Is a yellow part of a cut red onion bad?

June 9, 2011 5:12 PM

Sometimes when I cut a red onion I will see that part of the skin (underneath the flakiest outer layers), usually near the root, looks different from the rest of the skin. It's not red, and shiny, it's yellow and duller, and it and feels a touch softer than the surrounding skin. Is this rot or mold, or something more innocuous?
posted by shivohum to Food & Drink (3 answers total)

Response by poster: Picture here
posted by shivohum at 5:26 PM on June 9, 2011

Best answer: It's just a bruise. Like an apple, or your arm, bruises.
posted by Netzapper at 5:37 PM on June 9, 2011

I'm with netzapper. Probably from when it was pried out the ground. I wouldn't eat it but I wouldn't worry much about it either.
posted by pwb503 at 1:04 PM on June 10, 2011