Eleanora Finds Maggots in her Flour
March 29th 2009 21:00
Photo by Ranveig. Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
You might remember the tale of Maggot Mary, my sister’s ex-flatmate who liked to keep rotting food in her pantry. The food was so rancid it eventually caused a maggot infestation in the kitchen. Despite my sister’s many complaints, Mary wouldn’t throw the food out. Nor did she kill the maggots.
I was relating this tale to a friend when she told me she had the same problem. The difference was in her case, it was inadvertent and at least she did something about it.
Eleanora had been cleaning out her kitchen when she found a container filled with flour. She noticed something moving inside it and opened it up to have a closer look. Inside, she found maggots. The flour had gone off. Disgusted, Eleanora threw the flour out.
I had forgotten all about her story until I was also cleaning up my kitchen today. I found some béchamel sauce which I had thrown in the garbage and had yet to chuck out. I reminded myself to do it ASAP in case it also got infested with maggots. One of the benefits of having maggot phobia is my tendency to be on the lookout for any food scraps that could attract flies and to throw out any food as soon as it goes off. If a fly happens to get inside my flat I trap it and release it outside straight away, especially in summer. The thought of the fly laying maggot eggs all over my unit while I am away is too terrifying to contemplate.
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