bleeding bread
bleeding bread A bacterial infection with Bacillus prodigiosus, which stains the bread bright red. Under warm and damp conditions the infection can appear overnight, and contamination of the shewbread in churches has led to accusations and riots against religious minorities over the centuries.
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