11-05-2017, 11:06 PM
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Tesco little gems with free protein snack!
Be wary of how you prepare Tesco little gem lettuce. Make sure you peel the leaves and don't slice sideways. I made two friends tonight doing the latter - two baby slugs that is! What a bargain.I guess this is what we have to look forward to as inflation bites and costs are cut to the point where we have to pick our own lettuce.
12-05-2017, 12:05 AM
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I too wash everything fastidiously and feel uncomfortable when I see Jamie just chucking veg in unwashed. That's how I found them. I always check but it's the first time I've found anything. It's funny because they are the first ones I've seen this year, nothing in the garden apart from snails.
12-05-2017, 01:29 PM
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Oh yuk Annie, poor you. we know it's nature for creepy crawlies in fruit and veg but we don't expect them in supermarket foodstuffs as they have supposedly gone through a washing process to prevent such things happening.I have heard so many stories of "finds" in "prepared, ready to eat" bagged salads that I wouldn't buy them ever!!.
And don't get me started on bananas!! I have my groceries delivered and always insist on "loose bananas". in case there is a sac in the bagged ones with hundreds of deadly spiders!!!
Many years ago when I was in the W.R.A.F, I was the Mess Representative, any complaints regarding the food came to me and would be reported to the C.O. at a monthly meeting.
(always ensured I was always served the best of everything)!!
One day I walked in and fancied a Sirloin steak and Salad. All went well until I sat down and tucked into my large helping of green salad. I checked the lettuce leaf (as I would for every leaf if preparing myself) and was horrified to see underneath the top leaf, a happy little crowd of hundreds of greenfly!!! I returned the plate to the counter and asked to see the Chef. He was incandescent with rage when he saw the lettuce and it's inhabitants, especially as it had been served to me, the Mess Rep. I told him I wouldn't report it (I ain't no stool pigeon) but to please give whoever prepared the lettuce, a right b........g as not everyone was not as dilligent as me!
Today, as is always the case, my lettuce is usually screaming for mercy before I ever place it into my lettuce spinner.
12-05-2017, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by shropshiregirl
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And don't get me started on bananas!! I have my groceries delivered and always insist on "loose bananas". in case there is a sac in the bagged ones with hundreds of deadly spiders!!!
You know I am sure that I found a poisonous spider in a bunch of Tesco bananas! I managed to kill it after it came out of the carrier bag. I have never seen a sac but I will be extra careful now. I always worry about cockroach eggs as once had an invasion from a supermarket buy. I think the egg was in a lidl cardboard box.
Thanks for sharing the story about your time at WRAF. You must have had some fabulous experiences. It's a great organisation.
13-05-2017, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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Be wary of how you prepare Tesco little gem lettuce. Make sure you peel the leaves and don't slice sideways. I made two friends tonight doing the latter - two baby slugs that is! What a bargain. I guess this is what we have to look forward to as inflation bites and costs are cut to the point where we have to pick our own lettuce.
Another good reason for me NOT to eat rabbit food!!!
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