Worms in my rice? (Pic)

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I got a spoonful out of the pan to check if my bran rice was cooked and there are 3 longish white things in there that look like worms.

Rationally I guess it's unlikely but it's really put me off! What do you think?

Looks like worms to me..I wouldn’t use it

It looks like rice to me

Just looks like rice - white rice sometimes goes very long like that - if the husks have come off the brown rice it might expand more?

Oh hell no 🙊 I wouldn’t eat it either. No no no noooooooo

I didnt know rice had worms potentially though

Cut one in half and see what the insides look like?

That's just rice. Some types go long like that when cooked.

I enlarged the photo and they definitely look like the have ribbed bodies, and heads. Might they be weevils of some sort? Do you have any of the rest of the packet left uncooked, where you could look to see if you can spot any more?

🤣 oh god. I couldn’t eat it now. I’ve always hated rice.

Does rice have segments like bugs do? Cos it has segments

Free protein. Yum.

Did you not see them when you tipped it into the pan? They would stand out amongst the dry rice grains.

The look like worms to me , segmented and tapered at the end . Nope , I wouldn’t be eating that !

This thread is the highlight of my Sunday night.

OP please tell us more!

They're a different texture to the other rice @HyacinthineMacaw is right, definitely can see segments. Why would worms be in rice though? Is this a thing? Please do disect them and post another photo. Don't suppose you have a microscope? Am now fully vested in this thread

@Casilero - I googled and apparently fly larvae in rice is not uncommon 🤢 but I don’t think they just turn into maggots in the pan. I am confused why the OP didn’t see them going in, if they are maggots.

I still have most of the packet and there is nothing weird in it, except a few white white grains so maybe it's them? When I cut through them it very much feels like rice texture-wise.

BUT! They look very much segmented, slightly curved and tapered at the end so I'm not going near them!

Even DH who would eat anything and usually thinks I'm neurotic is a bit perplexed and is boiling rice from another packet for the DC. He will probably still eat it though, so I'll report back!

That's not rice 🤢

Those are maggots. Do you wash your rice thoroughly before cooking? I was taught to wash it 6 times.

On the upside though, they're dead and proper clean.

This is horrible 🤢

I find wild rice and basmati go like that. A segmented look. I attach a photo I found online - looks pointed one end like yours OP. It's rice!

It doesn’t
that’s cooked rice

But these things are larger than the rice grains so even washing them wouldn't remove them. Although perhaps you'd notice them wriggling about 🤢

Look!! Bottom of the pic, looks just like OP's. It's basmati.

Hmm yes that does look kind of the same actually, just mine are quite long. I'm going to empty the packet onto a baking tray and inspect, if there's nothing wrong in the half I have then it's probably not worms right?