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SOMEONE CALL THE CDC!!!!
I did some grocery shopping at Fresh & Easy in Hollywood, and one of the things I purchased was some fresh thyme that I’d be using with dinner. Well, after I’d thrown four or five sprigs into the pot, I set about freezing the rest — an arduous process that would have me pulling the leaves off all the stems in the package. Everything seemed to be going fine until I saw the above monstrosity amidst my herbal refuge. HORRIFYING!
Is this a normal thing? Am I being a pansy? I should note that the herbs are organic; so I suppose anything goes with THAT.
UPDATE: Jash says that bugs are good for herbs and that in the future, I should be more diligent with my washing and shaking of the thyme. Crisis averted, I suppose.

15 replies on “THERE'S A GODDAMN BUG IN MY THYME!!!”

  2. I am constantly finding dead fruit flies in the inside of my romaine lettuce. Live insects don’t “bug” me as much.
    When something dies on my food, it doesn’t instill confidence.

  7. haha. i didnt KNOW what kind of bug it was until i saw these pics later last night and i was like OMG I LOVE THOSE!
    jash: “did you touch it so it rolled into a ball to play with?”
    ben: “no, i crushed it with my fingers”
    jash: [look of horror] “but they are so fun!!!”

  9. I was going to compliment you on the excellent picture of the cute little roly poly but now I learn that you CRUSHED IT!?! WTF, B, were you never a kid?

  10. You are truly going to burn in hell for crushing a pillbug. They are so much fun to play with! Plus, now all of these entymologists at PETA will be after you. I’d be a-scared if I were you.

  11. we always called those bugs “potato bugs” as kids. I think he was just trying to make a menu suggestion, and you mashed him.
    thyme to repent B!

  13. How could you kill a poor innocent Rolly Polly/Potato Bug/Pill Bug? Sorry… but that was certainly an “over-kill”

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