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How long until Avocado smells real bad? (feddit.org)

submitted 20 hours ago by j5906@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi! I forgot a whole Avocado (stem and peel still on, bought yesterday) at my apartment on the table and am currently on the way to a 3 week vacation, how bad will the smell be once I return?😭

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Most fruits and veggies IME tend to dry out more than rot, unless perhaps you live in a very humid area. My experience with forgotten avocados is that they'll shrink and get wrinkled, while becoming inedible inside, but won't be problematic.

Tomatoes can definitely get gross and leaky if forgotten. Potatoes when rotting can actually produce poisonous gas, so watch out for that. Kind of a Solanaceae (Nightshade) theme there, I guess.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 9 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

So here's a picture of a potato that escaped to the back of our cabinet and lived it's best life.

I'm thinking it went on it's merry way during our vacation in the cold months, and by the time we got back the stink had dissipated (plus, we live in a loft so the smell would not be trapped in a room). Either way, we didn't find it until months later and dried out.

....looks like a little pirate ship, lol

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Whoops, only the very top bit of that photo is showing (for me). Maybe upload it to Imgur or such?

EDIT: No, I see it now! Yeah, that's awesome. They're also famous sprouters, so it looks like that one exhausted it's tuber energy trying to reach light...

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Also, the plant and berries the potato plant produce are toxic for anyone who didn't know.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 16 hours ago

Oh, that's right. Another frequent feature of the Nightshade family IIRC.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 7 points 18 hours ago

Tune in again next week for Johnny Enzyme and His Biological Friends!