So yesterday I made my husband a perfect cheese cake, then

[hedgehog]

topped it with sweet cherries, then for a pièce de résistance, sprinkled slice almonds over the cherries....














then the little caterpillars in the almonds started moving.......














so he had a cheesecake with raspberry topping!

[Tesha]

1. oh yes....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

been there - done that...


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[grasswire]

2. caterpillars in almonds??

How does that happen?

[hedgehog]

7. Most raw foods and cooked grains actualy contain insect eggs.

Let the stored corn meal, flour, crackers, etc get too warm and they'll hatch out.

[grasswire]

8. yeah but all almonds are now pasteurized, by law

I'd think that would kill any buggies.

[hedgehog]

9. I've found bugs in old packages of crackers.

[Lucinda]

3. LOL That's a new one!

I didn't know they hung out in almonds. Talk about your moveable feasts!

[cbayer]

4. So glad you caught it! I have, in the past, noticed too late the invaders in various

stored foods.

:rofl:

[hippywife]

5. Thank goodness you caught them...

and you weren't serving guests, but I would imagine their appearance would take the romance out of a Valentine's evening. :hug:

[Phentex]

6. Well, ya learn something NEW every day!...

I had no idea. :o

[canetoad]

10. Used to have an insectarium in the dry goods cupboard

Weevils, pantry moths...ya know. Then I started keeping opened packets of nuts, breadcrumbs etc in the freezer. Works a treat.

[hedgehog]

11. That's what I'm doing more and more. The bonus is that it's a lot easier

to find stuff and keep track of inventory because it's all right there in the refrigerator door.