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Question about little bugs flying around bread

Posted: Nov 15, 2010

Okay, last week I bought 2 sourdough rolls to make a little bowl to put some clam chowder in. Got home and froze them in the bag they came in. I took them out last night to thaw out and today I looked at the bag, which was still sealed shut (no holes in the bag anywhere), and I saw what looked like fruit flies (about 5 or 6 or so). I took them out of the bag and put them on a plate and covered with saran wrap.

So here's my stupid question...are these sourdough rolls okay to eat? They smell good and feel fresh, but I just don't know about the little bugs.

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I would not eat them. - Happy MT Robin

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YOu didn't say where you bought them, but if the bugs were inside the wrapping, that to me means that the facility where they were produced had some issues. Personally, I'd toss them.

Thanks - kind of thought that - bad cook

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but thought I'd check.

bugs - i DO cook

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lots of variables:

i don't know where you live...is your heat on? covering the rolls w/ plastic in a warm house can case the critters to come out of hibernation. you might set them outside (or turn off the heat, or refreeze).

was your plan to warm them first, or just put in a can of soup?

i do NOT waste food--ever. and no: i have never had e.coli or any other sort of "food poisoning" (and i have cooked LOTS of food, and occasionally eaten in restaurants).

oh: fruit flies do not frequent bread: their name describes their food: fruit. and "bugs" are protein.

not to disparage your reluctance: both my parents are superb cooks, and i was given "the joy of cooking" as a birthday gift. if you want to learn to cook, it'd be an excellent reference.

that being said, we've had it easy for ever-so long, and been taught by whomever to be scared of everything. worm in my apples?? cut 'em out and give them to the chickens. they're happy, and the apples don't go to waste. i've occasionally (every five years or so) found "critters" in flour. i sift and sift again, then remove "critters." chickies love 'em.

our MT line-rate (vs. employees' hourly rate) aside, hard times are here--not for us MTs alone--and more are to come.

e-mail if you chose; but think on my message. i see so many here frustrated about what we earn. well...we chose (and love) this profession, and accepted what we were offered.

i did. it stinks, and it stinks that MTSOs forget that WE make money for THEM.

Thank you for your reply - see message - bad cook

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I live in Oregon. The weather here is cool. My kitchen is probably high 60s temp wise.

I absolutely hate throwing food out. I have not gotten the hang of how to make use of everything but am learning.

We ended up throwing the rolls out which I just cringed at, but these bugs, no matter what I did (moving the rolls or whatever kept finding them. I wrapped them in saran wrap ensuring there were no bugs when I wrapped them and an hour later the bugs were inside the saran wrap (and I moved them to a different part of the kitchen), so I figured maybe they were breeding inside of the bread and coming out (they were sourdough rolls.

I bought a couple cans of new england clam chowder and I was going to cut the bread out of the center then put them in the oven and heat them up to get them a little crispy and then put the soup in them.

When I first saw them on the bread I thought no problem, people eat bugs in the jungle, but when it got worse I thought maybe they laid larva inside the rolls and that kind of grossed me out, so figured I'd just chuck e'm (they cost about $4. and next time make sure I look carefully inside the package to make sure no bugs are there when I buy them. They were frozen in my freezer for about a week, so unsure where the bugs came from.

I agree with you on the hard times. I want to do more conserving of food. Tired of throwing out bad produce or food we don't finish.

Thanks for your message.

I wouldn't eat it. Those bugs obviously came from - eggs, and its likely there -sm

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are still more where those came from. It probably wouldn't make you sick, but the gross-out factor would be pretty high.

LOL - I hear you on the gross out factor - bad cook

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You should have seen the "gross-out factor" on my DH's face when I told him about the bugs inside the bag. It was funny. I would have just heated them up in the oven anyways - well at least his, I would have told him I wasn't hungry for bread - just kidding LOL.

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