Wonder no more. I'll show you.
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| The first hint of trouble was the mold growing on the OUTSIDE of the lunchbox. Uh-oh... |
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| There are even different colors of mold growing. |
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| Ah-ha. The leftover yogurt is the culprit. |
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| Mold under a container and on the spoon. |
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| Fuzzy mold in the corners. |
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| Hmmm, that looks like a lot of mold IN the container... |
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| There's definitely some ON that container... |
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| The mold created its own seal. The picture doesn't quite capture the fuzziness of the growth. |
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| It grew to fill the whole container. |
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| It fell as a solid clump into the sink. |
UPDATE!
The scrubbing worked. They're clean! The lunch boxes are useable again! Sometimes it pays to be a cheapskate...
That yogurt had blueberries in it, right? Because I've never seen plain yogurt bleed like that. :) Science is cool and I'm glad you're not scared to introduce your kids to microbiology at an early age...but I really hope that lunchbox can be run through the wash machine or dishwasher.
ReplyDeleteEwwwww....that is so nasty! I had to throw out one of C's bibs (and bleach two more) because they had mold growing on them. The teachers put the dirty bibs in plastic baggies and I failed to grab it on a Friday...come Monday there was a whole ecosystem in there!
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