I couldn't NOT share this with you guys.. Gross.

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  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
    Classic case of "What you don't know won't hurt you." And even if you do know it still won't hurt you.


    That there are occasional critters in organic (as in biological) objects is not a news flash. How are you surprised by this? You are not going to find a plant based food product produced on Earth that doesn't have a statistically significant number of small creatures, or parts thereof, in it. Because they are EVERYWHERE.

    There's probably a bug on you right now. :laugh:
  • jjscholar
    jjscholar Posts: 413 Member
    That is why I buy fresh mushrooms... They are more expensive but, it is worth it because I have never seen any bugs in fresh mushrooms...

    I have heard of many horror stories concerning canned food... In addition, the sodium content of canned food is ridiculous...
  • BathtubBadger
    BathtubBadger Posts: 217 Member
    I'm thrilled no one in the thread has corrected the OP yet :o

    So I'll be the party pooper and be THAT PERSON

    C'mon guys, mushrooms aren't vegetables!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    If you know of anything else gross like that, please, let me know!:

    some coffee beans get passed through the digestive system of monkeys or cats, get de-pooped, then gets sold as gourmet coffee for the masses

    It is kopi luwak and the animals are civets - not monkeys.
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    As an entomologist, I am highly offended by all the buggy-shaming going on in this thread.

    Reported.

    *flounce*
  • jjhanlon
    jjhanlon Posts: 74 Member
    Get over it. All of your packaged or canned ANYTHING has rat hairs, bug parts, etc. I love that people freak about this stuff, I find it funny. Who cares? Your fresh veggies probably have bug eggs and all sorts of yummies on them, too. Big deal.

    Edited to add:
    Classic case of "What you don't know won't hurt you." And even if you do know it still won't hurt you.


    That there are occasional critters in organic (as in biological) objects is not a news flash. How are you surprised by this? You are not going to find a plant based food product produced on Earth that doesn't have a statistically significant number of small creatures, or parts thereof, in it. Because they are EVERYWHERE.

    There's probably a bug on you right now. :laugh:
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    If you know of anything else gross like that, please, let me know!:noway:
    ALL food. Seriously, look at the dust mites that live in your bed too. Whatever. Life is messy.:drinker:
  • newdaydawning79
    newdaydawning79 Posts: 1,503 Member
    I don't eat mushrooms personally but I read this long ago...I'm sure all fruits and veggies have little critters in them from time to time, whether it be fresh or canned. I mean...they all came from a tree/the ground/a plant/etc at some time anyway! :D
  • PhattiPhat
    PhattiPhat Posts: 349 Member
    What's the big deal? We unknowingly eat bugs all the time.

    Oh wait, I just recognized your avatar.


    So sorry to hear you are going thru this trying time , OP. May time and distance help assuage you of your grief. I totally sympathize with your problem.
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    Classic case of "What you don't know won't hurt you." And even if you do know it still won't hurt you.


    That there are occasional critters in organic (as in biological) objects is not a news flash. How are you surprised by this? You are not going to find a plant based food product produced on Earth that doesn't have a statistically significant number of small creatures, or parts thereof, in it. Because they are EVERYWHERE.

    There's probably a bug on you right now. :laugh:

    Google "eyelash mites".

    You're welcome.
  • roxierachael
    roxierachael Posts: 81 Member
    Yeah. If I go outside right now, there are thrips and aphids crawling on my tomato and pepper plants. There are japanese beetles eating my green beans. When I was a child, growing up in the country, we'd pick the beetles off the blackberries and eat the berries. And, I'm still alive. Go figure.
  • kaseyAnne425
    kaseyAnne425 Posts: 230
    What's the big deal? We unknowingly eat bugs all the time.

    Oh wait, I just recognized your avatar.


    So sorry to hear you are going thru this trying time , OP. May time and distance help assuage you of your grief. I totally sympathize with your problem.

    What's your problem?
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    I like big bugs and I can not lie. J/K, sort of I read about this years ago. I still eat bugs just about everyday. I won't eat the wormy cheese for the record, but if a few bugs make it into a chocolate bar no biggie.
  • Alicia_P_28
    Alicia_P_28 Posts: 76 Member
    It's amazing the things the FDA allows to be in food. There's a certain number of coliforms (bacteria found in *kitten*-so essentially..*kitten*) allowed in milk, meats, and other foods. I tested hotdogs, hamburger and milk (all bought at our local grocery store) and found all three were over the allowable amounts of poo...I find it ridiculous that there's an amount of poo allowable in my food, and even more so that companies are going over these amounts. SICK money hungry people.
  • ShengHuo
    ShengHuo Posts: 42
    Really no different than my own garden. Of course there are things on/in vegetables. I'm sure I eat plenty of dirt. Seriously, rinsing lettuce is a pain. Our bodies are made to handle those things. It's because we go about killing every bug and bacterium that it becomes a problem.
  • sympha01
    sympha01 Posts: 942 Member
    I like big bugs and I can not lie.

    LOL!
  • cm1458
    cm1458 Posts: 742 Member
    Thanks for sharing. Really gross!
  • KathryneJY
    KathryneJY Posts: 83 Member
    Let me be the first to point out that mushrooms are actually grown in crap. Have you noticed the brown dirt like substance on on mushrooms? Crap. So there. So crap or maggots. Pick one. At least there's protein in maggots.
  • LongIsland27itl
    LongIsland27itl Posts: 365 Member
    Google told you there are 30 maggots in a can of shrooms? Or it told you that the FDA allows up to 30maggots in a can?
  • riccoismydog
    riccoismydog Posts: 319 Member
    All I can say is - I didn`t get to be chubby by being a picky eater!
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    I grew up in a farming community and everyone, even my family, had extensive gardens. Organic, though we hadn't heard of such a thing back then. Do you know how many bugs are in plants that aren't pesticide treated? We'd go through every morning squishing bugs and pulling weeds. We'd eat peas right off the plant, pick worms out of our corn before we cooked it.

    Bugs in food is as old as, well, food itself.
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    Try googling casu marzu - rotten cheese from Sardinia - the maggots (and their feces) give it that little extra something. The maggots are live, BTW.
  • tekwriter
    tekwriter Posts: 923 Member
    Oh jeez that sounds so nasty. I can't afford fresh tomatoes for everything, don't know what to do now.
  • FindingMyself24
    FindingMyself24 Posts: 613 Member
    Oh my gosh so nasty!! Makes me sick!!
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    Meh. If I dwell on it I get the squicks, but I don't dwell on it because I have enough cognitive capability to understand that bugs on produce -- canned, frozen, or fresh -- are not a big deal and won't hurt me.

    ETA: If you're disconnected enough from your food that a few insects horrify you, I might gently suggest that you do something about that. Food ultimately comes from the world around us, from the dirt and the bugs and the animal poop and the muck. I'm not a crazy clean-eating Paleo-loving raw locavore, but I do think it's good to keep in mind where food really comes from, try to get food that's close to the source when it's feasible, and celebrate that rather than become disgusted by it.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,027 Member
    Just think of it as extra protein - insects are delicacies in some parts of the world, and a great cheap source of protein :wink:
    THIS. Lol, if you never found out, you'd have kept eating them. Insects are actually one of he main sources of protein for many countries and lack cholesterol and fat. It's just how Westerners think of them based on how we deal with pest control.

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  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    It's only gross if you know about it, amirite?
  • Seashell7272
    Seashell7272 Posts: 1 Member
    It is funny that you wrote this because I just threw out all of the canned mushrooms in my house last week. I read an article about how mushrooms grown in China are fertilized with human feces. I quickly ran to my pantry and saw the label said "product of China" and I tossed them right out.
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    where were you 20 minutes ago i just had supper with canned mushrooms big one sliced. note to self stay out of topics not ment to guys lol
  • jetSpeed28
    jetSpeed28 Posts: 34
    Caterpillars aren't ugly.:smile:

    They are in my spinach! :noway:

    I get to see them every week from the organic veggie delivery.

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