My rice has bugs!
By marguicha
@marguicha (230334)
Chile
March 23, 2020 11:35am CST
I had thought that only the wheat flour had moths! Not so. Today I finished a kilo of rice I had in a jar and was going to put the other (the last one) there when I saw something crawling. It was a flour moth 
.
It was gross. Disgusting! But I remember from mylot about a Chinese friend who told me to put the rice at the sun. I did. In my sun, in daylight, I see a lot better. And there are MANY worms in the rice having a party. Mylot does not allow for some words, but you can imagine. This is not a normal moment. I´m not going out to buy some rice.
I´ll call Claudia to see if she can do something. Meanwhile I´ll eat what I have. I have little flour and no rice left. It will do wonders for my diet
Have you had special problems lately?
.
It was gross. Disgusting! But I remember from mylot about a Chinese friend who told me to put the rice at the sun. I did. In my sun, in daylight, I see a lot better. And there are MANY worms in the rice having a party. Mylot does not allow for some words, but you can imagine. This is not a normal moment. I´m not going out to buy some rice.
I´ll call Claudia to see if she can do something. Meanwhile I´ll eat what I have. I have little flour and no rice left. It will do wonders for my diet
Have you had special problems lately?8 people like this
9 responses
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Mar 20
Ah, I knew about the bugs in the rice. My mom always taught us to keep the rice in a tight container because of those bugs. If you find one, chances are they are many more hidden in there. In clearing out the pantry recently, I found bugs in a small bag of cornmeal 
!
!1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Mar 20
In spite of my confinement, I will throw away everything that has any bug. If I have to eat only meat from the freezer, so be it.
1 person likes this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Mar 20
@marguicha Oh - I discovered a few months ago that bugs can also exist in pasta packages. I poured a bag of spaghetti into hot boiling water and saw a bunch of brown things floating on top (like sesame seeds) . . . upon closer inspection it turned out to be those bugs. Yuck. I threw out all that pasta. I wouldn't eat bug infested food either - it would not be good to get sick from our food - especially during this time!! We have meats in the freezer too - surely no bugs there 
.
.1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Mar 20
@much2say They love all kinds of flour. A friend told me to place some pasta in the freezer for 4 days. They will all die. I did it with big pasta and will wash it after I take it out (after 6 or 7 days just in case. And then I´ll boil it. But the flour has to go.
1 person likes this
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
23 Mar 20
Sorry to hear this. I hope you can get some soon.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
24 Mar 20
@Tina30219 I cooked the last of the good rice and have for at lest a week. And I also have potatoes.
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
24 Mar 20
@marguicha It was suppose to be I hope you can get some soon
1 person likes this
@xFiacre (14782)
• Ireland
23 Mar 20
@marguicha When we lived far from everything in Malawi in the 60s We had to buy flour and rice etc in bulk and they always got infested with weevils and the like. My mother just ignored them on cooked on. We survived.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
24 Mar 20
We learn to accept things like that and we also learn to be picky. It is cultural.
1 person likes this
@dgobucks226 (37621)
•
24 Mar 20
I've had that happen to me with wheat flour. Very disturbing No rice for you!
No rice for you!1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
24 Mar 20
I threw away the wheat flour. Now I saw worms in the rice.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Mar 20
Throw it away. At least I will not eat it.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Mar 20
@KityCat I have a freezer full of meat and veggies. I might Have the chance to diet
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Mar 20
No problems like that, thank goodness.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Mar 20
Bugs are awful. I have never had some bugs other people do. But I have had my pantry infested twice, the 2 times I have invited someone to my house.
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
23 Mar 20
Ewww I hate bugs in my food. My husband kids me by saying, "more protein". Yech!
1 person likes this
