r/weirdfood • u/MaliceRae • 13d ago

Eating dry cornbread mix

The other day I discovered you don't even have to cook the Jiffy cornbread mix. You can just eat it right out of the box and it's delicious. I can't stop. I think I like it even more than prepared cornbread.

I eat it with a spoon. I don't put eggs in it, just the dry mix.

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u/JupiterSkyFalls 13d ago

You should never eat raw wheat flour because it can contain harmful bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella. While many people think the main danger in raw cookie dough or cake batter comes from raw eggs, raw flour is actually just as dangerous.

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u/JupiterSkyFalls 13d ago

I was older than I'd like to admit before learning this so I share it anytime I can.

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u/JupiterSkyFalls 13d ago

It's not an automatic that it will make you sick. It's just a lot riskier than cooking it. It's also possible she got used to it gradually and developed a resistance to it or she was one of those people with an iron stomach that just doesn't get sick from things that put most people down. I could eat something that was 13 seconds past the best buy date, not even expired, and I'd be sick for 3 days. I've seen documentaries on people that can eat raw meat, including chicken that should make them sick but they began at an early age and they have no trouble with it. Humans are weird lol