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,
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
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
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
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
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
Onion with a green bit in the middle
What you see: Something greenish at the center of your white or yellow onion. What it is: The beginnings of a sprout!Eat or toss: Eat! As a sprout gets bigger
Basil with black spots
What you see: Distinct black spots on your basil. What it is: Likely the work of a hungry microbe. Eat or toss: Leaves with black spots, eeeehhh… I’m
White webbing near top of bell pepper
What you see: Something like a cobweb on the top of your pepper.What it is: The work of a spider!Eat or toss: Wipe it off and eat. Don’t be too surprised if the
Pink in McIntosh Apple?
What you see: Random patches of reddish pink INSIDE your apple. What it is: Bonus apple pigments!Eat or toss: Eat! This apple is quirky, but still fine to
Gray patches on basil
What you see: Your fresh basil has grayish areas; in extreme cases, much of it may look black. What it is: Chilling injury. The basil was stored in a too-cold
