Too long on my kitchen counter

Poor celeraic! What did you ever do to deserve a fate such as this? You promised lovely celery scents and tastes as a stock for some delicious soup, but that was never to be. You languished, waiting for attention and for all your possibilities as a culinary delight to be realized. Weeks later, you were a mere shadow of your former, fresh self - a shriveled up, coarse root that could only justify your sad fate by being so wonderfully photogenic.

Celeraic