The Moths ate it

[mbarker]

Foo. This weekend was sad. I wanted to have one of my special treats - cornbread pancakes - and opened one of the boxes of Jiffy Cornbread that I had tucked away. But it had moth larva in it. Going through the four boxes we had saved - all wiggled. So that's gone.

This has been a rough year for my little treats. Earlier in the summer, my wife went through the closet where we store foods, and tossed stuff because the moths had gotten into it. My packages of Nestle's Abuelita (Mexican Hot Chocoloate) went, which wasn't too surprising because the wrapping was just loose paper. Then a while later, I checked the packages of Ibarra, another brand of Mexican Hot Chocolate. Despite being in what appeared to be sealed plastic wraps, the moths had gotten into that, too.

And now we find that my cornbread also was infested.

Oh, well, I guess I didn't really need those treats anyway.

Comments

[pakwa26.livejournal.com]

Pantry-moths, as they are known here, are notorious for finding their wily little ways into anything that looks remotely edible, including nuts in the shell, poppadoms and even gravy powder. I sympathise... it's especially galling when it's only the things you have been saving for a treat. Will Balance be forthcoming?

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Well, the current crop has been dispatched to the trash, of course. And my wife is talking about going through all the food, and making sure that we use tins (very popular in Japan for any food). I'm not completely sure this will solve the problem, but we'll see.

I think my Balance was looking up churros recipes on the web - the Spanish deepfried treat we had - and making plans to perhaps make those in the near future.