I had giant black worms in the cauliflower.

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE · Oct 16, 2024

awful.
i don't know if you want to see the photo..

i thought you said there are only small green worms. but this time of the year in israel it is much worse..........

i've submerged it in salted water.....

dragnlaw · Oct 16, 2024

Slugs come to mind.
Yes please, many may not like it but I for one certainly would like to see what they look like. Knowledge and experience is never a bad thing.

Badjak · Oct 16, 2024

I wouldn't mind seeing it as well.
Look on the bright side: it can't be full of insecticides

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE · Oct 16, 2024

sure..

dragnlaw · Oct 16, 2024

WOW and Yech at the same time. Don't quite look like slugs, they do look more like worms but it's a bit hard to tell.
Your submergence in salt water should do the job.
How were you thinking of preparing the cauliflower after?

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE · Oct 16, 2024

i told you

i used a small portion in rice and threw away all the rest. also i washed the clean cauliflower once again after..
i will wait to the winter for cauliflowers.. now they are not good....

blissful · Oct 16, 2024

Soaking cauliflower in salt water is a good way to drive out the biggest or littlest bugs, worms, slugs, and caterpillars. If they don't crawl out the side or top, they'll drown and die.
Once you cut the cauliflower more, you'll see that there aren't any more of them. If you find more, soak the cut cauliflower in salt water.
The big worm or to me it looks like a caterpillar was probably hiding in the interior spaces by the base.

HeyItsSara · Oct 16, 2024

Extra protein! You're lucky they didn't charge you more!!!

Badjak · Oct 16, 2024

Looks like a caterpillar to me too.
It wouldn't worry me much though.
The water bath will sort it

Sweetbun · Oct 16, 2024

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE said:
sure..

It looks like regular caterpillars! But it sure looks scary!

Sir_Loin_of_Beef · Oct 16, 2024

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE said:
i've submerged it in salted water.....

Once the worms are done soaking in the salted water, how do you intend to cook them?

taxlady · Oct 16, 2024

HeyItsSara said:
Extra protein! You're lucky they didn't charge you more!!!

That seems very unlikely in Israel. Insects are not kosher, with the exception of some locusts. Yes, I just now looked it up.

dcSaute · Oct 16, 2024

google "cross striped cabbage worms" - see if that matches

HeyItsSara · Oct 16, 2024

taxlady said:
That seems very unlikely in Israel. Insects are not kosher, with the exception of some locusts. Yes, I just now looked it up.

yes i know. i'm just being silly.

Sir_Loin_of_Beef · Oct 16, 2024

Seeing-to Believe already admitted he doesn't keep kosher, so those worms are fair game.

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE · Oct 16, 2024

sometimes i do keep kosher
and no longer eat pork

taxlady · Oct 16, 2024

The worms might be fair game, but I think a green grocer who bragged about or put a sign on the wormy ones that they cost more for extra protein, would not be popular with anyone who does keep kosher and I betcha they would tell their friends and family.

Linda0818 · Oct 16, 2024

SEEING-TO-BELIEVE said:
sure..

Looks like they may be Cabbage Loopers, which are larvae from some type of moth. I'd have to look up the type of moth, though.

I learned about Cabbage Loopers from my son's Uncle.

I had giant black worms in the cauliflower.

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