Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know
From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
Date: | Saturday, May 10, 2003, 12:53 |
John:
> Fungi that do not have fruiting bodies are called "molds", especially
> when they invade food (This is usually bad, although in the case of blue
> cheese, which is cheese invaded by _Penicillium notatum_, the common
> blue-green mold of bread, it is considered good. Go figure.)
I find that mold improves also coffee, if caught at a stage before
the mold becomes visible. (Perhaps it tastes even better when the
mold becomes visible, but I have never been able to bring myself
to drink it once the mold has become visible.)
--And.