Best way to debug organic broccoli?
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Anonymous
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I’ve been washing and washing and washing this broccoli and it’s still full of bugs. I tried swishing like you wash leeks, soaking in salt water for a few minutes, dunking and swishing, scrubbing with my palms, spinning in the salad spinner. And then I picked up a couple florets and they are still full of bugs.
How do you get all the bugs out. |
Anonymous
| soak |
Anonymous
I’ve done a couple soaks in water and salt water. Do I have to cut the broccoli into tiny pieces? They are in “1-2 Bites” sized florets now. |
Anonymous
| I'm sorry, but this is why I can't do CSAs. I realize it's wasteful, but I can't. |
Anonymous
| If it is buggy I wouldn’t eat it. I’ve grow broccoli and had it from CSA, and I’ve never had a head with more than a random bug or spider on it. Bug infested is not okay. Though it won’t hurt you if you just want to boil and eat the little suckers... |
Anonymous
The broccoli is from Whole Foods. Ugh I know they will not hurt me but I cannot bring myself to eat them after seeing so many bugs. I’m doing a vinegar/salt soak now and will probably boil after to get as many additional bugs out as I can. |
Anonymous
| Toss it. I've never gotten a head with many bugs. Something is off with that one. |
Anonymous
| I have never seen such a thing, from a CSA, Whole Foods, my garden, or otherwise. |
Anonymous
| Burn it. Not worth having the bugs in your house. |
Anonymous
| Never experienced that. I would never be able to trust eating it. |
Anonymous
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I've bought produce from Whole Foods, including much broccoli, for more than a decade and have NEVER had a bug infestation in anything. I sometimes get a few tiny bugs in lettuce, once found a huge caterpillar in their frozen whole spinach bag, and once found live wriggling tiny worms in fresh, never-frozen, salmon I had just baked (I posted about that episode on DCUM a few years ago - still traumatized).
I would ask for a refund. It's very easy to get a refund when you get Whole Foods deliveries via Amazon. |
Anonymous
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Absolutely ask for a refund, you don’t even have to return the product if you bought at a store. I would throw it in a bag and freeze it until trash day
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Anonymous
W.T.F. |
Anonymous
| For dinner tonight I had salmon and broccoli, neither of which I examined closely, and you guys are freaking me out. |
Anonymous
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I've occasionally had this OP and its a losing battle. I did all the salt soak emersion and still covered in tiny black bugs. I hate being wasteful but yuckkkkkk
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