At 08:01 PM 8/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Muriel wrote  <<"baking soda for scratchy throat from honeydew and
>cantalope">>.  I have read (and always believed) that the scratchy throat
>is eiher from a yeast infection from the mold on the outside skin of the
>fruit) or an inernal yeast infection of the imbiber.  Yes, the baking soda
>will help your tummy, but the precaution of PEELING the fruit first (so
>that nasty mold on the skin) will not be carried onto your serving - via
>the knife. What say you? Sherry (Forrest's , more talented and better
>looking half)
>

If you wash the orange first before peeling, does that get rid of the mold?