Nectarine

[Doolallygirl]

I have just finished eating a nectarine and the stone in the middle split in half. It was obvious that the stone had a kind of mould growing in it. It looked a lot like a spiders web with eggs of some sort in, I was just assuming it was mould. Can someone give me some explanation and tell me if I've just eaten rotten fruit?!

[Moonhead]

Ive just eaten a nectarine too, but I'm hoping to god there wasn't a spiders web with eggs in it, in the stone!! Ugh, I think that's put me off for life! (Sorry, that's not a helpful answer is it... :oS)

[TommyC]

I've noticed this occasionally with peach stones - AFTER eating the peach, of course. I don't know anything about the process by which the original seed is formed by the previous plant, or what could get inside it at that stage to lay eggs, but once the seed is formed and starts to grow, it's very tightly sealed watertight and airtight all round, allowing nothing into the flesh, and nothing from the flesh into the stone. I'd have thought that as long as the flesh itself tasted good, and clearly wasn't foul or rotten, you won't come to any harm.

[jakesi]

Ive just had a nectarine as well, and it was nearly going off and I only bought it on monday. nothing lasts nowadays.

[thewillow]

Yes, they need to be kept in the fridge. It's ridiculous.