For those of you who question the "piracy" and think I focus a little too much on the "domestic" I want you to know that Manimal came home unexpectedly a few nights ago and found me scooping weevils out of the rice cooker with a tea strainer.
In retrospect it isn't really possible to defend one's choice to feed weevily rice to one's nearest and dearest, so I know that when I say "sleep deprivation" "new school/work schedule" "two babies with stuffy noses" and "they should be happy I bother to make dinner at all, nevermind the weevils" that you will all say: "But Ragnar...bugs...in food. UGH!!"
I had just filled the rice cooker and measured out the water when I noticed something crawling up the side of the container. At first I dismissed it as a fruit fly, but then I realized that it wasn't the right shape, and that there were more of them. BUT THE RICE WAS ALREADY MEASURED! If I scrapped it then it would have meant that I'd have had to come up with a whole different plan for dinner! And the water was already in my hand, and I figured that the weevils would float (and they did!!) and that I could just scoop them out, and that what the heck the whole thing was going to be boiled for an hour anyway. Did I mention? I'M A FUCKING PIRATE OKAY? What's a little protein between family?
Which is how it came to pass that Manimal found me, tea strainer in hand, standing over the sink swishing weevils down the drain. Like six weevils maximum, maybe a dozen at the most. If this was a recipe on one of your Dear Old Granny's batter stained recipe cards it would read "a pinch of weevils."
But...as it turns out, Manimal is a bit of a pansy when it comes to weevils. Red handed, strainer poised I answered his quizzical "Just what the hell are you doing with that strainer Ragnar" raised eyebrow stare with an innocent "How do you feel about weevils?"
Green is not his color.
"So...that's a no on weevils? I'm scooping them out and it's going to cook for like, an hour."
"Uh...no...I'd rather not have any weevils."
Then I noticed that he'd brought someone home with him from work.
A Witness.
Which, of course, is when I realized that there is really no excuse for trying to feed your family weevils, pirate crew or no.
Uncooked weeviley rice does clean out the garbage disposal amazingly well.
Ragnar...eat your sea biscuit darling.
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I don't think that I've actually ever seen a weevil.. but I doubt its something I'd want to eat either. LOL. Great post dude.
What they don't know won't hurt them. It is protein. Hide next time!
When I was a child, my Da (who was a single parent in the 70's and frighteningly blase about weevils) used to make me eat the oatmeal whether or not there were weevils - which sometimes there were. He'd sit there and enthusiastically eat his weevily porridge and say, "Oh they're very good this year. Crunchy!" and "Just think of it as protein." or "Pretend they are very tiny raisins." and generally exhibit great glee. Instead of, you know, pouring me a damn bowl of weevil free Cheerios.
Maybe my father is secretly a pirate.
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