Originally posted: 22 October 2009
Originally posted: 22 October 2009
Oh my! I wasn't expecting maggots. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck. That would have given me three years of nightmares. Now I'm nervous to open my own fridge!
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OMG how disgusting!!! That's definitely enough to put you off mushrooms for life.I avoid mushrooming like the plague – too much at stake (my life…) – and as my DB did not grow up a country boy he agrees with me totally. It's nice to live in harmony. 🙂
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Poor you!! Well at least you didn't eat them. At first, I thought, “oh no,” your story was about bad mushrooms and spending a weekend at the hospital or in the bathroom! Your story is why I never buy, nor eat, Morels because they're hollow inside, like a little hotel for bugs. Way too creepy. I restrict my mushroom consumption to the sanitized, white button mushroom from the shops, porcini that I demand to have cut in half first so I can see if there are any bugs inside, or truffles, which are too dense to harbour insects of any sort. Safety first!
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Nooooooo I would die! Sick out. On another note, I think you post some of the biggest produce on this blog that I've ever seen.
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iiick! heebie jeebies right now!!! gross… i enjoy cooking and eating mushrooms but I dont think I would enjoy finding them in the forest. good for you for being brave to clean them all up!
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Oh, the horror! This story makes me even less likely to spend weekends mushrooming… I don't care how much 'fun' it is like some people here keep claiming. Eeeesh.
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Oh my word…I would have called my Mom and cried too. I can just imagine the screaming that went on when you opened the fridge. I had a mouse that ran out of the door of my grill last summer. There was a whole lot of screaming in the hood and no grilling afterwards. xoxo
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EW EW EW.yes to the calling of the mother.yes to the crying.yes to the wine and the couch,EW.
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Eek! I already didn't like mushrooms, but this confirms it!
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I knew there is a reason for my aversion to mushrooms! You sure there isn't a good French recipe for asticots au Beurre? Last resort is to make some Casu marzu, that French cheese with maggots…
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i remember reading this story before…and I haven't bought mushrooms since. The market is full right now and I was feeling ready to take a stab at it. You've ruined it for me. Again.
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Ok, it's official. I have lived in France WAY too long. Because this post made me laugh until I cried. Actually, I am still kind of huffy-puffy giggling as I type. Shew. Girl, you are funny. Now, I understand the trauma of the situation, having once eagerly cut into some St. Marcellin only to realize that it was wrigglin'–an event which still makes the back of my throat tense up with “don't throw up, don't throw up” memories. But wow was that well told. And now, like Delana, I will no longer be eating anything other than champignons de Paris…ok well maybe girolles…and chanterelles…and cepes…xo,H
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I remember this story from before and still find it hilarious!
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oh poor Sara Louise! Trauma alright! Glad all better and nice to have a sparkly fridge!Sharonxxxx
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Oh my! I think I would have made my husband come home and deal with the entire situation.
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AHHHH barf times infinity! That is SOOOO horrifying! Yikes!
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Sara, that story is absolutely amazing!!! I literally laughed out loud! Here I am, trying to get through the 1000+ posts in my google reader and this little post came along. I sat in my favorite chair, drinking tea and reading your hilarious tale of mushrooms and magots, (oh my!) and imagining myself right there with you! Thanks for re-posting this! It was a delightful read and definitely brightened my evening! Also, I totally don't blame you for not EVER bringing mushrooms back into the house. Your refrigerator sounded FOUL. Yuck! Sending a hugs and bisou from Arizona! ❤ Mrs.Biscuit
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o…m…gwas not expecting that. how degoutant!!! reminds me of the time my husband thought it would be a great idea to store birdfood in a huge plastic container on the porch just off our kitchen. bad idea. moths had infested the birdfood and proceeded to fly into my cupboard and infest the flour, the cereal…you get the picture. but maggots…..well. that pretty much wins first prize in the gross category – bet you won't want to go mushroom hunting for a while 😉
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AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I would have called my mom and cried too!!! How grossssssss! I was actually imagining much worse like the mushrooms had grown over night and multiplied like Gremlins, and their roots were growing up the walls of the fridge. But maggots are just as bad! I have chills now!I take it you didn't cook the mushrooms?
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EWWWWW! Oh my word, you poor thing. I can't even imagine. UGH! I know this is wrong, but I was kind of laughing a little, but only when you called the mushrooms Judas Mushrooms. I'm actually still laughing about that.
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I couldn't believe how many vendors were selling mushrooms, especially big meaty cepes at the market in Vaison-la-Romaine the last few weeks. We bought lots but used them up quickly (they were delish) so no chance for maggots or anything else like that.
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I read this post last year and now again…it truly is “oh, so yucky”. I had a similar experience with a trash bin. My brother-in-law disposed of some raw fish guts, after cleaning his catch, in the bin without putting it into a sealed plastic bag…next day, I opened the bin to find 1000+ maggots crawling up the sides!!!! I was mortified to say the least! I had to clean the whole thing myself, just as Gregory did, with bleach and water.
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I would have DIED. This is not even an exaggeration. I would have died after bawling my eyes out, because I am TERRIFIED of maggots. Is it ridiculous to be so scared of something so small? Probably not. I would have made him clean out the fridge. I would have just run away and hid until it was done. and I like that you call them Judas mushrooms.
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ewewewewewewewewewewew!!! i have the shivers!!ps. i had a mouse in my apt a few weeks ago… basically i didn't sleep for a week thinking that it would somehow get into bed with me
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oh my goodness! Really! I would have croaked. I am ok with bugs….maggots…totally another story. Gross. And I do feel like you are living straight out of a novel 🙂 and this reader is hooked!
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Uhh, what a nice surprise! :(( Poor Sara!
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Oh goodness, I feel sick! Mushrooms aren't my favorite (I eat them, and often enjoy them)…but this is awful. At least I now know what to do if I ever find myself in a similar situation, though I hope I don't xoxox
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Ha ha, what a funny story! You're such a great writer.. this was fun to read!xoxohttp://rubiesemeralds.blogspot.com/
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I shouldn't have read this whilst eating my lunch.
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