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xjoannexxx
xjoannexxx Posts: 434 Forumite
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omg i have just been in the fridge for the first time today and on the top shelf was a big fat slug :eek:
well i nearly had a heart attack i hate all slimy things
Do you think my food will be ok?
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  • Mrs._Irwin
    Mrs._Irwin Posts: 161 Forumite
    If it got in there by itself, then the fridge isn't sealed and the temperature might not be right, so no.
    I don't know if slugs in themselves are harmful though. Doubt it.

    Oh it's probably off some veg!
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  • thriftlady_2
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    :eek: Was it still moving? I'd have thought it would have died of cold.

    I don't honestly think it can make your food unsafe but I don't think I'd want to eat anything that had been slimed. Obviously it may well have crawled all over your salad and eaten that. It should be obvious where it has been because there will be a slime trail.
  • thriftlady_2
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    Mrs._Irwin wrote: »
    If it got in there by itself, then the fridge isn't sealed and the temperature might not be right, so no.
    I don't know if slugs in themselves are harmful though. Doubt it.

    Oh it's probably off some veg!
    I don't think having the fridge at the wrong temperature renders all its contents unsafe unless they have been there a long time. People used to manage perfectly well without fridges.
  • xjoannexxx
    xjoannexxx Posts: 434 Forumite
    wasnt moving i dont think. You wanted see me trying get it out i wrapped loads of kitchen roll around my hand and was nearly heaving lol
    There is no slime trail in the fridge thou and all veg and salad is in the draw at the bottom so dont no how it could of got to the top shelf with out leavin a trail
  • Justamum
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    xjoannexxx wrote: »
    wasnt moving i dont think. You wanted see me trying get it out i wrapped loads of kitchen roll around my hand and was nearly heaving lol

    On a positive note - if it came off any of your veg it means it's not covered in pesticides!

    Many years ago when I used to always go around in bare feet even in winter(!) I went out to the coal shed to get some coal, and accidentally trod on a slug :eek::eek:

    Once I was eating strawberries, and when I put one in my mouth there was something really cold on my tongue. It turned out to be a tiny, baby slug. It put me off strawberries for a couple of days :rotfl:. But ever since then I have never eaten a strawberry without cutting it in half first :D
  • celyn90
    celyn90 Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    It'll be fine OP, just give everything a wash first :) My parents grow huge amounts of veggies and they often need decrawlyifying before they get eaten. Apple moths are my pet hate (I always cut apples in half too!)

    look on the bright side... if you pad it out with lentils, you can feed a family of four with it for a week. :D
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  • LameWolf
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    celyn90 wrote: »
    look on the bright side... if you pad it out with lentils, you can feed a family of four with it for a week. :D
    Put it in garlic butter and pass it off as a naturist snail.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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  • xjoannexxx
    xjoannexxx Posts: 434 Forumite
    LameWolf wrote: »
    Put it in garlic butter and pass it off as a naturist snail.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    :rotfl:il give it oh for his tea tonight
  • Mrs._Irwin
    Mrs._Irwin Posts: 161 Forumite
    Justamum - I stood on a slug while barefoot once too!
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  • Justamum
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    Mrs._Irwin wrote: »
    Justamum - I stood on a slug while barefoot once too!

    Horrid isn't it? I was traumatised for years :rotfl::D
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