Gross Update
Tracy
my semolina. The guy I spoke to said to bring it in.
When I got there it was kinda busy. When it was my turn, I put the bag
on the counter and said "I called earlier about some semolina". The took
a look and said "how many bags?" I said three. He opened the till and
gave me a 10 and I was outta there.
No apologies but I made 91 cents back. Each bag was 3.03 each.
I stopped next door at another Middle Eastern market (Arax) and they had
some. I asked the sales guy if I could open it up first to take a look
he even said to go ahead dig in - which I did. It didn't have the nasty
cobwebby mess like the bags I got at the other store. So, I bought it. I
will look again tonight before sealing it away in a storage container -
one of those clasp jars with the ring.
I am not sure if I will go back to that store or not....I really don't
shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder tea.
-Tracy
cybercat
"Tracy" <kara...@bc.edu> wrote :
> No apologies but I made 91 cents back. Each bag was 3.03 each.
I think I would have apologized if it were my store, but at least they took
care of it.
>
> I stopped next door at another Middle Eastern market (Arax) and they had
> some. I asked the sales guy if I could open it up first to take a look he
> even said to go ahead dig in - which I did. It didn't have the nasty
> cobwebby mess like the bags I got at the other store. So, I bought it. I
> will look again tonight before sealing it away in a storage container -
> one of those clasp jars with the ring.
>
> I am not sure if I will go back to that store or not....I really don't
> shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder tea.
I probably wouldn't go back if there are other places to go. It's nasty to
open what you think will be wholesome food and get a spoiled mess.
merryb
Interesting story- I had that happen with cod that I had purchased
from Safeway. I had frozen it after I bought it, and upon defrosting,
I saw a couple of wiggly things- UGH!!! Even after it had been frozen!
So I went back to the store for a refund, and told the fish guy about
it. He just shrugged and said, "It happens"...
Gregory Morrow
cybercat wrote:
It's nasty to
> open what you think will be wholesome food and get a spoiled mess.
>
Many of us think the same of your *posts* here...
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Gregory Morrow
Tracy wrote:
> So, I called the store first to let them know what happened - worms in
> my semolina. The guy I spoke to said to bring it in.
> When I got there it was kinda busy. When it was my turn, I put the bag
> on the counter and said "I called earlier about some semolina". The took
> a look and said "how many bags?" I said three. He opened the till and
> gave me a 10 and I was outta there.
> No apologies but I made 91 cents back. Each bag was 3.03 each.
>
Wow, NO apologies!? If it were me I'd be calling the local health
department on 'em just for some "lagniappe"...
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Greg
Sheldon
Ethnic markets are more likely to have poor food handling habits by US
standards... and they are typically miserly with refrigeration temps
and A/C. They also do not rotate stock regularly, will not segregate
grain products so encourage cross contamination, and rarely inspect
their wares. You will be better off buyng ethnic products from
regular stupidmarkets even though a few pennies more, or if you can
use it all or have people to share with then buy on line in quantity.
I buy many grain products here and have never had a complaint. I
usually split a large sack with neighbors.
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/semolinaflour50lb.aspx
Sheldon
> cybercat wrote:
>
> It's nasty to
>
> > open what you think will be wholesome food and get a spoiled mess.
>
> Many of us think the same of your *posts* here...
>
Opening a package and finding few mealy woims in flour ain't nuthin',
you don't want to be in the same state when CyberMaggot opens her
legs... the schtink alone will make you gack.
Goomba
> I stopped next door at another Middle Eastern market (Arax) and they had
> some. I asked the sales guy if I could open it up first to take a look
> he even said to go ahead dig in - which I did. It didn't have the nasty
> cobwebby mess like the bags I got at the other store. So, I bought it. I
> will look again tonight before sealing it away in a storage container -
> one of those clasp jars with the ring.
>
> I am not sure if I will go back to that store or not....I really don't
> shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder tea.
You do know that ANY grain or flours, from any store, can have livestock
in it at times....right? If you're so upset by the idea, toss it all in
the freezer for a few days before opening.
Tracy
I wouldn't say I was upset - I was more just grossed out and annoyed
that I to spend my lunch hour going back.
I know it happens, but I have never had that kind of problem before. I
guess I have been lucky.
-Tracy
Tracy
I have checked that website out - but I need coarse semolina, not flour.
I bet lots of my in laws would share if I could find the right kind in bulk.
At the market you can get "regular semolina" "coarse semolina" and
"farina". I have not seen coarse semolina in the regular supermarkets
either.
-Tracy
cybercat
"Tracy" <kara...@bc.edu> wrote
> I wouldn't say I was upset - I was more just grossed out and annoyed that
> I to spend my lunch hour going back.
>
> I know it happens, but I have never had that kind of problem before. I
> guess I have been lucky.
>
Everyone knows that eggs etc. are found in grain, but if you buy it and find
live creatures it is old and has been stored improperly. You have every
right not to expect bugs, worms, and moths in your flour.
"Goomba" just has to state the obvious. Ugh.
Gloria P
Hey, it's not as if the store PUT the worms in the bag. Mother Nature
did, blame her.
We have gotten way too far from the source of our food if common,
natural contaminants can freak people out so badly.
What's healthier than plain bran flakes? I once poured out a measure
of them into a bowl to make bran muffins and there was so much motion
there I thought the bowl was going to walk away. Yes, it was the same
larvae you can find in most grain products. I just chucked the
stuff, checked the other grain products int he pantry, and went on with
life. I did learn to keep flour and grain in the freezer before
opening, both to prevent worms and slow spoiling/rancidity.
gloria p
Sheldon
Phone Honeyville and ask, I found they are most helpful.
There are also other web sites that sell semolina.
http://www.castellamarketplace.com/semolinacoarsemisko500gr.aspx
Tracy
Thanks. Maybe I will.
Cheryl
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>
> I am not sure if I will go back to that store or not....I really don't
> shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder tea.
>
I was just catching up on this thread and the original, and I have to
concur - gross! I had a mealy worm/moth problem for about a month one time.
I started noticing tiny moths flying around; more accurately, I noticed the
cats chasing tiny moths. Then I started seeing the worms in the kitchen.
Climbing on the walls, the ceiling, etc. Couldn't find the source, though.
I threw out everything in the cabinets that could have been infested.
Everything after that went into tight storage after purchased, even if not
opened yet. Into ziplock bags the whole box/carton whatever, it went. I
think I narrowed it down to some cheap dry catfood I had bought for the
neighborhood strays. What I hate is going into a store like PetSmart and
finding moths flying around. You just know that something is going to be
coming home with you. They were even in the cardboard boxes that the canned
food I buy was stored in. I have pet mice now, and the bedding is usually
always suspect to have mites or lice in it. I put the new bags in the
freezer for a few days before opening it. There will always be parasites.
Omelet
Goomba <Goom...@comcast.net> wrote:
Good advice. I freeze all dry goods for a week or so before storing.
She's right. It works for the most part.
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"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om
"He who has the guns can get the gold."
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Omelet
"Cheryl" <jlhs...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> I have pet mice now, and the bedding is usually
> always suspect to have mites or lice in it.
Use cedar shavings and that problem will go away.
Wayne Boatwright
> In article <6l4gm6F...@mid.individual.net>,
> Goomba <Goom...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Tracy wrote:
>>
>> > I stopped next door at another Middle Eastern market (Arax) and they
>> > had some. I asked the sales guy if I could open it up first to take a
>> > look he even said to go ahead dig in - which I did. It didn't have
>> > the nasty cobwebby mess like the bags I got at the other store. So, I
>> > bought it. I will look again tonight before sealing it away in a
>> > storage container - one of those clasp jars with the ring.
>> >
>> > I am not sure if I will go back to that store or not....I really
>> > don't shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder
>> > tea.
>>
>> You do know that ANY grain or flours, from any store, can have
>> livestock in it at times....right? If you're so upset by the idea,
>> toss it all in the freezer for a few days before opening.
>
> Good advice. I freeze all dry goods for a week or so before storing.
> She's right. It works for the most part.
In general, yes, it's good advice and I actually keep many dry goods in the
freezer all the time. However, if you come home with a bag of live, active
worms, pupae, etc., it's not something I want in my freezer, nor do I want
to open it or use it.
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If it has tits or tires, you gonna
have trouble with it.
Cheryl
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> In article <G5dHk.26816$iL2....@newsfe30.ams2>,
> "Cheryl" <jlhs...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have pet mice now, and the bedding is usually
>> always suspect to have mites or lice in it.
>
> Use cedar shavings and that problem will go away.
Cedar and pine are not safe for them. Aspen or the recycled paper CareFresh
are safer.
Dan Abel
Tracy <kara...@bc.edu> wrote:
> I know it happens, but I have never had that kind of problem before. I
> guess I have been lucky.
Yeah, I think you've been lucky. When I was a kid, you couldn't buy
chocolate bars with nuts in them during the summer. You could during
the winter, but not the summer. Turned out that the nuts had invisible
insect eggs in them. During the winter, the stores were cold enough
that even though they were there, they wouldn't hatch. During the
summer, since many stores weren't air conditioned, the eggs would hatch
and the candy bar would have little worms. So they just didn't sell
them.
--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
da...@sonic.net
Wayne Boatwright
I guess I've been lucky, too. When I was a kid my grandparents owned a
small country store in NE Mississippi that wasn't air conditioned. It got
pretty hot there in the summer, but they always sold all types of candy,
including various chocolate bars that had nuts. Baby Ruth comes to mind.
I don't ever remember finding any little critters in my candy.
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Given a choice between two theories,
take the one which is funnier.
Nancy Young
> I guess I've been lucky, too. When I was a kid my grandparents owned
> a small country store in NE Mississippi that wasn't air conditioned.
> It got pretty hot there in the summer, but they always sold all types
> of candy, including various chocolate bars that had nuts. Baby Ruth
> comes to mind. I don't ever remember finding any little critters in
> my candy.
A friend of mine will never eat cookies in the dark again, I
bet. He was eating some (rather expensive brand) cookies
while watching a movie at home. Something got his
attention and he turned on the lights. The nuts in the
cookies had worms. Gawd, he was horrified.
I found worm in shelled (unshelled?) pecans once, I
haven't bought those since, I buy them already removed
from the shell. Gack. I understand it, but it still flipped
me out.
nancy
Wayne Boatwright
I know stuff like that happens. When I was a kid, I was opening a can of
Heinz cream style corn for my mother. Right under the lid was a huge corn
worm sitting on the surface of the corn. We sent the lid (with the
identification information) and a sealed packet containing the work, along
with a nice letter to Heinz pointing out the problem. They sent us a case
of assorted Heinz food products. :-)
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I don't care who does the electing, so
long as I get to do the nominating.
Sheldon
I was sitting in bed nursing a cold watching TV. I needed a snack and
remembered I had a package of string figs. I was munching away in a
dimly lit room (just light from the small TV) when I had a weird
tickling feeling on my arm, so I turned on the bedside lamp and saw
that my figs were alive with worms, more worms than fig... and I
thought it was just fig seeds. I haven't eaten those imported string
figs since and never will again, it's been over thirty years.
Tracy
wrote:
My mother used to tell us stories about all the times she wrote to
manufacturers and what she "got" in return. I have only received
coupons back when I've complained about a product. Companies just
don't care so much anymore.
-Tracy
jmcquown
> "Tracy" <kara...@bc.edu> wrote in message
> news:gciv73$ai2$1...@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
>> I am not sure if I will go back to that store or not....I really
>> don't shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder
>> tea.
>
> I was just catching up on this thread and the original, and I have to
> concur - gross! I had a mealy worm/moth problem for about a month
> one time. I started noticing tiny moths flying around; more
> accurately, I noticed the cats chasing tiny moths.
(snippage)
LOL I'm picturing tiny moths and your cats chasing them! Put a bay leaf in
things like flour and cornmeal to help retard critters. At least here at
Mom's there's an extra freezer; not that we use much of that sort of thing.
At home I only have the small freezer above my fridge so not much room to
store things like that... at least not if I want things like meat and frozen
vegetables :)
Jill
Wayne Boatwright
Mailing coupons is much cheaper than shipping product. When we did this it
was back in the 1950s.
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Nancy Young
> On Oct 9, 8:32�am, "Nancy Young" <rjynly...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> A friend of mine will never eat cookies in the dark again, I
>> bet. �He was eating some (rather expensive brand) cookies
>> while watching a movie at home. �Something got his
>> attention and he turned on the lights. �The nuts in the
>> cookies had worms. �Gawd, he was horrified.
> I was sitting in bed nursing a cold watching TV. I needed a snack and
> remembered I had a package of string figs. I was munching away in a
> dimly lit room (just light from the small TV) when I had a weird
> tickling feeling on my arm, so I turned on the bedside lamp and saw
> that my figs were alive with worms, more worms than fig... and I
> thought it was just fig seeds. I haven't eaten those imported string
> figs since and never will again, it's been over thirty years.
Oh, no! Ick. That would put me off figs for a lifetime.
I know, people around the world think worms are just
yummy. It's not for me.
nancy
cybercat
> Sheldon wrote:
>
>> I was sitting in bed nursing a cold watching TV. I needed a snack and
>> remembered I had a package of string figs. I was munching away in a
>> dimly lit room (just light from the small TV) when I had a weird
>> tickling feeling on my arm, so I turned on the bedside lamp and saw
>> that my figs were alive with worms, more worms than fig
hahaha! This day is shaping up to be just fine. :D
Gregory Morrow
Sheldon wrote:
Cecil B. DeMille should film that, it'd be bigger than the parting of the
Red Sea...in 70mm Cinemascope, Technicolor, and Smell - O - Vision...it
would be a huge hit on the prison rodeo circuit, lol...
--
Best
Greg
" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking
gas
cybercat wrote:
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Has gained fame for her venus pubic
When asked its size
She'd feign surprise
Then ask if in square feet or cubic..."
:-D
Gill Smith
Sultanas, SWIMMING in mineral oil. Disgusting.
Curious stuff. Tried removing it with boiling water.
No luck.
The oil seems to be chemically adsorbed.
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Dan Abel
"Gill Smith" <gill.sm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> For the first time in ages, I had to return some food.
>
> Sultanas, SWIMMING in mineral oil. Disgusting.
>
> Curious stuff. Tried removing it with boiling water.
>
> No luck.
>
> The oil seems to be chemically adsorbed.
Mineral oil? Hopefully you didn't consume any. Unless you are having
bowel problems, the immediate grossness isn't so much of a problem as
when this stuff hits your bowels. It's a petroleum product and is not
digestible. It'll go right on through and take everything with it.
It's used as a laxative.
Gill Smith
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Just checked the label. They call it Vegetable Oil ('glaze') these days.
Whatever it is, in bulk it's disgusting.
Talking of laxatives, I found out about the laxative effect of prunes
shortly after chomping my way through my first bag of them.
Developed a healthy respect for those critters, yes sir.
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Jean B.
> So, I called the store first to let them know what happened - worms in
> my semolina. The guy I spoke to said to bring it in.
> When I got there it was kinda busy. When it was my turn, I put the bag
> on the counter and said "I called earlier about some semolina". The took
> a look and said "how many bags?" I said three. He opened the till and
> gave me a 10 and I was outta there.
> No apologies but I made 91 cents back. Each bag was 3.03 each.
>
> some. I asked the sales guy if I could open it up first to take a look
> he even said to go ahead dig in - which I did. It didn't have the nasty
> cobwebby mess like the bags I got at the other store. So, I bought it. I
> will look again tonight before sealing it away in a storage container -
> one of those clasp jars with the ring.
>
> shop there much anyway - except for the semolina and gunpowder tea.
>
>
>
Thanks for the update--and the good news about Arax.
--
Jean B.