So your kitchen is stuffed with ingredients, but somehow there s not a treat in sight. Not to worry—check out these recipes for inspiration on how to conjure dessert from thin air. It might feel a little like magic. With thanks to the featured food blogs that provided links and images for this round up! Clear [ ] The post Desserts to make when you need to clear out your pantry appeared first on…
What you see: Little bits of the carton stuck to your egg. What it is: Moisture caused little bits of carton to stick to the egg. Eat or toss: Eat! If you buy your eggs in cartons made from paper pulp, you may sometimes notice that little tufts of pulp stick to the shells. Most [ ] The post Bits of egg carton stuck to shell appeared first on Eat Or Toss .
What you see: Old pickles, past their best-by date. The jar is opened. What it is: Old pickles. Eat or toss: Eat, probably. Inspect, first with your eyes and nose, finally by tasting, to make sure they still taste good. Pickles are designed to last for a while, so even when some get lost in the [ ] The post Opened jar of pickles, past its printed date appeared first on Eat Or Toss .
Check out my latest quiz in The Washington Post! This quiz tests your ability to navigate both food waste and food safety. It s deliberately tricky to reflect the complexity of the many food decisions we make every day. Dig it for explanations of why going against the rules doesn t guarantee you ll get sick, but still [ ] The post In the WaPo: Test your ability to walk the line between food waste…
What you see: A twisty, curly scar pattern on your cucumber.What it is: Likely healed damage from some hungry insects.Eat or toss: Peel and eat! Lacy brown lines on your cucumber s peel? The curling pattern of the scars on this cucumber suggests some hungry critters enjoyed it before it arrived in your kitchen. A bit [ ] The post Curling brown scars on your cucumber? appeared first on Eat Or Toss…
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, just-below-the-skin bruises, likely from how the peppers were positioned during transit.Eat or toss: Eat! The pepper is fine. What are the brown rings on this pepper? As an [ ] The post Round, brown stains on outside of pepper? appeared first on…
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 rotting, but also doesn’t seem right. What it is: A very dried out sweet potato; it’s seen some things. Eat or toss: It’s not unsafe; but probably won’t taste good. [ ] The post Sweet potato that s sunken on the outside and has odd circles on the…
Back in November, did the grocery store convince you to buy two bags of cranberries? One for Thanksgiving and one to “freeze for later”? I mean, I get that they need to sell cranberries, but I don’t love this promotion because I suspect that many people buy that extra bag of cranberries, but then forget [ ] The post The best and easiest cranberry crisp (and it can help clear your pantry!) appeared…
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 toss: Give it a try! There’s nothing harmful here, but its flavor and texture may not be ideal, so sample and proceed accordingly. A cucumber that seems [ ] The post Cucumber with disintegrating core appeared first on Eat Or Toss .
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 fungus. Eat or toss: Cut around the blackened areas, ideally with one-inch margins. The rest is fine. Can you eat a pepper with black on the inside? So, [ ] The post Black inside pepper? appeared first on Eat Or Toss .
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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: Eat. This is fine! Can you eat sweet potatoes that turn black or gray after boiling? When a sweet potato looks perfectly orange going into the pot of boiling water, [ ] The post Sweet potatoes turned black after boiling appeared first on Eat…
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 growing on a liquid like juice, it’s certainly possible. Mold needs moisture, nutrients and oxygen—things that are clearly available in juice, particularly on its surface. As [ ] The post Mold floating in juice? appeared first on Eat Or Toss .
Whether you’re looking to eat up all your bread and bread-adjacent foods before Passover, or just simply trying to build a meal from what you’ve got, this chametz soup is here for you! “Chametz” refers to the foods that many Jews avoid during Passover–basically bread and other starchy things that swell and rise during mixing [ ] The post Clear the kitchen soup, aka Chametz Soup appeared first on…
What you see: Your egg whites look cloudy.What it is: A fresh egg, which packs more carbon dioxide, leading to the cloudy look.Eat or toss: Eat! This egg is particularly fresh. Can you eat an egg if the white looks cloudy? Yes! An egg with a cloudy white is still perfectly fine to eat. In [ ] The post Cloudy egg whites appeared first on Eat Or Toss .
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 signals that the sweet potato recovered from the injury and no rot set in. You can peel it off if it bothers you. For a while I [ ] The post Very odd holes in sweet potato appeared first on Eat Or Toss .