Science Meets Stupid #2: Can I Eat This Moldy Pizza?

I have always thought that stupidity was natural selection working extra hard. I came across an article on cnn.com telling college students how to decide if something is okay to eat or not.

Okay. If you are in COLLEGE, I would hope you would be able to figure out chunky milk= bad, green fuzzy spots = bad and flies= bad. Here are some actual questions answered in the article:

Can I cut the mold off the bread/cheese and eat the rest?
Do dry packaged foods like ramen or boxed macaroni and cheese last forever?
The pizza from last night has been sitting out on the counter. Can I eat it for breakfast?
Should I drink milk after its use-by date? What about eggs?
Raw chicken always smells funny. How do I know if it's gone bad? Should I drink the water after the expiration date has passed on the bottle?

Sigh.

1. If it has mold...throw it away.
2. If forever means 4yrs in a poorly ventilated dorm room, yes.
3. This is why we have fridges. So things DO NOT sit out on the counter.
4. Smell test.
5. When you get salmonella food poisoning.
6. WATER. DOES. NOT. EXPIRE.

In general, look at it and smell it. Or give it to your roommate for a taste test.