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Invisibleboomerman
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jar looks unhealthy
    #5552171 - 04/24/06 07:20 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

i have a jar that is 85%. It has a greyish color down by the bottom of the jar. It smells ok, like mushroom aroma, not a rancid smell. can it be contaminated and still smell ok? Can the myc. be a grey color sometimes? There is some excessive water by the greyspot as well.

The story behind this jar is that a few weeks ago it had no signs of myc. and it looked dry so i took the cap off and put some water in it, an expeirment if you will. I had some people tell me it was doomed but i kept an eye on it. It stank for a few days then the myc started to spread and it was a nice healthy white and the smell went away, and soon the mushroom smell came to be. Now it has a grey spot.

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: boomerman]
    #5552193 - 04/24/06 07:28 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

IMO the jar is no good if it smelled bad before than there is definitly

a contamination and i wouldn't trust consuming anything off it. water

can be added in a sterile way, take the lid off only in sterile

enviroment ie: a glove box or under a flow hood and use sterile water,

or inject sterile water with a syringe. if you just take the lid off

in unsterile conditions and add regular old tap water you dont stand a

chance as shown by the bad smell you had.

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: BPJohnny]
    #5552233 - 04/24/06 07:38 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

i did it with a needle in a sterile way for another jar i had with the same problem.  The smell of that one mad me gag so i just tossed the fucker.  and by what your saying i guess ill toss the other one as well.. :hehehe:

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: boomerman]
    #5552246 - 04/24/06 07:41 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

sorry man tough break. bad smells are no good the myc prob took over

and thats why you dont smell it any more and some may use it anyway but

i am very cautious when it comes to contams i dont want to take an

unnecessary risk of getting sick

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: BPJohnny]
    #5552266 - 04/24/06 07:46 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

thanks man, at least i did manage to get 5 out of 10 cakes. next time around ill add more water to my mixes from the beginning.

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: boomerman]
    #5552284 - 04/24/06 07:51 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

how did you smell it? was the stench so bad that it smelled through the top or did you unscrew the top to smell?

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: vintage_gonzo]
    #5552302 - 04/24/06 07:55 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

i dont have tape on the holes. and the one that i used the syringe smelled through the taped holes/

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: boomerman]
    #5554318 - 04/25/06 08:58 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I've had jars do that before that were totally fine.

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: Sinthetic]
    #5554339 - 04/25/06 09:08 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

i have had a really bad contam before and it had no smell at all



good luck

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Re: jar looks unhealthy [Re: horha]
    #5554346 - 04/25/06 09:12 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

just soak and simmer. you'll be fine every time.


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