Fly in the Pot!

Mortymoose

Mortymoose

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Just wondering of anyone else out there has the same hangup!

Last night after a lekker braai, I went past the braai pot in the kitchen to "pick" on a wee piece of meat...

I see that on cleaning, the English HO , had placed the pot on the stove and it was no longer under the fly net......

As I opened the cover, out flew a fekkin fly, whizzing past me, with a swollen belly.....

I slammed the lid down on the pot, muttering a few choice words that the English HO could dump that nosh in Shadow the Ferocious's bowl or let her father munch on it, as I don't do fly food......

She was not impressed, "It's only a fly....!" , she said raising her voice......

"Feck that!" , I replied...... walking away......

I have always had a hangup with flies on food.....

Which is it ironic, considering that very same morning I was awoken with a spider crawling down my throat and in the process almost choking me to death...... I also recovered a second spider crawling through my hair.....according to Scottish tradition, Spider's may not be killed....so I flicked him out the window..... whilst apologizing for eating it's partner......

Point being, if you catch a fly on yer food , do you still eat it......?

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I'm the same. It annoys the crap out of my wife, but I won't eat anything on which a fly has landed.
 
Should I throw away food once a fly has landed on it?

It only takes a single fly to alight on your picnic lunch to make you uneasy about what germs may have landed with it. But what harm can come from a fly landing on your food? Should you throw it away?

There are hundreds of different fly species in Australia. This diverse group of insects ranges from mosquitoes and biting midges to bush flies and blowflies. They play an important role in the environment by assisting decomposition, pollinating plants, and providing food for insectivorous predators. They can help solve crimes and treat infected wounds.

Many of these flies pose a health risk but none hang about our homes more than the house fly. It’s a ubiquitous presence during the warmer months, can be a substantial annoyance and may also be a potential health risk...
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Read More...
http://www.sciencealert.com/should-i-throw-away-food-once-a-fly-has-landed-on-it
 
I don't like it but it takes a lot for me to give up on food that I've cooked. I think you're being too hanguppy about it, just chill.
 
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Eat the meat and the fly.

Bunch of big-girl-blouses.
 
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i always want to give people who "dont eat anything a fly has landed on" the opportunity to attend the first few weeks of lectures in a microbiology degree. there is more funk on the tip of your nose than a fly could ever carry. we are bathing in germs. in fact, YOU are made up of more bacterial / parasitic / foreign cells than your own cells - and i'm not even talking about all the DNA edits (additions / deletions / etc) due to the the numerous different viruses you have already been infected with in life.

life is a zoo, a soup, a cesspool of biochemistry. a fly landing on your food is the last of your worries.
 
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Yes, but I get revenge, got me one of those fly zapper tennis racquet thingies.
 
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