----- --- 19163290 I have managed to make myself paranoid by seeing reviews of people buying frozen cauliflower from Walmart and seeing worms and shit in them. Is this just a regular thing? I know to wash raw vegetables/fruit when you buy em off the racks but I wouldve assumed frozen stuff was washed already. Are there certain brands to avoid/prefer because what if I miss a spot and now I've ingested a goddamn caterpillar Sorry if I sound stupid but is this a common thing? --- 19163318 I once bought chingensai that had a cabbage worm in it. One. In the literal hundreds of thousands of chingensai and other crucifers and vegetables I've eaten in my lifetime. One. Your paranoia is unnecessary. Eat your fucking vegetables. --- 19163323 frozen cauliflower??? cultural confusion aside if the standard for fish is to be frozen out at sea or a dropoff facility to eliminate anisakiasis and various other worms its probably no big deal that your veg is fine to consume even with dead bugs or parasites on it --- 19163329 >>19163290 (OP) you vill eat it anon in no time you'll be complaining when you find bits of cauliflower in your bag of worms --- 19163362 Just as many worms in vegetables as there is in fish and pork and grains and beans. Truly nothing you you can do to avoid them. --- 19163391 Do you guys just pick them out if you see em and go on about your day? I guess boiling in water helps at least --- 19163396 >>19163391 whether or not its sanitary or sterilized doesn't change the fact that it's gross :[ --- 19163404 There are bugs and rodents in our food supply. Always have been. Virtually inescapable, or at least a costly fix. Just get in the habit of quickly inspecting your food and try not to think about it. You've probably unknowingly consumed literal pounds of insect parts in your lifetime. It didn't bother you until you knew about it Just wait until you find out how dirty, disgusting and unsafe restaurants are. --- 19163415 >>19163290 (OP) >wildlife is associated with plants?! I've handled so many thousands of bags of mixed greens. You'd be surprised how many live frogs I've had to deal with. As a cook, I just ask I can take it home for bait, because it feels wasteful to kill it and throw it in the trash. --- 19163416 It happens. I got a can of greenbeans one time that had a huge grasshopper in it. I sent in a complaint to the company and all they did was send me a coupon for a free can of veggies. --- 19164071 >>19163416 Imagine being a little grasshopper and being scooped up by some farmer guys then shipped off to a factory and put in a can. It's dark and cold in there, but you have food at least. After weeks it must have lost it's mind in there --- 19164078 >>19164071 lol --- 19164090 Who cares. It's not like you'll get sick. --- 19164110 >>19164090 https://youtu.be/L4i1udeZbho [Embed] --- 19164119 >>19164090 YES GUY JUST EAT THE BUGS ITS NOT EVEN THAT BAD motherfucker --- 19164120 >>19164071 The little grasshopper was more than likely dead before it was for sure boiled to death in the canning process. --- 19164128 >>19164110 Not watching >>19164119 Stop being a little bitch. If you can't see it who cares? You have no idea how many poo particles you are ingesting on the daily lad. --- 19164130 >>19164128 it's a 3 second clip from Whizzard of Oz anon no reason to be so umami --- 19164135 >>19163290 (OP) American food standards..... Pure freedom!! Read it and weep. --- 19164141 >>19164130 >umami Kys yourself --- 19164143 Catapillers and shit are ok because they signify a fresh garden. Roaches or flies signfy rot and mould. Depends on the bug. For the most part you can just pick out a catapiller. If you find a fucking fly in your food it's definitely too far gone. --- 19164144 >>19164141 I mentally kms'd myself years ago anon, it's all over already for me --- 19164183 >brew Jiaogulan >it unfurls >bug corpse floats up Barf --- 19164193 It's literally just free protein --- 19164286 >>19163290 (OP) Imagine if we wouldn't spray tons of chemicals on vegetables every second cauliflower would be full of insects, worms one worm is nothing, don't be queer OP --- 19164371 >>19163290 (OP) OP, having bugs in your produce means it's less likely to be loaded with pesticides Just wash your vegetables properly, blanch or scald them if you're still paranoid --- 19164381 The best chocalat factories in the world have rat shit requirements, like a tolorable amount is okay --- 19164384 >>19163404 watching kitchen nightmares has forever tainted the idea of eating out to me --- 19164579 >>19163396 >) >>19163391 I have a garden and it's basically impossible to eat fresh kale without having little green worms or aphids on it. the worms can be combed off but youll never clear every single aphid, there are simply too many. At the end of the day, it's important to remember that a lot of these insects are not actually full of harmful bacteria or harmful at all to humans. Im scared of insects so they freak me out, but look at squash vine borers. They hatch inside of the vine. They cant be full of bacteria and nasty bfore they are born otherwise how would birth even work. Then they eat...... plant pulp. The same stuff we eat. Then it shits it out and keeps growing. The bugs are gross but they are not like flies or roaches. --- 19164729 >>19163391 I'm >>19163318 I just put the cabbage worm aside and continued prepping my veg. I watched it a bit cuz it was neat and i liked it's colour. >>19163396 I agree that eating bugs is icky poo yucky. I've tried several sorts several times and i simply do not enjoy any but i imagine the ones I'd chosen to try were cleanly bugs, like crickets, grasshoppers, ants and their larvae, mealworms and witchetty grubs. We're i to find, say, a roach, fly or waterbug in my food, we'd have a fucking problem since those are not cleanly bugs in my eyes. Still, i wouldn't choose to eat any bugs again. Tried em. Hated em. Simple as. >>19164579 >The bugs are gross but they are not like flies or roaches. Ek-fucking-zactly. --- 19164760 >>19163290 (OP) dipping shuit in vinegary, salty water for 10-15 minutes ususally results in everything dying and floating to the surface. Solid chunks of vegetation usually don't require that kind of scrutiny --- 19165868 >>19164183 I found a chrysalis in my loose leaf vacuum jar of (green) tea few days ago. Didn't ever bother picking it out, because it doesn't impact the taste in the slightest. --- 19166777 >>19164729 i agree but i'm not eating bugs i'm sorry we just need to start dying if we're so overpopulated we must eat bugs i mean 1000 years ago we didn't have to eat bugs and stuff has only gotten easier why do we have to eat bugs now? food is so basic i can't eat bugs i don't care about other luxuries food is like the bottom of the pyramid it can't be bad --- 19167030 >>19163290 (OP) I don't see the problem, you get free protein with your veggies --- 19167501 >>19163290 (OP) The more organic you buy, the more likely you'll find bugs in your produce. Romaine lettuce I buy almost always has aphids in them. They're kinda cute desu. When you take them out the fridge, they reanimate. --- 19167558 >>19163415 >As a cook, I just ask I can take it home for bait, because it feels wasteful to kill it and throw it in the trash. Why not just let it go outside you sadist --- 19167586 >>19167558 because he uses them to catch bigger, tastier food duh --- 19167604 >>19164579 >I have a garden and it's basically impossible to eat fresh kale without having little green worms or aphids on it. Put a family of prey mantis in your garden and this problem will disappear. You can buy them online. --- 19168987 >>19167501 >When you take them out the fridge, they reanimate Fucking necrons in your lettuce... thanks, 2023. --- 19168993 >>19163290 (OP) You faggot urbanites have never touched a fresh vegetable have you? --- 19169005 >>19163290 (OP) >it's cute actually doesn't inspire any disgust in me. fascinating --- 19169012 >>19168993 t. condo dweller with a tomato tree --- 19169050 >>19167558 Throw a creature outside of a restaurant hundreds of jot thousands of miles away from where it's from. What a retard. --- 19169055 >>19163290 (OP) Look up reviews for anything on walmart and they say worms/bug eggs/rotten on EVERYTHING. Frozen food, fresh veg, CLOTHES.