What you see: A banana that looks mostly fine, except its skin has split. What it is: The wrong kind of banana split!Eat or toss: To be on the safe side, either
What if broccoli gets soft and floppy?
What you see: Your broccoli is bendy or floppy. It’s lost its firm texture. What it is: Water loss. Eat or toss: Eat! As long as everything else looks
Giant bump on apple
What you see: A large, knob-like protrusion on your apple. It’s woody, corky or rough. The flesh underneath it looks perfectly fine. What it is: Probably a scar
Fuzzy cauliflower?
What you see: Your cauliflower looks...fuzzy? Not like a patch of mold, but something else…What it is: The cauliflower is over mature or experienced challenging
Dark, dented spots on apple?
What you see: Sunken dark spots on an apple. The skin still appears smooth.What it is: A number of issues can cause sunken areas on otherwise smooth apple skin,
Very odd lump inside egg
What you see: A beige clump in your egg.What it is: A tumor, yeek.Eat or toss: We can’t imagine anyone wanting to eat it. We also can’t, however, identify any
Virtual tour of a lab that studies apples
Many of the posts on EatOrToss are written after interviews and email exchanges with scientists who study fruits, vegetables and other foods. I was thrilled
Dark, raised bumps on egg shell
What you see: Some dark brown spots on your light brown egg. They don’t look like dirt or manure, but don’t look quite right either. They may or may not be
Corky patches on avocado skin?
What you see: Rough brown patches on the surface of your avocado. They may look a little geometric, possibly like scales. What it is: Most likely, windblown
Leaky egg yolk
What you see: A raw egg in which the yolk appears to be leaking into the clear gloop of the egg white. What it is: Something caused the membrane around the
Brown flecks on string beans
What you see: Brown lines on your wax beans (or green beans or other snap beans/string beans).What it is: Pod flecking or russeting, which can have various
Gray patch on top of eggshell
What you see: The top of your egg is gray. What it is: Moisture between the shell membrane and the base of the shell.Eat or toss: The egg is fine to eat! It’s
Black patches on tempeh
What you see: Black areas on your tempeh. What it is: Spores! But not scary ones. Eat or toss: Eat! As long as the tempeh otherwise looks fine and isn’t slimy
Bubbles in egg yolk
What you see: Bubbles in the yolk of a just-cracked egg. What it is: Air bubbles that snuck in during cracking. Eat or toss: Eat! The egg is
Watermelon with holes inside
What you see: Holes inside your watermelon. What it is: The flesh is disintegrating. Eat or toss: If it smells normal, then sample it and see how you feel
White area on top of egg
What you see: Chalky white coloring on top of your brown egg.What it is: A spot the chicken missed when she was adding pigment to her eggs. Eat or toss: Eat!
