What you see: An apple with a soft brown area (or areas) on its surface.What it is: A bruised apple.Eat or toss: How bruised is the apple? An apple with a
What’s the white spongy stuff around the underside of mushroom caps?
What you see: A thin, spongy, white thing attached to the bottom of the mushroom cap. It could surround the stem or be hanging off the edges of the
A translucent, floppy, overripe banana
What you see: A seemingly translucent, floppy and very soft banana. What it is: An extremely ripe banana. Eat or toss? Eat! Possibly in banana bread! Is it
Soft spots on strawberries
What you see: Sunken, darker areas on your strawberries What it is: Aging in action Eat or toss: If they aren't showing signs of mold or rot, they should still
You can still love your salmon, even when it gets a bit mushy
What you see: The center of your salmon looks mushy What it is: Lots of things could be going on here, but as long as your fish isn’t smelly, you’re fine Eat or
This eggplant is too far gone, but smaller brown and orange skin patches can be OK
What you see: Brown/orangish colors in your eggplant’s skin. What it is: Likely chilling injury. Eat or toss: The eggplant pictured above was too far gone to
