Are these dried WORMS in my calendula? Ick...

[AshleyR]

Upon further inspection of my huge bag of calendula that I just bought from Canwax, I noticed these small dried, scaly, worm-like things.

Are these actually worms, or am I mistaking them for something not as disgusting?

Here's a pic of how they look:

http://www.epobio.net/photos/calendula_seeds.jpg

They don't appear to have a head or legs. Just curly, scaly little things that LOOK like worms. I see in the link to the pic it says "calendula_SEEDS" - please tell me that's all they are!

I have a whole 5 lb batch of soap made with calendula in it and I would be really upset if there are WORMS in it.

Ahhh!

 

[AshleyR]

Okay, I just did a search for "calendula seeds" (should have done that first!) and that appears to be what they are. Eww though - they look just like worms!

The calendula I bought has these and the whole flower heads in it. I guess I will have to pick all of the nice calendula flowers out of it. Does most calendula come with all the "garbage" stuff mixed in?

 

[topcat]

Lol Ashley! You had me going there! Whew :shock:

My dried calendula has bits in it that aren't pretty petals and I just pick through a handful each time I want to use it.

Tanya

 

[Lindy]

Ashley I'm so glad that you found out they're not worms - how awful would that be..

 

[Etelka]

ROFL, when I looked at the picture, I thought to myself: hmmm these are very even looking worms, actually look like shortbread biscuits I buy :shock:
I am glad your found out
Etelka

 

[IanT]

mmmmm protein


yeaaaah I had something similar happen to me... only it was a loaf of bread.... they WERE worms... AND i had already eaten half the loaf.... uggggh lol

 

[kwahlne]

mmmmm protein


yeaaaah I had something similar happen to me... only it was a loaf of bread.... they WERE worms... AND i had already eaten half the loaf.... uggggh lol

OMG, Ian. That's nasty!

 

[IanT]

yeah...needless to say i make my own bread now lol

 

[AshleyR]

Ashley I'm so glad that you found out they're not worms - how awful would that be..

Yeah no kidding! And the soap is really nice, so I was really worried the whole batch was ruined!

LOL. I'll have to "sift" through my calendula a little better next time and pick these out. I think other people who might see them in my soap would think they were worms too, so, better not go there!

 

[AshleyR]

mmmmm protein


yeaaaah I had something similar happen to me... only it was a loaf of bread.... they WERE worms... AND i had already eaten half the loaf.... uggggh lol

Ick! That happened to me with a Twix bar before. I had eaten a few bites of it when I noticed all these teeny red ants running all over my table. Look down at the rest of the chocolate bar - and it was INFESTED with red ants. And I had already eaten some of it..... *shudder*

 

[Lindy]

Oh ICK!!!!!!!!!! That gives me goose bumps!!

 

[AshleyR]

Oh ICK!!!!!!!!!! That gives me goose bumps!!

And I didn't sue!!!! LOL. Hopefully that gives some piece of mind to the soapers! Haha :wink:

 

[nettles]

I'm glad they aren't worms. But as soon as you described them, I knew they had to be seeds. You could always try planting them. Sort of like making lemonade when life gives you lemons. LOL Do you have a space to plant? They grow really easily, and then you could harvest your own flower petals that are seed and worm free!

Blue

 

[AshleyR]

Thanks nettles! Maybe I will try to grow my own calendula this summer.

I am not very "garden savvy" so I had no idea those wormy things were seeds! I'm glad that's what they are!