Worms in Lettuce...normal or should I throw it away?

chelsea · 07-25-2007, 10:53 AM

At the risk of sounding high-maintenance...should I throw away lettuce that had a very small worm on it? I have never found produce with worms on it before...and a few days ago I found a tiny green worm crawling on my cauliflower

(which I threw out

) , and then my mom found a little transparent worm in her lettuce while she was eating it!

I have found flies in lettuce and consider this normal...but worms?

Do I throw it away, or just wash it well and use it?

Rabbit · 07-25-2007, 10:58 AM

Wash it. Think for a minute of how lettuce is grown - in soil, outside, with lots and lots of different kinds of bugs. Dirt and fertilizer get up between the leaves even. Many many a bug has visited your lettuce before it came home. Some to eat other bugs, and some to sample the lettuce. Wash it off, and enjoy!

MarynMunchkins · 07-25-2007, 12:35 PM

I like finding bugs in my produce. It means it's fresh from the ground.

Wash and enjoy!

07-25-2007, 10:53 AM	#1
chelsea Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 7,373	Worms in Lettuce...normal or should I throw it away? At the risk of sounding high-maintenance...should I throw away lettuce that had a very small worm on it? I have never found produce with worms on it before...and a few days ago I found a tiny green worm crawling on my cauliflower (which I threw out ) , and then my mom found a little transparent worm in her lettuce while she was eating it! I have found flies in lettuce and consider this normal...but worms? Do I throw it away, or just wash it well and use it? __________________ "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."

07-25-2007, 10:58 AM	#2
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Worms in Lettuce...normal or should I throw it away? Wash it. Think for a minute of how lettuce is grown - in soil, outside, with lots and lots of different kinds of bugs. Dirt and fertilizer get up between the leaves even. Many many a bug has visited your lettuce before it came home. Some to eat other bugs, and some to sample the lettuce. Wash it off, and enjoy!

07-25-2007, 12:35 PM	#3
MarynMunchkins Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 38,127	Re: Worms in Lettuce...normal or should I throw it away? I like finding bugs in my produce. It means it's fresh from the ground. Wash and enjoy!

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