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
How to tell if food has freezer burn
What you see/taste: Dry, whitish, grayish or light brownish patches on your frozen food that can't be wiped away. You could also see noticeable shrinking or
Do ice crystals mean food has freezer burn?
What you see: Unexpected ice crystals, or maybe something that looks like a snowdrift on your frozen food.What it is: Frost!Eat or toss: In many cases, eat! If
How long can you leave food in the freezer?
So, how long will that frozen food last in your freezer? It seems like a straightforward question, but it actually depends on many, many factors. My quick
Destroyed tip of corn, possibly with caterpillar
What you see: The tip or top portion of your ear of corn is destroyed and gross. It may be covered in something that looks like wet, brown dryer lint. You may
Moldy cream cheese
What you see: Mold inside your cream cheese tub. What it is: Old, moldy cream cheese. Eat or toss: Toss! In a soft food like cream cheese, the mold could be
Black spots on your orange’s peel
What you see: Black dots on your orange peel. What it is: Peel damage of some kind. Eat or toss: If the orange looks and smells good under the peel,
White stuff on one end of blueberry
What you see: A white something or other on the frilly end of a blueberry. It’s not fuzzy like mold and may look like linen or gauze up close. What it is:
