What you see: Brown rings, marks or stains, but no scar tissue, rot or other damage on your peppers. The rings won’t wash off. What it is: Superficial,
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Sweet potato that’s sunken on the outside and has odd circles on the inside
What you see: Orange and white circles inside your sweet potato. Parts of the outside may be wrinkly and sunken; the sweet potato doesn’t seem like it’s
The best and easiest cranberry crisp (and it can help clear your pantry!)
Back in November, did the grocery store convince you to buy two bags of cranberries? One for Thanksgiving and one to “freeze for later”? I mean, I get that they
Cucumber with disintegrating core
What you see: A cucumber with a very loose and maybe even disintegrating center. What it is: An older cucumber, likely one damaged by cold temperatures. Eat or
Black inside pepper?
What you see: Black discoloration inside your pepper, likely along the bottom; the seeds may also look a bit ragged, possibly infected. What it is: Likely a
EatOrToss named a Webby Honoree
EatOrToss is proud to be a 2026 Webby Honoree! EatOrToss was recognized in the category of websites and mobile sites classified as "weird." I'll take it! As
Sweet potatoes turned black after boiling
What you see: Black patches on your relatively recently boiled sweet potatoes.What it is: A harmless chemical reaction within the sweet potato. Eat or toss:
Mold floating in juice?
What you see: Mold floating in your juiceWhat it is: Moldy juiceEat or toss: Toss! Can mold grow on juice? While you might not typically think of mold as
Clear the kitchen soup, aka Chametz Soup
Whether you’re looking to eat up all your bread and bread-adjacent foods before Passover, or just simply trying to build a meal from what you’ve got, this
Cloudy egg whites
What you see: Your egg whites look cloudy.What it is: Carbon dioxide.Eat or toss: Eat! This egg is particularly fresh. Can you eat an egg if the white
Very odd “holes” in sweet potato
What you see: Superficial holes all over your sweet potato. What it is: Most likely, some kind of insect damage. Eat or toss: The dry, healed sweet potato skin
Moldy cheese?
What you see: Moldy cheese. What it is: Moldy cheese!Eat or toss: Discard soft cheese with any amount of mold. A small amount of mold on a hard cheese can be
Sweet potato with a white, “web-like” pattern
What you see: A sweet potato with white, spiderweb-like patches inside. You're particularly likely to see this in older sweet potatoes that have sprouted. What
Waffle tacos use up lots of kitchen extras!
I’m a sucker for tamales, but have never been interested in the work it takes to make them. So I’m always on the lookout for recipes that are easy, but evoke
Cauliflower with brown core and internal cracks or gaps
What you see: Your cauliflower’s core is firm, but has some hollow areas or an internal crack; the core may also be brown. The florets of the cauliflower may
Do this with leftover sushi
Usually, leftovers are a win for the next day’s lunch or dinner. But with sushi? Ehhh. As someone who’s waste averse, I used to find it oddly stressful to
