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Grossest Gf Moment Yet...

misskris

By misskris
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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misskris
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So I went to my local supermarket today to pick up some corn meal and gluten-free flour to make the cornbread I've been craving for a week. Got home - was SO excited - opened up the corn meal - BUGS! Opened up the gluten-free flour - more BUGS!!

Apparently they don't sell a whole lot of this stuff, so it sits on the shelf for quite awhile. It wasn't out of date though. It was just full of bugs.

So I closed up the bags, put them on the kitchen counter - away from the rest of my foods - and figured I'd return them this afternoon and get my money back. So I went on unloading the rest of my groceries and started the chili for tonite. No more than 10 minutes later, I had little white worms crawling all over my sink and up the side of my refrigerator!!!

By this point I was SOOOO grossed out, I didn't care about getting my money back, so I plunked the bags of nappy flour into a huge freezer bag, completely wound it up with masking tape, put in into another grocery bag and threw it in the outside trash. Then I had to move everything in my kitchen to make sure I killed all those grody little bugs.

(Thankfully, my chili and the rest of my groceries were on the other side of the kitchen and were safe.)

I don't think I'll ever buy flour from that supermarket again. I'll stick to buying online or from the whole foods store. So gross...I just can't stop thinking about those bugs. :unsure: I think I'm going to go clean my kitchen again!

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frenchiemama Collaborator
frenchiemama
Posted

GROSS!!!!

You should call the store and tell them what happened, they need to get rid of the rest of that stuff.

Rachel--24 Collaborator
Rachel--24
Posted
GROSS!!!!

You should call the store and tell them what happened, they need to get rid of the rest of that stuff.

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I agree! Thats nasty...they need to be aware of that problem so nobody else has to deal with the little worms all over their kitchen...eeeew!

Guest nini
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that's really really gross. I too would be calling the supermarket and letting them know about the bugs. They will need to make sure the rest of their flours aren't infested. YUCK!

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PicturePerfect
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that's really really gross. I too would be calling the supermarket and letting them know about the bugs. They will need to make sure the rest of their flours aren't infested. YUCK!

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I totally agree!

Ugh, thats gross!

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
Posted

ew, I feel like things are crawling on me after reading this-LOL. You poor thing!

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted

Apparently, this is quite common......

Here is a link to a thread from last month regarding it.....

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All I can say is, YUCK!!!!!

Karen

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