Timeline for Is there a word for food that's gone 'bad', but is still edible?
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| May 5, 2019 at 12:17 | comment | added | Rob | @LangLangC It's not so much a dislike of the complex question fallacy as the answer that was asked for, there are laws against confusion about food safety. People in north American like the Spanish Inquisition more than the Turkish Ice Cream Vendor. | |
| May 5, 2019 at 11:22 | comment | added | LаngLаngС | Quite right, against the binary minds here. Please: Emphasize even more the frame challenge for seeking out an oxymoron for situations culturally defined and 'wrong' use cases for both 'bad' and 'edible'. Surstromming or marmite aren't 'edible' for most. Many traditoinal meats and cheeses are also so well treated, fermented, aged and ripened that acquired tastes are needed. Leather soles are edible as well, my pica past speaks volumes of praise for this answer! | |
| May 4, 2019 at 19:08 | history | edited | Rob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarification of cultural differences and what is considered acceptable to be deemed edible food in north American.
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| May 3, 2019 at 16:13 | comment | added | Nick Matteo | @Rob: I'm legitimately confused what is going on here, since your answer is intelligent and well-written, so I don't see how you are failing to grasp the problem. Everything you wrote is already included in the original post; the issues you point out are exactly what prompted the question. You rehash the issue but do not provide any answer, i.e. a word to describe edible food which is not in the desired state. As far as I can recall, this is the only time I've ever seen such a cogently expressed answer which never got anywhere, hence my questions. | |
| May 3, 2019 at 8:33 | comment | added | Rob | The very example you offer is explained in my answer and a few of the others, we'll help you with this. | |
| May 3, 2019 at 4:19 | comment | added | Nick Matteo | @Rob: I did read to the end. At length, you say that "gone bad" implies "not edible", whereas the examples in the question are in fact edible, which is exactly the problem that prompted the original question. After wading through all that, there is no suggested answer whatsoever. | |
| May 3, 2019 at 4:10 | comment | added | Rob | @Kundor The premise of your question is more applicable to other answers, it's up to you to read to the end. | |
| May 3, 2019 at 3:21 | comment | added | Nick Matteo | What possessed you to write all this, reiterating the premise of the question without any hint of approaching an answer? Obviously the asker knows "gone bad" implies "not edible"; that's why they asked for a different word that's not "gone bad". | |
| May 3, 2019 at 1:16 | comment | added | Vaelus | Incidentally, something called "edible" is often understood to be edible, but just barely. | |
| May 3, 2019 at 0:00 | history | answered | Rob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |