Today, I bit into a piece of homegrown lettuce from my garden. Apparently, I'm not the only one to enjoy my produce, because I took a bite out of a small caterpillar. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was eating at my aunt's place with all my cousins and the salad had little green and alive bugs. I didn't want to cause attention, so I tried to pick some off and just kept eating. FML
Today, I found out that my kids played around with a bunch of caterpillars they'd found in the yard, then informed me they'd eaten a few. I then had to scramble to Google "Is this kind of caterpillar poisonous?" FML
Today, I was drinking from a cup with a built-in straw. After taking a long sip, I noticed a weird taste. Upon investigation, I found a small caterpillar wedged inside the straw. FML
Today, instead of reaching for some unhealthy food, I tried to eat some dates instead. It was all fine until I bit one in half and saw a rather large, squirming maggot inside. FML
Today, after being a germaphobe for almost ten years and refusing to go out to restaurants because of it, I finally had the courage to face my fear, and went to dinner with my family. After three bites into my salad, I found a dead bug in it. FML
Today, while stocking the green beans at work, I picked up a "leaf" which turned out to be a grasshopper. I screamed so loud, my coworkers now think I'm crazy. This is only my second week here. FML
Today, I noticed a small bite on my arm. I couldn't figure out what it came from until I saw a small insect crawling out of my bra. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I were having dinner with my family. He killed a bug and ate it. FML
Today, I bit into a cereal bar and thought the inside was oddly damp. I took a look at it and saw a maggot worm wriggling around. Its friend was in my mouth. FML
Today, I bought a 3 lb bag of pears. The first two bites were delicious! The third bite revealed a worm and its thousands of eggs. FML
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sedon90 3
that's why we wash vegetables
Rosebudx 32
Every good salad needs a bit of protein ;)
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Rosebudx 32
Every good salad needs a bit of protein ;)
JustinJK 21
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They can have some of my protein ;)
mfmylifesrsly 30
Did OP not wash her lettuce thoroughly first?....
Hiktmae 20
Poor caterpillar, he was so young!
grimpeeper 13
What protein? It's not even bigger than the caterpillar.
lyricalservant 21
Nothing like a caterpillar added to your lettuce. Makes it crispier.
WCARlover 35
I'm willing to bet those are a delicacy somewhere actually, so eat up OP ;)
cp399 14
F the caterpillar's life!
johnthejolly 10
Hahaha that's tasty
A07 48
You should be glad it was just the one, oh and maybe buy some pesticide while you're at it?
mikepzz 27
Pesticide really isn't good for humans..
doodlecloud 27
A home grown garden sounds lovely. Pesticides are the LAST thing you want. Nothing wrong with a couple of caterpillars, OP just needs to give things a once over before shoving them in her mouth
unkhammun 5
Actually, I saw something similar in that show, Monsters Inside Me (not a **** parody,lol) and the guy had taken a bite of a snail(not the african snail) that was embedded in his home grown vegetables and contracted a weird brain disease that almost killed him... so yeap, I would think about finding a way to rid his stuff of bugs.
doodlecloud 27
But again, that's not because snails were just around the garden, it's because HE ATE THE FREAKING SNAIL. Which wouldn't happen if he had actually looked at the cabbage and made sure there weren't bugs still on it before shoving it in his mouth.
chutney_02 22
They're not as bad as slugs so you're good for once
amansingh 8
so, out of the two...caterpillar and slug, what would you have chosen to bite? I, personally, neither.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
This is actually one of my fears, after a friend's dad found a caterpillar in his salad at Olive Garden. Taking a chunk out of a bug is NOT something I'm interested in doing. :(
sedon90 3
that's why we wash vegetables
desoxyn242 14
What if he did wash it? How's that gonna remove the caterpillar from the inside?
brasiliano 16
It's a leaf there is no inside. and I assume they don't eat with their hand like it is.they break it up and cut it up etc.so wash it when leaves are all separate.
tdawg91 17
Yeah it was my job as kid to pick and wash the veges in our gardens, 6 years of doing that and not a single critter was harmed
liv421 2
a couple spoons of vinegar. the occasional caterpillar/slug/snail will come right off.
russfml 31
If you were a vegetarian you just broke that streak lol
Steve95401 49
Did the caterpillar taste like chicken?