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Old 12-13-2007, 06:56 PM
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Default do fresh peas from the garden really have maggots in them sometimes?

what happens to peas at the factory and when they are frozen are the maggots detected by a machine my 11 year old wants to know


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Old 12-13-2007, 07:10 PM
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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohh 'im put off peas all together, just at the thought of it. no jolly green giant with a lil maggot for me now thanks lol grrrross
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Old 12-13-2007, 07:15 PM
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Extra protein?
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Old 12-13-2007, 07:15 PM
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I've always assumed they were caterpillars rather than maggots..so I did a Google and recognised what I get in my own garden grown peas...they usually are Pea Moth Caterpillars....but that aside it's a very good question.

Perhaps the damage to the pea means that when washed they sink rather than float or the opposite and are graded out. Or as they are not organically grown they are probably sprayed with chemicals to stop the moth laying eggs in the first place.

Least I hope they are, they must be Capt'n Birdseye would be pretty daft to let those beasties slip by....
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Old 12-13-2007, 07:15 PM
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I've always assumed they were caterpillars rather than maggots..so I did a Google and recognised what I get in my own garden grown peas...they usually are Pea Moth Caterpillars....but that aside it's a very good question.

Perhaps the damage to the pea means that when washed they sink rather than float or the opposite and are graded out. Or as they are not organically grown they are probably sprayed with chemicals to stop the moth laying eggs in the first place.

Least I hope they are, they must be Capt'n Birdseye would be pretty daft to let those beasties slip by....
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Old 12-13-2007, 07:15 PM
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They certainly do. Not sure how the machines get rid though! I would guess that the freezing process gets rid somehow!

Thank you daughter for me - I shall be checking my packs of frozen peas from now on!!!!!
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Old 12-13-2007, 07:18 PM
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Maggots eat to become flies or bluebottles.

Of course flies of all sorts lay their eggs on our food fresh and cooked but not in the Winter months but come the Spring and they will be back.

Don't be squeamish, do you know that you WILL eat at least 8 insect legs in a bar of chocolate.

Anyway getting back to the maggots they are full of protein, clean and taste like those big grubs that you see on Celebrity Jungle Shows. Stop moaning and get on with your dinner.
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Old 12-13-2007, 07:23 PM
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Maggots are the larvae of flies. Flies lay the eggs on dead animals, etc so that when the eggs hatch, there will be something to eat. Flies/maggots aren't vegetarians.

As a child, one of my chores was to tend the garden we had. I have never seen maggots on any vegetable.
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