I shared your prejudice as a child. But then my job took me aboard one
of our rich uncle sam's big grey yachts. I was sitting in the wardroom
at near midnight yearning for a snack when an officer came in with a
nice steaming bowl of soup. Where? Midrats, down on the mess deck. Off I
went to get in the line, my mouth literally watering at the soup's
scent; but when I got to the big whaddacallit of soup there were a dozen
or so roaches swimming in it!! Noting my hesitancy a sailor said "Here,
lemme show you. Dip the ladle to the bottom, shake it back and forth,
then pull it up quickly!" With that he matched word with deed and handed
me a roachless bowl of soup which, acknowledging that I'd been eating
out of that same "mess" for days, I promptly ate with great enjoyment.

I have been on one of those yachts and noticed the bread. Those weren't caraway
seeds. What is a weevil or two. Added protein.

Sorry to tell y'all this but Ms Rosalie's right: almost everything we
eat contains insect and/or rodent parts and droppings.

Sometimes where you least expect it.

Leanne
S/V Fundy