Oh, was that the trail mix I was eating?

Originally posted by switch

So it's after dinner.  I'm still kinda hungry, just sorta want something sweet.  I rummaged through the drawer where we keep stuff like that, and I found a small bag of tropical trail mix--score.  Exactly what I wanted.

OK, so I was reading some BT posts, went to get another handful of trail mix, and something caught my eye. Movement.  (Keep in mind I'm like five handfuls deep at this point). 

Trailmix had lots of moth larva in it. 

Woah. 

I mean wooooooooooooah.

I didn't freak or anything, but damn, that's unsettling. 

My husband's response when I asked if he thought there would be anything to worry about was,

"Nah.  You're body is so pumped they were in there.  Your body thinks they're like raisin fed beef."

Awesome.

Originally posted by switch

So it's after dinner.  I'm still kinda hungry, just sorta want something sweet.  I rummaged through the drawer where we keep stuff like that, and I found a small bag of tropical trail mix--score.  Exactly what I wanted.

OK, so I was reading some BT posts, went to get another handful of trail mix, and something caught my eye. Movement.  (Keep in mind I'm like five handfuls deep at this point). 

Trailmix had lots of moth larva in it. 

Woah. 

I mean wooooooooooooah.

I didn't freak or anything, but damn, that's unsettling. 

My husband's response when I asked if he thought there would be anything to worry about was,

"Nah.  You're body is so pumped they were in there.  Your body thinks they're like raisin fed beef."

Awesome.

Originally posted by moondawg14

Well, you've already made the turn... time to forge headlong into the darkside.

 

Mmmm... cricket-flour pancakes.  

Originally posted by bcraht

See what snacking after dinner will do to you?    We had a REALLY bad year for Drosophila larvae in the blackberries.  Unfortunately, I didn't find that out until after picking 2 huge bowls full for jam and pies.  And who doesn't snack while they pick blackberries?  Can ya feel 'em wriggling around in there??

Originally posted by Hot Runner Anyway, I'm still alive.

Originally posted by Hot Runner Ewwwwww! Reminds of one of the less nice B and B type places Mom and I stayed at in Austria. I'd gone for a morning run and was really hungry, but there wasn't much appetizing at breakfast but the cereal. (It was run by an old lady and I think she was getting senile and forgetting to lay out the usually impressive Austrian breakfast.) I'd already had a big bowl of muesli and assorted other cereals with fruit and yogurt and was putting together a second when I noticed the wriggling you describe. Apparently this cereal came with extra protein. We tried to point out the problem discreetly but she couldn't see them and with our limited German I'm not quite sure she understood the problem. We ended up claiming a sudden change in travel plans and finding another place--just too gross to contemplate another breakfast. Anyway, I'm still alive. I don't recall either of us hatching bugs out of our mouths or anything.

Originally posted by Asalzwed You sick betch. 

Originally posted by switch

JSYK, you were one of the first people I thought of when I realized what had happened. 

I literally sat there just kinda looking at it for five minutes.  Like, "Woooooah" "Really?" "Nah uh..."  It was surreal.

My husband laughed his azz off. 

Originally posted by switch You know what, Kirsten, that is EXACTLY what I thought.  That'll teach me to go into post-dinner graze mode

So, here's the real question: did you make the jams and pies anyway?

And of course I can still feel them wriggling around in there this morning

Originally posted by bcraht

Of course!  I wasn't about to waste them!  It took me a while of salt brine-ing and rinsing, but I got rid of most of 'em.  Just don't tell anyone in my family.  Or my neighbors.  Or co-workers.  Anyone want any jam?