Yesterday I was eating pickled cabbage that Hitomi’s grandmother made for me (I love her tsukemono!) and about halfway through, I saw a weird dark shape. I suddenly had a bad feeling and picked it up to examine it in my chopsticks. It turned out my fears were correct — it was a big, fat, green caterpillar’s head.
Head, mind you; no body!
Aaah man. That ruined dinner.
was it in there by accident or is it part of the dish? (forgive my ignorance.)
Once I opened a can of peas, and lo and behold, the top “pea” was actually a little beetle, same color green, same size as a pea. I think I still ate the peas though. life was simpler then.
The dish was just supposed to be vinegar-pickled cabbage, but it was a garden-fresh cabbage so I guess it has to be expected every now and then. Still, it wasn’t exactly like the toy at the bottom of the cereal.