A penny fell in with my frozen vegetable scraps & I didn't realize it until after I made 20 hour veggie stock in the crockpot. Will it make me sick?

A penny fell in with my frozen vegetable scraps & I didn't realize it until after I made 20 hour veggie stock in the crockpot. Will it make me sick?

ItsJustMeMegD
  • 8191 views
  • 4 Comments

4 Comments

Uncle J.
Uncle J. August 30, 2017
Good answers above, but I share your concern about not knowing how the penny got in there. If you don't know how it got in there, there may also be something else in there you don't know about.... But I am a bit of a worrier, so take this with a grain of salt. lol
 

Voted the Best Reply!

PieceOfLayerCake
PieceOfLayerCake August 30, 2017
Pennies are made of copper plated zinc and while both are toxic in large amounts, both are also essential elements for proper function. You would have to have fully dissolved several pennies in a solution to feel the effects of excess exposure. Does it taste funny? If not, I say don't worry about it.
 
ItsJustMeMegD
ItsJustMeMegD August 30, 2017
Thank you! It tastes fine...the I ly thing not fine is the fact I'll never know how a penny got into it!?
 
PieceOfLayerCake
PieceOfLayerCake August 30, 2017
That is funny....look at it as good luck! ;)
 
Recommended by Food52

Popular on Food52