I just cooked two cups of WEEVIL-INFESTED brown rice.

I didn’t notice the weevils as I was scooping the rice from the sealed (!) container. I didn’t notice them as I was rinsing, soaking, and re-rinsing the rice, then dumping it into the cooker. Maybe they were all sleeping?

The rice cooked away, and when it was done, I stirred it. Then I put some into a bowl. ONLY THEN did I notice the bug-shaped speck in the rice. Hmm, I thought. I placed the clump onto the cutting board and looked closer at the dead weevil.

I went back and looked at the rice in the cooker. More dead weevils! Shit!

Finally, back to the pantry, and the container, where all the little black bugs had woken up, and now dozens and dozens were swarming around in the brown rice. Holy hell.

How does that happen? I guess it only takes a few eggs. In the Central Market bulk bin, by the way. GROSS.

So if I had been paying less attention, I surely would have eaten some weevils today. *shudder*

I am now having asparagus for lunch.