The Governess Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Wow, I would have freaked out! :blink: It's the size of a small animal!! It's like the time I was preparing some fish fillets for cooking and a big worm crawled out of one of them. :ack2: I still find myself flaking my fish apart before I eat it to make sure there aren't any creepies in there. And I'm scared now to buy fresh fish. Yuck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 You know, you should have posted this as one of those, "Would You Eat This?" threads. It could have gone either way -- the bug or the rice. :D :iagree:That would have been hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 What a marketing ploy: Free dead pet in the bottom of every bag of rice! You know, you should have posted this as one of those, "Would You Eat This?" threads. It could have gone either way -- the bug or the rice. :D It's like Tequila!!!!! :lol: There have been a lot of those threads lately, haven't there?:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I think I just threw up in my mouth a little... Uh, huh.:ack2::leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Wow, that is sooo cool! See, rice does have protein! I would have screeched and danced out of terror for 30 minutes. But then I would think it was so cool and would keep the beetle. That rice would be thrown out right away though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 haven't yall eaten most of the rice already? I wouldn't worry about eggs - any rice you have eaten would've been cooked. Aside from that, isn't the bug dead? I'm guessing it's not doing much in the way of egg-laying. All I can say is, I'd rather find a bug here and there than know there was a LOAD of pesticides sprayed on my stuff. I remember once when I boiled a broccoli from our garden and a worm floated to the top of the water. It wasn't very large, but dh just popped it in his mouth, ate it and said, "There. Now you don't have to worry about it." I don't think I kissed him for a week! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 You know, you should have posted this as one of those, "Would You Eat This?" threads. It could have gone either way -- the bug or the rice. :D :lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Can you send it to me? My DS does Entomology for 4H and he wants it for his collection. Aw bummer, you beat me to it. :( Ds would LOVE something like that. (And dh just wandered through while I was looking at it and asked what it was. When I explained he said, and I quote, "Too bad it wasn't still alive." I may have to have him be the one to fill my rice containers from now on...shudder....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I remember once when I boiled a broccoli from our garden and a worm floated to the top of the water. It wasn't very large, but dh just popped it in his mouth, ate it and said, "There. Now you don't have to worry about it." I don't think I kissed him for a week! :tongue_smilie: Ugh. That's worse than the beetle!! :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 We are finishing up a large (I think about 15 pound) bag of jasmine rice imported from Thailand. ...says that it's Thai rice, but the writing is in Chinese. So it might have been brought to China in bulk and packed up there. He could be a Thai Rhino or a Chinese Rhino. Have fun, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 As gross as it is, you boiled all the rice you ate, so it won't hurt you. But I'd probably stick to the overpriced rice in a plastic bottle for a while after that shock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 My dh and I talked about this last night. We both thought it would be fine to microwave the rice, or really just wash it several times--which I do with my rice anyway. Jasmine rice is not cheap! I know that's what I'd do, but in the meantime you have a really neat little creature for nature study time...:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I remember once when I boiled a broccoli from our garden and a worm floated to the top of the water. It wasn't very large, but dh just popped it in his mouth, ate it and said, "There. Now you don't have to worry about it." I don't think I kissed him for a week! :tongue_smilie: :w00t: What a guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrina Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 You have to blog this so I can put it on my facebook page!! lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 When I gardened in Southern CA, we saw all sorts of mega bugs in and near our gardens and water sources. The bugs in warm climates grow sometimes to the size of Volkswagens. ;) If I threw out food from my garden that had buggies, I would eat very little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I'd just say the rice has a certain je ne sais quoi :D Slip a little culture in there with the beetle-juices. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 You have to blog this so I can put it on my facebook page!! lol! It's up there already :) I CAN'T BELIEVE what a nerve this thread has hit! Wow! I think we all have bug issues of some kind, huh? I'm packing it up to send off to Dragon Academy (except I Click 'n Ship won't work WITH SAFARI ON THE MAC!!)... LLL told me she got up early and took a peek at our little friend early this morning. What a difference from last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 <<ack>> I'm glad I didn't see that before I decided to make jasmine rice for dinner! We just buy small bags, but I'd been thinking about buying it in bulk. Maybe not, now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 It is definitely a rhinocerous beetle. Here's a link: http://www.naturfoto-cz.de/european-rhinoceros-beetle:oryctes-nasicornis-photo-9675.html You cannot imagine the excitement in my house at the moment. DS is hoping you find some more. Yep...I showed it to dh just now and the first thing he said was, "yep...that is a rhino beetle. Cool." Me..I was more screeching and pushing the computer back from my lap. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 So Thursday night's homework for my kindergartner involved illustrating a poem about bugs. Want to guess what he drew a picture of? ;) It's been rhino-bug talk all weekend :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewday Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Oh my. Now I will have to pour out and sift any future humongous bags of rice or beans before I cook them.... YIKES!!!:svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Well, at least rhino beetles are more easily picked out than weevils. Weevils you have to cook along with the food item and just consider them extra protein.... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I think I threw up a little! :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Cool! But not so cool for the little one. Once when my Mom was pouring out olive oil (in one of those big cans) a grasshopper came out. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I showed the picture to my ds (13yo), who was suitably impressed. Then I happened to be serving rice for dinner a couple of days later. As I was serving the rice, ds asked, "Any rhinoceros beetles?" I think we will never eat rice again without thinking of rhinoceros beetles. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 ei yi yi! ick! Yep... that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheri Warren Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 OMG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneGabe Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 So I sat down with a bowl of cereal to browse the Well Trained Mind forums. After this thread and the fact that I showed my daughters that owl video (the live feed one) and it was eating a squirrel (or something) my bowl of cereal is so not going to be finished!! Oh my gosh I'm not eating rice for a while. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 So I sat down with a bowl of cereal to browse the Well Trained Mind forums. After this thread and the fact that I showed my daughters that owl video (the live feed one) and it was eating a squirrel (or something) my bowl of cereal is so not going to be finished!! Oh my gosh I'm not eating rice for a while. :ack2: This is becoming my go-to site for when I need to cut calories! Nothing like raw squirrel and Rhino. rice to curb the appetite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 :eek: I never thought of that Christy. I wonder if we should get checked out...we eat A LOT of rice. Hey, I was looking them up on wikipedia and saw on a photo there that their eggs look a lot like short grain rice! Editing to add: Their larva are sometimes fried and eaten. The adults are kept as pets in some places. They are clean, easy to maintain, and safe to handle. Now don't you feel better? This is actually VERY comforting. Thank you!:iagree: That soooo would not have bothered me except for the fact that I would feel sorry for the pretty beetle. We eat plenty of them ground up in our processed food.Yep. Natural food coloring is sometimes made from Beetle shells... you have most likely been eating them all along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 That is SO disgustingly cool!! And I wouldn't throw away the rice. I don't think there is any sort of poison or bacteria that wouldn't be killed by cooking the rice. Obviously, you have visual proof that bugs like that are probably crawling all over the rice or the area where the rice is bagged and you had no idea until you found that gem in your bag :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I've been trying to not open this post since you first put it on here, but I broke down. Yikes! On another note, I was about to eat a Fillet of Fish sandwich (yes, I know:tongue_smilie:), and I took the top off to spread the tartar sauce. There was an asian beetle sitting there!!:eek: No, it didn't come from Mcdonald's, we are infested with them. But that's on another post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 That is a cool bug but not in rice. I would freak out! Oh, and I was looking at this type of rice at Costco. I don't think I'm going to buy this now....yuck!! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Could you please rock me now?!! ACK!!! That thing is HUGE!!!!!!!! Ahem...do they lay eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 My dh said, "Nice." :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 :ack2::scared: Wow! Quite the bug...sheesh. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mermaid Mama Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 :iagree: Yep. Natural food coloring is sometimes made from Beetle shells... you have most likely been eating them all along. Isn't it called xantho-something or other? I think it gives a reddish color? I have seen it in yogurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) It is called 'carmine' (or sometimes cochineal) - and if you eat strawberry Yoplait yogurt (or pink Good and Plenty candy) you have eaten it! Edited March 23, 2010 by mom2jjka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 It is called 'carmine' (or sometimes cochineal) - and if you eat strawberry Yoplait yogurt (or pink Good and Plenty candy) you have eaten it! Oh yeah. There's cochineal bug-juice in all sorts of things. Campari and Soda anyone? ;) :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Is it listed as such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Shot Academy Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 You might want to check out this thread: http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163921 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 You might want to check out this thread: http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163921 :lol: OMG! Thanks, I totally missed that thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Oh My Gosh! This is made me shutter just to think of finding a bug in a bag of rice! However, I just read your blog and you found out the beetle was fake! That is just twisted and funny at the same time. Still eeww.... it very well could have been real......:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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