… this quote doesn’t bother me a lot. But you really don’t want to read the whole thing if this description of the federal governments “pure” food regulations, defining what’s permissible, bothers you:
Canned mushrooms may have “over 20 or more maggots of any size per 100 grams of drained mushrooms and proportionate liquid” or “five or more maggots two millimeters or longer per 100 grams of drained mushrooms and proportionate liquid” or an “average of 75 mites” before provoking action by the F.D.A.
Now’s your chance to read it all.
Yummy! A little protein boost, I suppose.
I have used canned mushrooms in many recipes in the past. And never, ever, have I seen a maggot or any type of mite in the mushrooms. And IF I did, I would never buy those mushrooms again. And the folks who produce and distribute such mushrooms know this about consumers as well. So, despite the federal govt’s very lax standards (at least from my perspective), I can’t imagine the standards of the companies selling such canned mushrooms being that low. One maggot would be enough to send me running to pray to the commode god.
No more cream of mushroom soup for me! Too much camouflage.
But Fishwater, how will avoid all those Southern casseroles that contain cream of mushroom soup? Green Beans with Onion Rings in a c.o.m.s. base is just one that propagates over the buffet landscape.
DLM in 4:
a) by not eating them (my solution)
b) by using one of those relatively simple scratch-made recipes for the soup.
Furthermore, do maggots even like mushrooms? I was under the impression that mushrooms had almost no nutritional value, so why would they eat them?
the maggots eat the medium in which the mushrooms grow, DLM.
NMC – Agreed as to a) and b) withot reservation. I was just funning with Fishwater. For me, mushrooms must be very fresh or they taste absolutely foul.
NMC @ 7 – And I see that further implies that the medium has not been sufficiently been removed before processing. EEEeeeeeouuuuuuuw!!!!