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
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
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
