Would you eat brocolli which had a ....

[Millie1]

(small) maggot in it???? Part of me thinks 'UGH' and another part says it's well washed and stir-frying will kill off anything else!

What's the Mumsnet vote?

yes. wash it off obviously.

maggots are v common in broccolli - I usually saok mine just in case.

Doubt it'll do you any harm - just cut off the bit which had the offending creature in it and fry away. Having said that, not sure I'd eat it.

Yes - wash it well and it will be fine. The only problem is when this happened to me I couldn't stop thinking about the maggot and it turned my stomach!! Try to block it out of your mind!!

Depends if you're vegetarian.

lahdeedah - that's what I was thinking too. Ewww.

I think it's a good advert for the brocolli. It means it hasn't got nasty pesticides.

Actually in all honesty I might have trouble blocking it out, but I'd happily feed it to others who hadn't seen the maggot.

spidermama, you're a woman after my own heart! After all, you wouldn't give it to them if there really was a problem. It's like trying to get the children to be completely blase (how do you get an accent on an e?) about brown bits in bananas without letting on that they turn my stomach...

I couldn't do it ... was all geared up but went back to re-examine it and found another tiny maggot so even though it had had a good wash heaven knows how many babies were crawling around. UGH!

SenoraPostrophe .... does soaking it make them float out and up IYKWIM?

Dd spotted a caterpillar curled up in her brocolli a few weeks ago. Beautifully preserved through steaming! She shared the story at show and tell at school (even though grandma had shown her a nestful of baby birds that weekend!). I am grateful the creature was found in the last mouthful of brocolli found on anyone's plate .

I wouldn't personally but am v. squeamish wimp!

There may be other smaller maggots in there...

Maggot - no

Caterpillar or fly etc - yes

I would give it to dh and the kids and just say there was't enough for yourself

I would worry more about what I hadn't seen (ie disgruntled staff spitting/wanking into ready prepared or restaurnat food) than an innocent insect.

How was the camping Sal??

Yes,found it!