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Weevils in pasta and grain

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DonMigs85

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Went to boil some spiral pasta today and when I poured it out to my horror it was swarming with little weevils. I was starving and didn't want to run to the store so I submerged the pasta and skimmed off all the bugs that floated to the surface. It's currently boiling now. This should still be safe to eat, right?
 
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I mean, I'm pretty sure it would be safe to eat even with the weevils in it.... just super offputting. If you can get over the psychological hurdle of eating food you had to skim bugs out of, go for it.
 
For the love of all that is holy don't eat that pasta.
skim the bugs off and eat those, don't you know that the carbs in the pasta are literally poison
 
DonMigs85 said:
Went to boil some spiral pasta today and when I poured it out to my horror it was swarming with little weevils. I was starving and didn't want to run to the store so I submerged the pasta and skimmed off all the bugs that floated to the surface. It's currently boiling now. This should still be safe to eat, right?
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Brah...

Did you literally have no other food than bug infested pasta?
 
This is why when I buy rice, I immediately transfer it from a bag into an airtight plastic container.
 
From what I've read weevil eggs or dormant larvae are present in almost all raw grain, just waiting for the right temperature to hatch. They also say that completely bug-free grain could be even worse because it's likely doused in pesticides.
 
SoulUnison said:
I don't think you'll be hurt, but... You really need to rethink some things, man.
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to be fair odds are bugs were all over the grains before they got packaged as well :P

I mean the whole reasons weevils often appear is because their eggs are mixed in with the pasta/grain and eventually hatch.

as I said I wouldn't eat the stuff with the hatched bugs, but really you are likely eating a ton of insect eggs anyways.
 
When it comes to eating some potentially bug-contaminated food and throwing out a whole meal of pasta, you must always choose the lesser of two weevils.
 
richiek said:
This is why when I buy rice, I immediately transfer it from a bag into an airtight plastic container.
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But that's the thing - the eggs or larvae are already embedded in the actual grains or pasta before it's packaged up. My bag of pasta was sealed up and inside another airtight plastic container.
 
OP, you do understand that it is part of the weevil life cycle is to be ingested by a host where they then lay eggs which later hatch in the host?
 
I doubt they are going to harm you, but if you are hungry enough to eat bugs in a first world country you might need to rethink your life choices, my friend.
 
I once ate about 1/3 of a bowl of ramen soup before I realized it was full of warehouse beetle larvae. You'd think this would be something you'd notice right away but nope. I started eating it while watching TV with the lights off and it took a while for me to be concerned about the texture.

It took me a few years before I was willing to eat that stuff again.
 
STORY TIME!

One Saturday morning when I was a kid, I decided to sit down and watch cartoons with a GIANT bowl of Frosted Flakes.

I downed the whole bowl and was still hungry, so I poured me some more.

Finished off Bowl #2 and decided to have just a smiiiidge more, because why not?

On the last spoonful of Bowl #3 right before I put it into my mouth I noticed a little black dot crawling over a flake. Then I noticed another dot in the milk.

I dumped the bowl down the sink and took the Frosted Flakes bag out of the cereal box, and noticed several more of these dots hanging out at the bottom of the bag. Weevils.

I guess if there's a point to this story, it's that eating three bowls of Frosted Weevils won't kill you, but you'll certainly go the rest of your life double-checking cereal bags before pouring yourself a bowl.
 
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Unless your house is completely barren of food, and you live in the middle of the Serengeti, making it impossible to run out and fetch more, you should not be eating this. Even then, maybe the better option would be to starve. Stop.
 
thebeeks said:
STORY TIME!

One Saturday morning when I was a kid, I decided to sit down and watch cartoons with a GIANT bowl of Frosted Flakes.

I downed the whole bowl and was still hungry, so I poured me some more.

Finished off Bowl #2 and decided to have just a smiiiidge more, because why not?

On the last spoonful of Bowl #3 right before I put it into my mouth I noticed a little black dot crawling over a flake. Then I noticed another dot in the milk.

I dumped the bowl down the sink and took the Frosted Flakes bag out of the cereal box, and noticed several more of these dots hanging out at the bottom of the bag. Weevils.

I guess if there's a point to this story, it's that eating three bowls of Frosted Weevils won't kill you, but you'll certainly go the rest of your life double-checking cereal bags before pouring yourself a bowl.
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You'd think they'd be dead too since the cereal is cooked before packing
 
DonMigs85 said:
You'd think they'd be dead too since the cereal is cooked before packing
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I wouldn't be surprised if they had come from somewhere else and found their way in there.
I was the only major cereal eater in the family, so cereal boxes would linger in the pantry. Not long enough to expire or anything, but probably long enough for determined bugs to climb up into the top of the no longer sealed bag.
 
terrible said:
I once ate about 1/3 of a bowl of ramen soup before I realized it was full of warehouse beetle larvae. You'd think this would be something you'd notice right away but nope. I started eating it while watching TV with the lights off and it took a while for me to be concerned about the texture.

It took me a few years before I was willing to eat that stuff again.
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*PUKES*
 
poppabk said:
For the love of all that is holy don't eat that pasta.
skim the bugs off and eat those, don't you know that the carbs in the pasta are literally poison
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This post is a roller coaster ride, much like the Weevils OP is about to injest will experience whilst going through his tract.
 
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