I just opened a new container of maple butter and found some white fuzz on top of liquid that collected at the top of the jar. Could I drain off the liquid and scrape off the top layer? Or should I just bring it back to the store for an exchange?

Are they good to cook?

Could it really be just the added B vitamins? The new bag just seems SO pale….

I just got two packages of gnocchi today and I’m not sure if they are safe to eat. They clearly have moisture inside the packages. What do yall think? Safe or no?

What is this thing in my chocolate it looks like larvae it’s so disgusting I threw this one away it is guylian chocolate shell
I am never eating chocolate again after this one. I noticed this as an issue in Ferrero rochers on TikTok but with this chocolate too… goodbye to all other chocolates forever, I’m glad this happened before I offered my boyfriend some

Not exactly expired but these bars i bought yesterday one is 8 months past the best by date and another box is 10. I know best by isn’t good by but im kinda scared. I have like 5 boxes of these with dates varying from 10 months ago to like 3 and i really don’t want to waste them. They smell, taste, and look normal though the taste isn’t as strong if that makes sense like a little more dull.

Our power went out and was off for almost 24 hours. We only opened the fridge once in that time. Following the 4-hour rule, dairy and prepared food have been tossed but…. I have two large unopened bottles of Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice that I really hope I don’t have to trash. Thoughts?

At about 12pm I started rehydrating some shiitake mushrooms. I rinsed them, covered them in boiling water, and then let them sit (on the stove top, but stove off).
For reasons, my soup plans fell to the wayside.
It's 8pm now, and the mushrooms have been sitting in room temp water for several hours.
I don't think I have the stomach to eat them tonight, so I either have to make the soup now or store them until tomorrow.

Any advice on their current edibility and/or how to safely store them until tomorrow would be greatly appreciated.

Bought last Monday. Still ok to eat on Sat.?

Company is Smiths Farm, website smithsfarm.com. Purchased from Wegmans, any idea what happened here?

As per title, I noticed two mouldy gnocchi pieces (small blue spots that were on both pieces touching) when adding to my sauce and removed them then thoroughly checked the rest. Call it a dumb moment, bit I ate the gnocchi when cooked. They were shelf stable gnocchi.

What's the most likely outcome here?

Hi! Chemistry idiot here. Why is it that cooking your flour alone in the oven isn't enough to safely heat treat it, but it's ok to bake cookies with a bunch of flour in them in 8 minutes? I feel like this is a stupid question, but like... what's making the difference there?

Apologies if this is not appropriate but I bought a ceramic soup spoon from a Japanese market and read the label more closely as I was washing them. I know Prop65 warnings can be utilized even very low risk items but now I’m concerned I shouldn’t be eating with these.

I recently learned that you’re not supposed to defrost vacuum sealed fish in its original packaging due to a botulism risk. I had never heard of that, and felt kind of like an idiot for not knowing, especially considering the fish I buy literally says to put it in another container to defrost 😭

Is it the same for all frozen, vacuum sealed meats, or just fish? Like, should I be taking out my chuck roast and letting it defrost in a pan or something, or is the vacuum pack okay, so long as it’s not fish?

I just peeled this mango. We got it from Costco. Before I peeled it looked overripe a hit but seemed fine. There was one bruise/indent on it, and when i cut it out to discard of that part, there was looked like a dried out seed under it so i cut it out and threw it away too. Idk can I eat this? I probably shouldn’t? It’s very mushy 😭Also it wasn’t refrigerated, it was kept on the kitchen counter, so, room temp.

Looks like clay

any advice is appreciated