Friendly mod reminder not to eat things on the advice of strangers on the internet.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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Is it safe to eat?
Only one way to find out, let us know how it goes!
Honestly, it just looks like some surface punctures/abrasions that dried up, at least the ones on past peppers looked about like that. I'd check it for pests once you're inside but it should be fine to cut around those bits and enjoy.
yup, feed it to the cat, and observe what happens....
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To me, those look like bug bites. I can tell you it is not late blight. If the rest of the plant has issue, it might be alternaria canker: https://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/u-scout/tomato/alternaria-stem-canker.html
I am not an expert. I'm surely missing other possibilities. I expect it will look good on the inside, and if so, I would eat it, but I am not known for my food safety in matters like this.
A likely culprit may be stinkbugs feeding if they're common in your area. The wounds on the fruit don't look like hornworm or fruit worm damage I've seen. There may be other egg-laying pests in your region, so if anything is off about it inside the fruit please don't eat it.
Hell no that isn’t safe to eat!
How did you ancestors survive for 5 billion years with instincts like that?
Is this sarcasm?
How could it be sarcasm?
For the most part of the 5 billion years your ancestors were the same
???
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zirLiSIxwPM
No ancestors 5 billion years ago unless you count the space dust slowly collecting together.
How do you think our ancestors figured out what is or isn't edible? I don't think they used Wikipedia.
I gotta say lemmy has been so friendly, I realised it's the nastiest comment I've seen on fediverse, despite being fairly minor in the scope of things.
How did you ancestors survive for 5 billion years with instincts like that?
they didn't starve because they didn't throw away good food due to some blemishes on the skin. i'd cut it open to make sure there's nothing actually alive inside it but beyond that I eat produce that looks like that from my garden literally every day from like June through October
Like others I can't tell if this is sarcasm. But as a farmer who has eaten fruit and vegetables in all manner of conditions, I can almost guarantee that this is safe to eat. It might not be the most appetizing, but unless it's rotten or moldy (and most likely even then), it's not going to hurt you.
Bug damage, which this likely is, is not unsafe. Gross maybe.
It looks like it’s sprouting. Some hasty internet research says that a sprouting tomato is safe to eat but might not taste its best.
sprouting comes from the other side and would be accompanied by green bits coming out not dry holes. I was too slow to eat a tomato I bought and it started sprouting. Planted a slice in a pot and it grew into a plant.
Wow, I had no idea that’s even a thing.
Me either
For what it’s worth I’d never buy that at a store. I love tomatoes and I’m super-picky about them.
Firm, ripe, no wrinkly skin.
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If that is common in your area, I would probably go with grow tent as my next step.
I would slice it open and see how the inside looks. If it looks fine, then maybe could just peel the skin off.
OP slice it open and show us what it looks like inside. We're dying to know what's going on in there!