Eyed food, informally (5)

I believe the answer is:

tater

(Other definitions for tater that I've seen before include "Potato (colloq.)" , "Champ is mostly" , "found in vegetable basket" , "Spud" , "Charlotte, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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