When vegetables get slimy are they done
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Depends.
blissful
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What vegetables? Frozen or frozen, canned? Okra?
jennyema
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Like a fresh vegetable that’s been sitting around and now is slimy?
If you wash the slime off is there any usable part? then go for it. Depends on how strong your phycological stomach is.
If your veggies start getting slimy, that's not a good sign. Usually means they're starting to go bad.
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
You need to use your own judgment.
For me, slimy greens are pretty much a total loss.
Is salvaging slimy vegetables worth the effort, gas or electric, additional ingredients, etc…
For me, slimy greens are pretty much a total loss.
Is salvaging slimy vegetables worth the effort, gas or electric, additional ingredients, etc…
They are however, great for the compost - heck, they are halfway home!
Linda0818
Head Chef
Normally, if vegetables have gone slimy, I pitch them out. But if it's something like, say, a bell pepper that just has one small area starting to go bad or a cut edge (of a pepper that's already been partially used) feels slimy, yet the rest of the pepper seems to be fine, I'll just cut the slimy/bad parts off, then wash the pepper and go ahead and use it.
It really depends on how large the bad/slimy area is. If it's more than halfway ruined, it's going into the trash.
It really depends on how large the bad/slimy area is. If it's more than halfway ruined, it's going into the trash.
That's pretty much how I handle it too.
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
If your vegetables are getting slimy, you need to sit down and ask yourself why you keep buying too many fresh vegetables.
jennyema
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Don’t eat slimy veggies
