Can I eat the leftover rotten pumpkin?
You can eat a slight bump or frostbite.
There are many reasons for pumpkin rot, which can be mildew and rot, bruise and bruise, low temperature freezing and so on. If pumpkin rots due to non-bacterial and disease factors such as bruising and frostbite, it can continue to be eaten. Just cut off the rotten part with a knife, but if there are many rotten parts, don't eat them to avoid being polluted by harmful organisms such as bacteria and causing physical discomfort. In addition, for the moldy pumpkin, dig out the moldy pumpkin.
2. How to tell whether the pumpkin has gone bad?
1, look at the appearance
Pumpkins eaten normally have a bright appearance, and there are no abnormal phenomena such as black spots, long hair, decay and whitening. If the pumpkin looks discolored, black and rotten, it means that the pumpkin is moldy and deteriorated.
Step 2 smell it
Good pumpkins generally don't have any special taste, and the surface doesn't have a faint pumpkin fragrance, but when they are bad, they will have a rotten, fermented and moldy taste.
3, according to the hardness
No matter what kind of pumpkin is squeezed out, it is hard. If it is soft and sunken, it means that the inside of the pumpkin has rotted and deteriorated. Such pumpkins should be thrown away as soon as possible to avoid cross-infection and deterioration with other foods.
Step 4 taste it
If you can't tell from the appearance and smell whether the pumpkin has gone bad, you can cook it and taste it. If the pumpkin is not normal sweet, but bitter or sour, then it means that the pumpkin has gone bad.
3. Can pumpkins be eaten with holes?
It depends.
Generally, pumpkins with holes may be hard-rooted plants that grow into pumpkins, or holes that insects or animals eat. In any case, you need to cut the pumpkin first. If there is nothing unusual in it, you can eat it. But if the pumpkin is rotten, hairy, moldy and insect-like, it can't be eaten, otherwise there will be symptoms of food poisoning such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting.
4. Can pumpkins be eaten every other year?
Can't eat.
Generally, the whole pumpkin can be stored in a cool, dry and ventilated place for about 2 months without deterioration, but after this time, the nutrients in the pumpkin will be lost and the seeds in the pumpkin will germinate and continue to grow. If it is stored improperly during the period, it will go bad and moldy, so it can't be stored until the next year. Even if the surface of the pumpkin looks intact in the second year, it can't be eaten after opening. It is best to throw it away as fertilizer.