I do love to read your busy/funny/wonderful life stories. I can't wait to see what happens next (-:
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As we're currently eating mushrooms for breakfast, lunch and dinner I think I would have preferred to hear the story about the… “delectable wild mushrooms and the beautiful gourmet meal I would cook using them.”Still, you'll know to eat the mushrooms fresh next time, won't you?There will be a next time, won't there?All the bestKeith
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Dear Sara,you are so funny! I agree with Linda, I also can't wait to see what happens next!Never see maggots in a fridge 🙂
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That is so gross! You do know you will be telling this story forever. My mother once defrosted a rabbit and it did the same thing and she still tells the story (and has never eaten rabbit since). This was before I was born!Maggots: nice when you have gangrene, but not in the kitchen.
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Linda – Thanks! And I can't wait to see what happens next either! :-)Keith – lesson has definitely been learned!Babi – And I hope you never have to seem them! It's horrible! xKirsty – I think your mother's story is even worse than mine!
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You put me off my breakfast – thanks!
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This totally reminds me of the forgotten potatoes. Twice while living on my own (and in two different apartments) I made the mistake of stashing a bag of potatoes in a cool, dry, dark cupboard and forgot about them.And both times I was greeted by the foulest of foul scents and maggots. And I had to be the brave fighter, and kill them and dispose of everything and clean it all myself. No brave boyfriends to rescue me.The smell in the cupboard was so bad that it took months, several rounds of cleaning, and a bag of open coffee grounds to get rid of it.
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I hate maggots, eewwww, just thinking of it gives me goose bumps! But i really enjoyed reading this story, interesting enough that i read them all! I'm now following! =)
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Hilarious! My toes would have curled..probably for days. Ugh. And I'm so jealous of the going back to bed with a book for the day part. Sigh.xAidan
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My word Sara Louise how much your life has changed in only a year.I've said it before, seriously this would make a great book.
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Ohh now I want to know more..I love the way you write:) hugs and kisses,sweetieHappy Monday
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Sarah Elizabeth – sorry! I should have included a warning xSara – how awful! At least we've learned our lessons but if it happens again, give a shout and I'll stick The Husband on a plane :-)Shineyglam – goosebumps galore! Thanks for following :-)Aidan – Yes, the back to bed part was good. Bonus of not having children, and this was before I had Fifty too. xJames – You flatter me. Thanks for always making me smile 🙂
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Eeeww!!! Where is all the food??!
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Our second apartment, in New York City, also had a fridge with maggots! Didn't discover it until I put some new fresh food in it, and the next morning…..aaahh. They were all in the rubber around the edge, and crawling in the drawers. Yes, I freaked out! Long and short of it, we had it carried down the four flights, that very day, and bought ourselves a new fridge (this was a rental, so of course the landlord was not about to buy a new one). Years later, it still makes my skin crawl!!!!
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what the?! I have a question. How do maggots come out of nowhere?? I'm going to assume they didn't live in the fridge. And they weren't on the mushrooms when you first had them. So WHERE did they come from?? I saw my first live maggots in Europe as well. But it was in our garbage can. ick ick ick!!
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Ick! I'm not sure I would be able to look at another mushroom ever again.
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Hmm – giant shrooms all through the markets right now, too. Maggots? This is precisely my issue with Lady Gaga's meat dress. Freaking maggots.
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hahahahahahahah!!! I love that you called your mother and cried because that completed the story and is exactly what iI would have done!
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I'm just glad you didn't end up eating any maggots. That would have been too much for anyone to handle.
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That is, legit, one of the funniest stories you've ever told. And one of the grossest. I wouldn't have bothered with the fridge. I would have demanded that we move. Or buy a new fridge. You are very brave and fearless. xx
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the boyfriend to the rescue – i like his solution – give you a glass of wine and he scrubs the fridge with bleach – he's well trained!! (hehe)
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In a word: EEEEWWWWW! 🙂
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you bring a little bit of joy and laughter into my life with every new post you publish xxx
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Bugs in the fridge? Trauma. Plain and simple. I'd be searching/spying/inspecting for bugs for years to come…as if the ghost of the maggots still lingered!You poor thing. I too would have cried a thousand mushroom tears!
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Eeek I knew there was a reason I didn't like mushrooms… but as horrible as that experience was, it makes for a wonderfully funny tale of the past. p.s. i would still squint at the back of my fridge too!
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Who would have thought mushrooms were that evil? And I'm with B…I would have bought a new fridge!
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That must have been a traumatizing incident! I've never had to deal with maggots (and I hope I never have to) but I think you handled it just the way anyone would!
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Ew ew ew ew ew! I'm so glad I finished my breakfast before reading this! Haha. If it's any consolation, my boyfriend would have reacted with the same indifference and I would have cried to my mom too!
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Oh my goodness how terrifying!!
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Oh Sara, how you make me smile! First of all, please, please, PLEASE! tell me this has not turned you off of mushrooms for good? That would be a tragedy, although not that I would blame you. Second, how brave of you to share with us so that we can all laugh in horror at your expense 🙂 And I agree with James…you would write an awesome-tastic book! (Yes that's a word, write it down!) Toodles dear!
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This is a masterpiece and you should repost it every autumn.
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Oh GOD! I just read this and no I'm rethinking my chicken in mushroom sauce. Oh how freakin' gross. Yech.
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Ugh!! Glad we finished all of our mushrooms before I read this…geez, this is a cautionary tale if I ever heard one. Going to be super-careful with our mushrooms as well (headed out for a hunt soon as well)…yikes…& yucky! 🙂
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Ewwwwww!!!! Ga-ross! We had a slightly less gross incident where it looked like little bugs were pooping in the fennel bulbs we had just bought, and although they were contained to one drawer I refused to go near the fridge until Dan threw them out and conducted a similiar disinfecting project…and I do occasionally still look for those little poop trails. Blegh.
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