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05 June 2007

I just now almost ate a ladybug. →[More:]Since we're completely organic, I don't usually bother washing my home-grown salad greens very thoroughly--just enough to get the dirt off. As I finished my salad just now, I saw something odd, and saw that it was a bleu-cheese-dressing-drenched ladybug. I wonder how many I didn't see.

So what's the weirdest thing you've ever found in your food?

post by: mrmoonpie at: 12:04 | 20 comments

The weirdest? Or the grossest?

posted by Specklet 05 June | 12:06

When I was in high school, I was getting ready for school one morning and grabbed a granola bar out of the pantry. Took a bite of it while I was getting dressed. Tasted awful, so I spat it out. Looked down at the granola bar and it was positively crawling with weevils.

For future reference: Weevils taste yucky.

posted by mudpuppie 05 June | 12:06

A huge, really rusty staple. Like, industrial size. It was in an eggroll. The place went out of business shortly thereafter, although I had nothing to do with it, swear.

posted by iconomy 05 June | 12:07

A few years ago, I tried the Atkins diet, and got all sorts of meaty treats for snacks. Most do fine with no refrigeration, but one (Buffalo Bites) clearly says to refrigerate after opening. I, however, did not see that instruction until it was too late--I had an open bag that'd been sitting in a desk drawer for a month or so, and I was happily munching away, until I noticed that every piece was covered with white mold. Is mold a carb?

posted by mrmoonpie 05 June | 12:14

A live earwig crawling around my ravioli. We didn't have to pay for drinks that night.

posted by arse_hat 05 June | 12:16

A small lego was pretty odd to find. (I suspect my then two-year-old brother had something to do with this.)

The grossest was very long, slim, slowly writhing white worm that looked EXACTLY like the alfalfa sprouts it was roaming around in. It was unbelievably disgusting.

posted by Specklet 05 June | 12:27

I WILL NOT READ THIS THREAD.

posted by jrossi4r 05 June | 12:35

not one but two slugs in a salad at a very fancy restaurant.

Maybe they were escaping from death by escargot, who knows?

posted by gaspode 05 June | 12:37

It's springtime ... meaning very soon I will be reminded that formic acid has a very distinct flavor, as little ants will find their way into my cereal cupboard any day now.

posted by danostuporstar 05 June | 12:42

Come to think of it, the flavor is a bit like a 9v battery.

posted by danostuporstar 05 June | 12:44

I'm so hungry I'd kill for a ladybug right about now.

posted by chillmost 05 June | 13:11

Since we're completely organic
For real? I contain too much caffine and nicotene for the FDA to certify me.

posted by pieisexactlythree 05 June | 13:35

Q: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?

A: The holocost.

posted by StickyCarpet 05 June | 13:39

I found a big chunk of jagged metal in my spinach pie a few months ago. By "found" I mean that I bit down on it and then was immediately grateful that I didn't actually swallow it. I haven't been able to bring myself to get anything from that restaurant since then. Chew carefully, Portlanders who eat at Nicolas lebanese restaurant.

posted by cmonkey 05 June | 14:07

Lots and lots of ants. In the peanut butter. Followed by my screaming and running around.

At initial very quick glance, I thought there was just a bit of grape jelly from a previous knife. Closer inspection revealed the jelly was in fact all over the inside of the jar. And moving.

There are some things I miss about North Carolina, but the hot buggy summers is not one of them. I also ran across several large rodents, snakes, and a female Black Widow (that was on the day I moved in to my place there).

posted by tr33hggr 05 June | 14:14

I bit into a toothpick remnant in a turkey club sandwich at Harris Ranch on the I-5 in Coalinga, California. I had already removed my toothpick from that portion of the sandwich and was quite surprised to find a sharp piece of wood imbedded into my hard palate. It only bled a little and manager was very solicitious. We ate free that day. But I haven't ordered a turkey club since.

posted by Luminous Phenomena 05 June | 14:28

I just now almost ate a ladybug.

Don't feel too bad. I'm sure it won't get away next time.

posted by puke & cry 05 June | 14:56

Chew carefully, Portlanders who eat at Nicolas lebanese restaurant.

That's a bummer! I love(d?) that place.

posted by Specklet 05 June | 15:01

That's a bummer! I love(d?) that place.
Shit! Me too! Well, never mind, I've found a very acceptible substitute.

posted by pieisexactlythree 05 June | 15:47

I was once talking to someone through a screen door, and a fly flew right in my mouth. By reflex, I swallowed it. Tasted like chicken.

I was lunching at an Orange Julius with a friend years ago. While listening to her, I wasn't looking at what I was eating. I did look down, and noticed I was halfway through a moldy hotdog bun. They offered me a replacement, but I declined. Seems I'd lost my appetite by then.

posted by redvixen 05 June | 17:38

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