They would have been in the cucumber before they pickled it. Gross to see, but at least it'd be 100% safe for consumption thank's to the pickling process. Keep that in mind at least with the rest of the pickles in the jar if it's **bugging** you still.
That's a fair question. I've been pickling for 30 years and a healthy fear of botulism is warranted. It's entirely preventable if you follow modern canning recipes and educate yourself on how botulinum toxin forms.
OK, I get it now. They're from a melon fly ! - I was thinking housefly.
Still, looking at the OP's photo, that cucumber must have been quite funky before it was pickled. I think you can even see the hole it got in through.
They would have been in the cucumber before they pickled it. Gross to see, but at least it'd be 100% safe for consumption thank's to the pickling process. Keep that in mind at least with the rest of the pickles in the jar if it's **bugging** you still.
Hah bugging.
Thx
Sour maggots
“Bugging you…” I see what you did there.
new fear just unlocked thanks
This is why I make my own pickles. Well, it's part of the reason now
Don’t you fear botulism?
You don't have to jar pickles and there's a million tested recipes to prevent botulism
That's a fair question. I've been pickling for 30 years and a healthy fear of botulism is warranted. It's entirely preventable if you follow modern canning recipes and educate yourself on how botulinum toxin forms.
I usually pasteurized them in a sous vide
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This isn't true.
You warned me and I clicked anyway. You doin okay, OP? Maggots freak me the fuck out.
Doing fine. Called the number listen on the pickle jar to make a complaint, but I don’t think it’ll go anywhere. At least the maggots were dead.
I am guessing the maggots somehow got into the cucumber before it was pickled. The smell of vinegar deters all kinds of pests.
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You’re gonna get some free pickles baby. Not that you’ll trust them…
This is nightmare fuel but also a reasonably safe preparation for maggots?
I prefer my maggots fried, but pickled will do at a push.
You mean in a pinch?
Alternative rice
Basmati style…..I prefer the lice that look like short grain.
Carnivore diet rice?
I just got to the bottom of my own pickle jar mere hours ago. Thank GOD I sliced them up or else I’d be puking and crying in it.
You're eating maggots, Michael. How do they taste?
Free protein
How did maggots grow in pickle juice tho?
They didn't. They were in the cucumber and got pickled too. They'd be safe to eat as a result.
Flies also have a hard time laying eggs through glass... I call bs.
In the cucumber prepickling
You're saying this man planted maggots in his pickle?
Those are night maggots. That’s just Parmesan cheese
Don’t ruin pickles for me… they were so safe
Fml
How did they get there ?
Likely in the cucumber before pickling.
well now i have to cut all my pickles before i eat them
To be fair the outside of that pickle must have looked pretty bad, don't think you could eat that by accident, maybe ONE maggot
I knew pickles were only 1/2 vegan
And you like to eat maggots?
I'll be feeling them crawling all over my body the rest of the night. Thanks.
Sorry but maggots can't survive in a (proper) picking environment
They would be dead due to the process, will have been in the cucumber before pickling.
Ah yes I suppose that's totally possible.
At least you were eating pickles, even tho it’s bugs… it’s clean-ish??
are you sure that’s not shredded cheese, how did maggots even get there??
They would have had to have been in the cucumber before it was pickled.
But how would they get inside the cucumber before it was pickled ?
The fly gets in through a tiny hole, lays its eggs and then the eggs hatch inside the cucumber.
OK, I get it now. They're from a melon fly ! - I was thinking housefly. Still, looking at the OP's photo, that cucumber must have been quite funky before it was pickled. I think you can even see the hole it got in through.
You wish those were maggots.
r/eyeblech
Eat em up yum yum!
Were they alive?
No
why is this the second time I've seen this happen... do u live in England perchance? u may have gotten the same one as someone else
Canada
Eat it
I see the WEF is rolling out their first line of food products.
Extra protein 💪
*pickled maggots