food safety

Many of us have hard boiled Easter eggs that would make a lovely sandwich or tray of deviled eggs, but how long will they stay safe to eat?

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Probably not. Boo hoo, I know. I now have 2 dozen inedible eggs because I found out too late that you need to refrigerate them right away after hard boiling them. I share this with you so that next Easter fewer eggs will be wasted. Eggs don't grow on trees you know...

Wow, we waste a LOT of food. A tragic amount, up to 40% of food in the U.S. is never eaten. A lot of the food thrown away is based on "sell by" dates, because we think it's an indication of food safety. But is it really? With 1 in 6 Americans being food insecure, it's a question worth looking into...

This is the sight that met me when I opened my produce drawer. Hmm? Is that a bad thing? Isn't broccoli supposed to be green? I did some research and found that my broccoli wasn't actually rotting, but it is wilting! The yellow parts won't make you sick, but could give you some really bad gas-even worse than the green broccoli...

I bought steak tips a few days ago, and when I went to use them on their sell-by date, they had  funky, weird grayish spots! It made me a little nervous so I did some research. Red Meat: Not all red meats are the same color. They are affected by the animal's species, sex, diet and especially their age, which can produce a darker colored meat ... Read More ...