the top layer does not guarantee the safety of jam. Food safety experts recommend discarding the product if mold appears on it.

The controversy led participants to reflect on habits that seem obvious in one family and bewilder another. For some, home preparations are associated with frugality and family traditions, for others, the safety of products is more important than the desire to preserve the harvest.

As a result, the story of Sarah and Aunt Tamara was not so much a dispute about jam as a clash of different views on life and eating habits.

But there is an important nuance: mold on jam can not be considered a harmless defect, and you should not check its safety on your own health.