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A funny story. I enjoyed a big salad at a favorite restaurant. When I got got down to the very bottom there was a poor, little living lady bug. Yikes!
Glad I saw it in time - both for it and for me.
When I went to pay I told the hostess and she offered to comp my meal. But since i had eaten and enjoyed the whole thing and didn't suffer any trauma from seeing the bug it didn't seem to be fair to the restaurant.
We all eat bugs or parts of bugs in our food every day. I've eaten plenty of them by accident camping and cycling as well. I just don't want to know I've eaten a bug. That's the worst!
That's exactly how I feel.
I've posted before about how I found a live moth in a box of prewashed field greens. I don't know how long it had been in there, but it had survived being in the refrigerator, too.
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Originally Posted by saibot
This reminds me of a time when I was very young. My mom was cutting up some fresh broccoli at home and I suddenly noticed a little green caterpillar crawling away from the bunch. I pointed it out in some shock, and Mom just said casually, "Oh, this must be really good broccoli. Look how healthy he is!"
I've been pretty nonchalant about finding bugs on and around food ever since. I do draw the line at bugs that have been cooked IN the food, though.
I once was getting ready to wash and chop some broccoli and it was just infested with these tiny little bugs all up under the florets. Now every time I get broccoli, I obsessively inspect it (and basically everything else).
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Originally Posted by Lodestar
Grim prediction: Some of us are going to starve after the Great Reset.
A funny story. I enjoyed a big salad at a favorite restaurant. When I got got down to the very bottom there was a poor, little living lady bug. Yikes!
Glad I saw it in time - both for it and for me.
When I went to pay I told the hostess and she offered to comp my meal. But since i had eaten and enjoyed the whole thing and didn't suffer any trauma from seeing the bug it didn't seem to be fair to the restaurant.
We all eat bugs or parts of bugs in our food every day. I've eaten plenty of them by accident camping and cycling as well. I just don't want to know I've eaten a bug. That's the worst!
Reminds me of the old question. What's worse than finding a bug/worm/critter in your food?
Answer: Finding half of a bug/worm/critter in your food......
I know we all eat bugs or parts of bugs in our food, it's the reality of things, and there's no harm in it. . I'd just rather not know about it!
I mean, if you really think about it, bugs are everywhere and we probably eat them every day and not even know about it. I've traveled to foreign countries and eaten bugs that were served as a course. I've eaten some stuff that others would probably find very gross.
If I cut open fish and found worms wiggling in it, I might not want to continue eating and be grossed out. But a small fly in a salad, or soup happens. I'd scoop it out, place it on the side, and keep eating.
A funny story. I enjoyed a big salad at a favorite restaurant. When I got got down to the very bottom there was a poor, little living lady bug. Yikes!
Glad I saw it in time - both for it and for me.
When I went to pay I told the hostess and she offered to comp my meal. But since i had eaten and enjoyed the whole thing and didn't suffer any trauma from seeing the bug it didn't seem to be fair to the restaurant.
We all eat bugs or parts of bugs in our food every day. I've eaten plenty of them by accident camping and cycling as well. I just don't want to know I've eaten a bug. That's the worst!
I once was getting ready to wash and chop some broccoli and it was just infested with these tiny little bugs all up under the florets. Now every time I get broccoli, I obsessively inspect it (and basically everything else).
Those were cabbage aphids. I have never been able to grow broccoli at home (or cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts or kale) without its becoming infested with aphids, and once they take hold, they are impossible to get rid of unless you spray the plant to kill them. You can't just pick the broccoli and wash them off.
I have never seen any in storebought produce whether it was organic or not, so I'm sure that all farms that grow cruciferous vegetables are doing something to keep them away. Was this particular bunch of broccoli homegrown, or from a roadside stand?
Those were cabbage aphids. I have never been able to grow broccoli at home (or cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts or kale) without its becoming infested with aphids, and once they take hold, they are impossible to get rid of unless you spray the plant to kill them. You can't just pick the broccoli and wash them off.
I have never seen any in storebought produce whether it was organic or not, so I'm sure that all farms that grow cruciferous vegetables are doing something to keep them away. Was this particular bunch of broccoli homegrown, or from a roadside stand?
No, it was store-bought. It was many years ago. It was the only time I ever noticed them.
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