Maggot in Salad ?
Mar 12, 2019, 3:32 pm
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Unlike the normal flyertalk pickiness I'd say its an important distinction. I'd be upset about a bug in my food, but I'd be absolutely mortified at a maggot in my food.
Mar 12, 2019, 3:34 pm
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Mar 12, 2019, 6:42 pm
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I actually think it looks like a baby catipillar
Mar 12, 2019, 7:19 pm
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That doesn't look maggoty to me. Just some bug. I'd have grabbed my compensation and probably finished the salad.
Mar 12, 2019, 8:19 pm
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I'm surprised this hasn't been covered yet ....
https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea..../delta-maggot/
https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea..../delta-maggot/
Mar 12, 2019, 9:27 pm
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So gross
Mar 12, 2019, 10:53 pm
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If you think so you had REALLY better refrain from eating anything you have not prepared from fresh raw materials yourself. A previous poster linked to the FDA's acceptable contamination levels.... fascinating reading. Of course food quality is generally MUCH better today than at any other time in history....at least now contaminants are almost always accidental (bugs etc falling into preparation vats , commercial kneading bowls and so on) rather than the purposeful adulteration (with cheaper and sometimes dangerous ingredients) that was endemic in earlier times....
Mar 13, 2019, 2:49 am
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I thought salads where supposed to be healthy... oh well a little extra protein never hurts
Mar 13, 2019, 4:44 am
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Was it a maggot salad?
Mar 13, 2019, 6:31 am
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DL should have charged extra for the optional protein which was added to the salad course.
BTW, is a maggot part of a paleo diet?
BTW, is a maggot part of a paleo diet?
Mar 13, 2019, 8:16 am
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The rule-of-thumb I learned in survival was 6 or fewer limbs means it is edible. So snakes on the plane--no problem, edible. Spiders on the plane--no thanks, not edible.
Mar 13, 2019, 8:57 am
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Could be worse...
Doctors remove 50 maggots from man’s nose
https://www.foxnews.com/health/docto...from-mans-nose
And it gets even worse:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...egs/441064002/
Doctors remove 50 maggots from man’s nose
https://www.foxnews.com/health/docto...from-mans-nose
And it gets even worse:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...egs/441064002/
Last edited by Bonehead; Mar 13, 2019 at 9:02 am
Mar 13, 2019, 9:14 am
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If you think so you had REALLY better refrain from eating anything you have not prepared from fresh raw materials yourself. A previous poster linked to the FDA's acceptable contamination levels.... fascinating reading. Of course food quality is generally MUCH better today than at any other time in history....at least now contaminants are almost always accidental (bugs etc falling into preparation vats , commercial kneading bowls and so on) rather than the purposeful adulteration (with cheaper and sometimes dangerous ingredients) that was endemic in earlier times....
Personally I would be put off by the whole ordeal but wouldn't be that big of a deal at the end of the day. $50 compensation would be fine in my book.
Mar 13, 2019, 9:26 am
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Mar 13, 2019, 9:31 am
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The issue is that they were not medical professionals and were not using medical maggots: https://www.monarchlabs.com/mdt