cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoIs it ok to drink a glass of wine that had a fruit fly dive in?message-squaremessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down114
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareIs it ok to drink a glass of wine that had a fruit fly dive in?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI think it’s saying that you can eat the fruit fly, but not food the fruit fly has touched. It’s always worth remembering, though, that bacteria live on some foods more easily than others. I’d be surprised if most bacteria could live long in wine.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIs wine generally alcoholic enough to provide any sort of disinfectant property?
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI don’t think so, but it’s acidic enough to not be a hospitable place for anything not adapted to it.
I think it’s saying that you can eat the fruit fly, but not food the fruit fly has touched.
It’s always worth remembering, though, that bacteria live on some foods more easily than others. I’d be surprised if most bacteria could live long in wine.
Is wine generally alcoholic enough to provide any sort of disinfectant property?
I don’t think so, but it’s acidic enough to not be a hospitable place for anything not adapted to it.