maggot in cannellini beans
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maggot in cannellini beans
Hi brought some beans from Asda and made some soup, the daughter found one with a maggot climbing out. Was wondering if anyone has ever had something like this happen and is it worth complaining about ta.
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I also doubt it was from the tin, they turn into flies in about a week, if it was canned with an egg in I cant imagine it survived, its possible the can had been breached, we had some dog food that had been dropped and was crawling.
Did it look like it had been breached or dented ?
Did it look like it had been breached or dented ?
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The maggot was coming out the bean, the bean had a hole in it. I opened the tin and put them in the soup cooled it and put it in the fridge 8pm last night. My daughter had some miday today and the maggot was coming out the bean.
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Egg probably laid during the cooling period then.
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So a 1/2 inch maggot could be laid and hatched in a 16 hr or so period and eat its way into a bean ,never knew they could be so quick to grow ,the funny thing is it was still alive and had just come out the microwave after 4 min lol
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take your point but the soup was cooked then the can of beans opened put in then covered up straight away ,left to cool put in the fridge until taken out 8 hrs later put in the microwave then the maggot was found . Asda have taken it and we will hear within 2 weeks let you all know lol
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It couldn't have been in the can if it was still alive. I would be fairly certain that the maggot 'arrived' in the soup when it was cooling and and had a munch on the bean for brekkie today. Apparently they don't tase too bad if you don't microwave them for too long
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It could have eaten through it since last night. If the maggot was in the can of beans during the canning process and survived, I hope you didn't kill it. It must be some kind of Souper-Maggot..... (scuse the pun)
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During the canning process, the contents will be heated very quickly in the sealed can. Thanks to Boyles Law, the pressure will also increase substantially. If the maggot was in the can and didnt get cooked to death it would almost certainly have imploded due to the pressure. What else did you put in the soup?
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onion and ginger ,curry powder sweet potatoes and veg stock boiled for half an hour then blended, then the can of beans was opened put in the pot a lid was then placed on the pot and left to cool then put in the fridge ,taken out and micro waved
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I'll have a fiver on the sweet potatoes as the culprit. The maggot would have a better chance boing boiled at 1 atm and having a spin in the blender than being steam boiled and pressurised, althought you would have to say that the chances of either are fairly slim
You don't have anything else in the fridge that could have been the cause? - Dead sheeps head hanging from the roof perchance?
You don't have anything else in the fridge that could have been the cause? - Dead sheeps head hanging from the roof perchance?
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never had this happen before and it makes me feel sick ,just cant believe a fly could lay a egg and within 16 hrs a half inch bloody maggot could craw out a bean
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the really weird thing is i saw my daughter microwave the soup and when she screamed lol it was still moving and it was coming out a hole in the bean
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