inedibility

It's not just the ugliness...it's the inedibility.

KILL IT WITH FIRE!! (Oh wait, they already did...) Jen 2009

Then the Reich troops knew that they would not be able to replenish their stocks of Brussels sprouts and any sprouts that they did capture from the Allied frontline kitchens would be overcooked to the point of inedibility.

Brussels Sprouts And Their Role In History David Hadley 2009

Then the Reich troops knew that they would not be able to replenish their stocks of Brussels sprouts and any sprouts that they did capture from the Allied frontline kitchens would be overcooked to the point of inedibility.

Archive 2009-03-01 David Hadley 2009

Now your Saturday-afternoon Siegfried can grill those burgers until they're tougher than Nothung itself, and remain unmolested by the Fafner and Fasolt of spills and splatters — so that once your meal is plunged into a river of inedibility, he'll still be clean enough to take you out.

Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

Now your Saturday-afternoon Siegfried can grill those burgers until they're tougher than Nothung itself, and remain unmolested by the Fafner and Fasolt of spills and splatters — so that once your meal is plunged into a river of inedibility, he'll still be clean enough to take you out.

"Si tu veux je te donnerai" Matthew Guerrieri 2006

It is only the grocery store fruit that is crunchy to the point of inedibility.

Tigers & Strawberries » Plastic Not-So-Fantastic Strawberries 2005

I tried to roast those seed but they ended up being severely over roasted to the point of blackness and inedibility.

Archive 2006-11-01 Brilynn 2006

I tried to roast those seed but they ended up being severely over roasted to the point of blackness and inedibility.

Pumpkin Meets Snowman Brilynn 2006

There was absolutely no way that a crust could form; if I had cooked the scallops until all the wetness boiled off, I would have had vaguely-scallop-flavored hockey pucks, over-cooked to the point of inedibility.

Archive 2005-05-01 Kate 2005

Among all our foods, fruits are unique in the way that they progress from inedibility to deliciousness.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004