hamyam

Hi brought some beans from Asda and made some soup, the daughter found one with a maggot climbing out. Was wondering if anyone has ever had something like this happen and is it worth complaining about ta.

OllyK

If the maggot was live I doubt it was from the tin originally, possibly from the other fresh ingredients in the soup?

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I also doubt it was from the tin, they turn into flies in about a week, if it was canned with an egg in I cant imagine it survived, its possible the can had been breached, we had some dog food that had been dropped and was crawling.

Did it look like it had been breached or dented ?

hamyam

The maggot was coming out the bean, the bean had a hole in it. I opened the tin and put them in the soup cooled it and put it in the fridge 8pm last night. My daughter had some miday today and the maggot was coming out the bean.

OllyK

Egg probably laid during the cooling period then.

hamyam

So a 1/2 inch maggot could be laid and hatched in a 16 hr or so period and eat its way into a bean ,never knew they could be so quick to grow ,the funny thing is it was still alive and had just come out the microwave after 4 min lol

dpb

Thats extra protein- you should pay more

OllyK

Housefly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

hamyam

take your point but the soup was cooked then the can of beans opened put in then covered up straight away ,left to cool put in the fridge until taken out 8 hrs later put in the microwave then the maggot was found . Asda have taken it and we will hear within 2 weeks let you all know lol

Jamie

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co...ums.3159046.jp

hamyam

i know our evening meal was ruined becouse of the maggot ,be interesting to see how asda reacts, they have already given me a voucher

fast bloke

It couldn't have been in the can if it was still alive. I would be fairly certain that the maggot 'arrived' in the soup when it was cooling and and had a munch on the bean for brekkie today. Apparently they don't tase too bad if you don't microwave them for too long

hamyam

The thing is the maggot was comming out the bean ,half of it was inside it

fast bloke

It could have eaten through it since last night. If the maggot was in the can of beans during the canning process and survived, I hope you didn't kill it. It must be some kind of Souper-Maggot..... (scuse the pun)

fast bloke

re re read

hamyam

sorry it was a metal can of cannellini beans in water

fast bloke

During the canning process, the contents will be heated very quickly in the sealed can. Thanks to Boyles Law, the pressure will also increase substantially. If the maggot was in the can and didnt get cooked to death it would almost certainly have imploded due to the pressure. What else did you put in the soup?

hamyam

onion and ginger ,curry powder sweet potatoes and veg stock boiled for half an hour then blended, then the can of beans was opened put in the pot a lid was then placed on the pot and left to cool then put in the fridge ,taken out and micro waved

fast bloke

I'll have a fiver on the sweet potatoes as the culprit. The maggot would have a better chance boing boiled at 1 atm and having a spin in the blender than being steam boiled and pressurised, althought you would have to say that the chances of either are fairly slim

You don't have anything else in the fridge that could have been the cause? - Dead sheeps head hanging from the roof perchance?

hamyam

never had this happen before and it makes me feel sick ,just cant believe a fly could lay a egg and within 16 hrs a half inch bloody maggot could craw out a bean

hamyam

the really weird thing is i saw my daughter microwave the soup and when she screamed lol it was still moving and it was coming out a hole in the bean

fast bloke

I found half a beatle in some veggie soup I made once (as I was eating it). Never quite worked out what happened to the other half

(Should that be beatle or beetle )

dpb

You found half a Ringo in your broth

fast bloke

Nah - It must have been John Lennon - It was waering silly glasses

Mk2_heaven

Beat that!!

Found in a bag of mixed veg after we had eaten half the bag

hamyam

Just heard back from Asda they admit its there fault and apologise .They offered me a £5 gift voucher for Asda, is that a good deal?

OllyK

Dunno, ring health and safety and ask them if they think it's reasonable

hamyam

whose health and safety ?

OllyK

The local council

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

er... if ASDA admitted fault NO £5 is not a good deal... your looking at hundreds.

Imagine the papers got hold of that story ?

It was your daughters birthday party, 50 people where put off the food, £400 of food wasted.

as for the mouse face... WTF