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Viral bread mold hack failed my side by side test in Denver
Everyone was sharing those videos where you spray lemon juice on bread mold and it disappears in like 2 seconds. I called total nonsense on that, so last Saturday I grabbed two slices of the same loaf from my kitchen in Denver and sprayed one with bottled lemon juice. The other got plain water as a control. After 48 hours in a damp drawer, both slices had the same fuzzy green spots. The lemon juice slice maybe had slightly less growth, but it definitely did not melt the mold away like the video showed. I think those clips speed up time or use vinegar or bleach instead. Has anyone actually tested one of these food hacks side by side and found one that worked?
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gracethomas10d ago
This fits right into that whole world of internet hacks that only work when someone edits the video. My sister tried the one where you rub a banana peel on a cut and it heals faster, and surprise, it did nothing either. What gets me is how these videos always have the same setup, weird close up shots, jump cuts, and some caption about how doctors hate this trick. Real tests like yours take a couple days and nobody films that part. Same thing happened with those fake cleaning videos where a guy wipes a burnt pan and it looks brand new, turns out most of them swap pans off camera. Your control slice with plain water was smart, that is the part people skip. Keep testing and posting the fails, since those are way more useful than the viral wins.
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