First of all, I was fixin' to make a bowl of oatmeal for me and Lola. But, thought I'd catch up on a few more topics first while I sucked some more coffee down.

Thanks to Bill and Jiffymouse I didn't think the consistency and texture of oatmeal was a good idea. So, I opted for cinnamon toast.

Bad idea!

I got a piece of bread and started to put some butter on it. Lola is sittin' on my shoulder going, "Yummm! Yummm!" because she LOVES cinnamon toast.
I see something black stuck into the crust of the bread.

I remove it...
...and it's a RAT TURD!

Bigger than life!

This is something that came from the place where the bread was made...not here! Couldn't have come from the store, because the bag was not chewed into.

So much for the cinnamon toast!
I am completely grossed out at this point.
Lola just had a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast.


Cindy

Has anyone ever told you how many bugs are in the average Snickers Bar???

It would be impossible for a food factory to be 100% free of bugs or rodents....just because of the staples that they use to make the food. So there is actually an "ok" number of things that can be in a factory. Just a fact of life.

NO!!!

Oh, man...I didn't know that!
I wonder what the "ok" number of rat poops is in a loaf of bread!
1? 2?? 3???

Oh my gosh!!!!! I always knew that there were bugs and stuff in food places, because it'd be almost impossible to keep them out.....but Cindy, how absolutely disgusting for you .....you should call or email that company and tell them how disgusted you are........I'm wondering what kind of bread it is so I can avoid it at all costs.......GROSS......At least you didn't eat the rat poop though.......

A few weeks ago I was pouring a bowl of cereal and noticed something funny in it--thankfully before I'd eaten any......Mark and I came to the conclusion that it was a dried out partial mouse tail......I'd never had anything happen like that before.....totally disgusted me. It was the brand from a discount grocery store and I will never ever buy cereal there again as long as I live....Although Mark being a man still buys his there......he doesn't care......

Oh Thanks, I just got a little snack sized one at a place giving out candy today..
Needed that!!!
*Where's the barfin' gremalin?*

Weezie

I would definitely call the company ASAP - they will ask you all kinds of questions, such as the serial number on the package, date stamped, store where bought, etc - so they can do a thorough search into where it came from. Most companies will also send you coupons or something for your compensation. It's up to you, then, whether you want to get anything else from that company... But it does help them look into what is going on at the plants...

I once found something questionable in a jar of Progresso spaghetti sauce, called them, got tons of coupons, but never used them or their products again.

I've called a few companies with complaints about their products, and they were always very appreciative for the call, and always send coupons for future purchases.

I had to do that once with deodorant. I was allergic to the kind that I got....all of the different types look the same to me and I grabbed the invisible instead of the solid and I ended getting a rash from it. I got it at Sam's so it was a big pack. They asked me how many sticks was in the pack and then sent me that many "free" coupons. They didn't even want me to send the unused ones back...so I gave them to my mom.

Alot of companies will give you nice coupons if you call to tell them how much you like their products. I did that with Snapple when it first came out and they gave me 2 months worth of coupons....that was GREAT!

When I first read that, I thought it said "and tell them how disgusting you are"!
I thought, "What the....!"

ewwwww....that is so gross.

I hate folks who say "I told you so" :p ....but I did.

Go organic

I gotta agree with you 100%, Duckie!

When I was married to Malcolm (12 years) we grew all our own vegetables (I canned and froze ALL summer long!), we had chickens for fresh eggs (it was one of those chickens that tried to kill me!), I baked all our bread, we didn't eat any meat.....and that was the healthiest point of my life.

Finding the rat poop in the bread today has prompted me to do some research on what is an "OK" number of gross stuff in the food I buy.

I will be eating differently after today.

Cindy

Now, I would think that bugs were organic. None of the ones around here glow at night.....except for the ones that are supposed to.

If I were on "Fear Factor", and had to make a choice between eating bugs or rat poop...

...I'd most definately be eatin' the bugs!

You just had to say that, didn't you?!

Yeah! You wanna make something of it?
Looks like my cockroach was bigger than your rat!
I think I can take you!

Ya really think you can take on a CRICKET? (Jerusalem cricket that is)

Don't have all those gremlins so will just say that cricket was bad wheeew
this little girl can take care of your cricket this is my little laci sugar glider.
Jimmy

OMG, JV! Laci is so cute!!! She's absolutely adorable!

How are sugar gliders as pets?

There ya go, Cricket!
I have help!

I have Humpawinks on my side! <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" />

Could ha ve been a finger in your chili!

OMG, ya'll are just grossin me out!! And yet, I'm ROFL!!

Meg

When I found that rat turd, after already eating almost half the loaf of bread, I was pretty grossed out my own bad self!
And, instead of ROFL,
...it was more like ROLF! ! !

Cindy

I've been searching for info on this,found lots relating to it but,couldn't find the exact FDA standards. I'd sure like to know how many "rat turds" the government thinks is safe for us to eat

G-Mom

hmmmmm... How do I type THAT into google?

I typed in "Amount of animal feces allowed in processed foods"



G-Mom

Cricket sugar gliders make great pets. They need a lot of attention have bonding pouches you put them in. I take mine to Pets Mart etc in the pouch. As you can see I have too they were both discards I took in. Just like my birds and Iguana's were discards what I call throw aways. People get them then don't want them. Yes I'm a sucker for most animals. MY dogs were also abandoned my wife took in and found homes for all of Gods creatures.

JV, I wish I lived closer to you so you could send your overflow of critters my way if you didn't have room for anymore!

Check this out, G-Mom...
...from a study of how much rodent poop was found in randomly tested stuff from the supermarket.
You probably don't want to even hear what the amounts were.

Here's a list of key words I found...
food safety; food sanitation; disease prevention; rodents; food products; food analysis; food contamination; excreta; mice; human health; feces

I've been googling a lot of this stuff myself and I must say--it's totally disgusting.....makes me not want to eat anything at all---but I food too much.

And as far as fear factor goes I think they are all for doing that stuff for a mere 50,000.......some of that stuff is soooooooo disgusting that I can barely watch them do it... Especially those madagascar hissing cockroaches, or those cave dwelling spiders, and laying in that box covered in rats.....ewwww.

EEEEEWWWWW

Check this out!

WARNING! Not for the squeamish!
For example...
Tomato Puree:
Average of 20 or more fly eggs per 100 grams
OR
10 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams
OR
2 or more maggots per 100 grams in a minimum of 12 subsamples

Loz, the stuff that they eat on Fear Factor are actually things that people in places around the world eat. They have a staff specifically for going around the world and finding cultures who eat things that our culture wouldn't think of. Just on Oprah this week, she did her tour around the world and there was a place...might have been Norway...can't remember...maybe Greenland...they eat sheep testicles...and I've seen that on Fear Factor.

afgreyparrot: You would be welcome to them. I rescued two gerbils yesterday called my granddaughter gave them to her boys. I have turned my extra bedroom into a room for my Iguana's(cage is 6'tall 6' long and 2'wide with heaters and lights on timers)and a seeding room where I start me seedlings.

Cindy, I am now truly disgusted and may never eat again--who knew that that it was that bad???...... :rolleyes: I was reading the stuff off the list to mark and he said, Loz you shouldn't read that--you're a panic a holic and you won't want to eat that stuff anymore...... :p He knows me so well.... I suppose this could become the new diet that helps you drop a few pounds......the go and read the disgusting food facts diet......

And I was just going to pop some popcorn until I read that about rodent excreta pellets.....

eeeewwwww!!! for those of you that drink beer (not me! to young and hate the smell of the stuff) *HOPS Insects
(AOAC 967.23) Average of more than 2,500 aphids per 10 grams
*I like to eat peanut butter by the spoon sometimes...ummm???....PEANUT BUTTER Insect filth
(AOAC 968.35) Average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams
Rodent filth
(AOAC 968.35) Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams
GROSS!!!!
*and ewwww!!POPCORN Rodent filth
(AOAC 950.91) 1 or more rodent excreta pellets are found in 1 or more subsamples, and 1 or more rodent hairs are found in 2 or more other subsamples
OR
2 or more rodent hairs per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples
OR
20 or more gnawed grains per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples
**ok gross :p

But alcohol sterilizes everything, right?

Dianna

Yeah, Dianna! That's what I keep telling myself!

Cheers!

omg, like totally EW!!! I remember this happening to us a few times:

My dad was teaching me how to cook speghetty, and we put the noodles in the boiling water. After about 2 minutes we noticed small red things floating to the top of the water. Then we noticed the small red things had eyes o.O They were bugz!!!

But that's okay ^.^ its just protine

...

...with legs :p

But ya, that happened twice, and we stopped buying speghetty from that store lol.

~Phoebe

I don't think I could eat a bug for any amount of money! That Jerusalem cricket really looks nasty.

Fear Factor is not a good thing to watch while you are eating supper. Makes me sick to my stomach just watching them eat what shouldn't be eaten.

Dianna

Sad part is, you probably eat about 15 a day that you aren't even aware of.

Freaky!

AND..at night!!! They say that in a year the average person swollows up to 3 spiders and/or flies while they are sleeping.

It said "average" person, G-Mom!
We ain't average.
Wonder how many us loonies swallow?

Maybe we need to invent a "Bug Repellant Mouthwash"

G-Mom

You just had to remind me of that, didn't you, Cindy! Aargh! I may become anorexic!

G-mom, when you patent the bug mouthwash, let me know! I will buy the first bottle!

Dianna

I already did!

The cure might be worse than the problem...I just went searching for plants that repel spiders and discovered that lavender and garlic work quite well...don't know how they'd taste together though :p I wonder if the scent of lavender would cancel out the "scent" of garlic

yick..
to think most of us eat processed foods.

Wow this was a good thread to read while im sittin here eating my lunch! :p

Kareena

Kareena...

I'm only doing this because you're G-Mom's daughter,

and I think you can handle it!


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Cindy

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew its coming out its nose too!

I know!!!
That makes it 10 times cooler, huh?

I cant see the picture!

Gdaughter

guess)

I inhaled a bug today while my kids were playing in their playground area. It was just a gnat or something, but as soon as I inhaled it, I thought of this thread!

page 2 earlier post:

Guess I should have said:

"could have been a finger in your YOGURT!!!"

When you said that, I thought about some of the freakish things I start topics on, and now I'm beginning to see a pattern!

slugs
skunks
dog poop
rat poop

Good Lord...I need help!
I can't believe you people still like me!

LIKE YOU??? What would we do without you....look at the fun we'd be missin!!!!!! Who would'a thought Rat Poop could be so much FUN!!! (not to mention slugs!!)

yea! and who else would tell us about their long nights partying with their drunk skunks and snails and Lola and Freckles?? lol

We don't know what we would do without your quick wit, Cindy. You add a lot to the board and give us all something to smile about! From drunk slugs and Lola's antics to the crazy goings-on of Freckles, you just about cover all the animal kingdom.

How is Freckles, by the way? Did you lose him in the move? I remember when I first joined this board that I couldn't wait to read what one of your menagerie had been up to just to get my day started with a laugh.

Dianna

You know, people ask me that all the time.
I'm thinking about starting a Freckles/Lola/Skunk/Slug update topic!

There's 2 little newsworthy tidbits about Freckles that I'm sure you all would be most interested in!
(One is bad, and the other is worse!)

Ok Cindy....spill the beans about Freckles. I have heard about Lola (my sister used to have an African Grey named Gabby but had to give him to the University when he beat the holy **** out of her cat. He is around a ton of people all the time and is a beloved mascot of the vet collage) but as I am new here...who is Freckles?

Are you going to update us on the antics of your zoo, Cindy? I am waiting to hear the latest!

Dianna

Freckles...

(aka: Hell Hound!)

He looks so sweet, doesn't he? :rolleyes:


There will be an update topic before the day is over. I'm just trying to get a picture of H Hound chewing my arm off first! Shouldn't take very long!

that is such an adorable dog
how old is he?

He is about 2 years old...

Looks can be deceiving!

FRECKLES - Part 1

FRECKLES - Part 2

WOW WHAT A DELISHOUSLY EVIL CREATURE

Since this thread was originally about gross stuff in food, I thought it would be a great place to post about the prank I pulled on Maxi this afternoon....

A few weeks ago he was given a small rubber brain that can fit in the palm of your hand. You are supposed to squeeze it as a stress reliever or to build up hand strength. Well, he'd forgotten he has it, so when I came across it today, I stuck it in my pocket.

Later, we were in the kitchen together and I was sitting sideways to where he was standing, so he could only see me from one side.

I put the brain in my opposite hand away from him, and held it up against the side of my head. I said "Gee, Maxi, I feel really sick. I feel like I might throw up! Oops, I think I am going to puke my brains out!" then I made a sound and tossed the brain in front of me.

He jumped back, laughing, and screamed "Mommy! That is so not right! That is so NOT funny!"

So of course, then he had to pick it up and show me all the other ways you could dispose of the brain out of the body....

At 9, he and his friends are all into body parts and body noises, so I knew he'd be hepped up about this prank, and he was.


Merme

You ain't heard nothin' yet!
Wait 'til I post my UPDATE topic later!

Merme...
Aren't little boys (and don't call 'em that to their faces!) creative when it comes to body parts and noises?

And especially at the dinner table?

Cindy your Freckles brought tears to my eyes she reminds me of our Ginger we had she followed me everywhere when I mowed I had to watch so she didn't get hurt. She followed like that until she got so old she couldn't then she would lay where she could watch me. She died at about 19 years old. Like the rest of our animals she was thrown away and Billie rescued her. At one time we had 28 dogs, 6 birds, 1 cat, 2Hampsters and about 80 Guinie (sp)pigs. So you see the animals I have now are not many compared. God will bless you for taking care of his animals I realy beleive this.
Jimmy