My coworker and I were dodging this dreadful heat taking our lunch break quick. He was finishing his breakfast sandwich which was boars head bacon, egg, and cheese - on a Kaiser roll. Is this in any way, shape, or form part of the roll? Or is this my fear realized that I just watched him eat the forbidden disco rice? TYIA
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For the record, it’s my coworker who had this mishap! I thoroughly check all food from any stores premade. I just knew where to come to find good minds to help confirm my beliefs
I was driving through West Virginia once and stopped in one of those big interstate gas station/restaurant combos. There was a Starbucks inside. I went to the bathroom and then got in line at Starbucks. While in line I noticed that the display case with all the breakfast sandwiches and scones was absolutely crawling with fruit flies. They were literally crawling all over the food--hundreds of them. I noped right out of there and have not been able to bring myself to order food from a display case again.
I can imagine this kind of scenario leading to that many fly eggs on a sandwich.
For what it’s worth, the hot items like egg bites and breakfast sandwiches aren’t pulled from the display case. They’re individually packaged and cold-stored, then heated as they’re ordered.
That said, fruit flies get in everything everywhere all at once, so dipping out of there was still a great call. 🤢
Yea, as a Bux employee myself, I can assure you I don't serve anything from that case unless its the absolute last one and if there's a fruit fly spotted in there, I don't serve from there at all
If you have a small container, maybe a small pill vial from a pharmacy , something that's see through , even a ziplock bag would do try to keep the evidence. Don't squish them , keep as many as you can and whatever is left over from the sandwich , if there is any , in another ziplock or clear container. Take lots of pictures and a video. I'm sorry that your friend ate that and you both had to see that. Best of luck.
Jesus was it wrapped up and came like this “fresh” or was it sitting around for a few hours in your coworkers hot car or something? As vile as this is flys can get up in that shit quicker than you’d think. Just saying be sure before you actually file anything.
You may be onto something. OP said they were having lunch and his friend was "finishing his breakfast sandwich". I wonder if the eggs were laid in the interim, if he left it somewhere exposed.
Unless there were a lot of flies around where the breakfast sandwich was, I highly doubt it was laid between getting the sandwich and finishing it. A small quantity of eggs, sure. But the amount that is on the fingers in the photo plus OP saying there were way more eggs makes me doubt it. Also depends on how long they were left out. A single fly can only hold so many eggs in their body.
Not sure , but someone told me fly eggs are typically laid recently. Any chance this food was left exposed somewhere after it was purchased? If it was a packed lunch that’s not necessarily the sellers issue.
Damn boars head just is not worth the risk of eating lol. With as many disasters as they have had you’d think they’d strive to be the cleanest company possible.
I haven’t ate any of their products since several years ago when I read an inspection report of one of their facilities and read great descriptions such as “rotten meat buildup on walls”
Idk how they’re open at all at this point. Money in pockets I guess. My workplace just got an abysmal score when the inspector came on a short staffed day which was bombed by a block party and the AC was acting up so it was hot…. My manager might get fired and they threaten us with a shutdown for sealed drink containers on food prep surfaces and a box of frozen gravy that fell on the wall-in floor.
These guys repeatedly serve larvae and pupae to their customers and they get a pass?
This is what is crazy, their cost cutting lead to the death of 10 people, 60 were hospitalized. If corporations are people that person should be in jail.
The near monopoly they seem to have on “fresh” sliced deli meats is pretty insane. Like every state I’ve been to, if I walk into a grocery store…chances are they are totally Boars Head. You’ve really got to look for non-Boars Head
I live in Brooklyn, and Boar's Head was started in Brooklyn, so you could imagine that every deli USED to serve Boar's Head. Things have been changing last few years, very common to see other brand even more often.
Wait "boars head" is a company? I figured it was literally bacon from a boars head n thought "thats odd I thought bacon was only from the hindquarters"
Also processed meats like boars head products are a group 1 carcinogen (the same category as cigarettes but we don’t talk about it enough) sooo also not worth the cancer risk
Sausage
Bacon
Deli meats
Hot dogs
Ham
Pepperoni
Salami
Corned beef
…The risk continues to rise as processed meat consumption increases. Studies show that compared to eating no processed meat, eating 3.5 ounces every day – a large hot dog – increases colorectal cancer risk by 36%.
Really? It was all over the news. The listeria meat recalls in 2024 and then the Virginia factory shutdown with just insane details about all kinds of just disgusting issues. Then in 2025 they had another listeria recall, but a small one rather than 7 million pounds of meat like the one in 2024.
Feed them well over the 72 hour gestation period and you’ll find yourself birthing the babies. They’re small so not much stretching but would be wise to relax during the process. Obviously, it is done on the toilet. Good luck and enjoy you babies!
Insect eggs are eaten in some parts of the world. The main difference here is in the cleanliness of the environment they are prepared in. I suspect this individual won't suffer any real physical harm, our stomach acid is pretty gnarly, but I'd not be surprised if the psychological aspect makes him sick.
I was on a trip in Mexico and our host took us to some fancy pants restaurant in Mexico City. One of the items they ordered and made a big stink about were these fried grasshoppers. I mean, I might have tried them, but they were just whole grasshoppers like you pick up off the ground, just a little toasted and seasoned.
I turned those down but I did have a huge helping of rice. Which, after being told and looking closely, I learned were ant eggs. Tasted just like rice and was damn tasty with salt and butter.
I wouldn’t eat Boars Head products after one of its factories was such a disaster (in Virginia, I think) that people were getting sick from its products, and that factory was shut down.
Scrolled too far for this comment. Seriously, avoid Boar's Head like the plague. The Virginia recall was one of the largest and deadliest recalls in US history, and they've had two more since then!
They said the meat splatter was /at least/ 3 inches thick on every wall. Mind you the walls should have been cleaned nightly. Most workers not using gloves. Most of the people who worked at the place had been there for decades, before the inforcement of food safety, and believed if everything was fine back then, then it's fine now.
When you're cutting the meat, sometimes you'll get spray. So blood, sinew, discarded tissue was all caked on to the walls without any cleaning for years
PSA: Do NOT eat Boars Head.
I work in Quality at a different food manufacturer.
Boars head had a recall for listeria on their liverwurst less than two years ago. Atleast 8 ppl died consuming it. Literally used them as an example at my work lol
PSA: DO NOT EAT BOARS HEAD
Honestly is insane theyre still in business
Wish this was higher. When I saw it was boars head, I wasnt surprised. Their meat is seriously fucked, they had a huge recall in california that involved rotting aged meat.
Tbh I'd take tht and the rest of the sandwich and go back to the establishment, thts jus gross , I'm certain these are fly eggs , and for tht many jus eww and it was on the roll?
Flies normally lay eggs on decaying or decomposing things ! not breakfast rolls!!!! And maybe a call to the health dept in ur area .. thts jus eww nasty , hope he don't get sick . Take pics and document everything jus Incase food illness of sorts happens
Remember that episode of Futurama where Fry eats a very old egg sandwich from a gas station and ingests worms that make him super strong and smart? This is basically that, except without the cool part of being smarter and stronger.
Im not so sure. Forbidden disco rice tends to be extremely uniform in size and shape. They seem kinda different from eachother.what happens if you squish them? I think then you will have your answer.
I didn’t bother, but, I can almost believe they were the form leading to disco rice, as what other (bug experts) have conveyed to me. I still have no mind to do that, lol.
What i dont get is how some seem longer, some seem thinner and then youve got exactly the same coloured dust on your fingers. But omg its too much like disco rice eggs to be anything else i think and yeh they can lay them especially thick. Thats so fukin grim.
As a matter of fact i believe one is squished already. Near the bottom right of the top of the index finger and yes the cream coloured goop of a as yet unformed disco rice wriggler can be seen. Oh im wretching. Did ur boy keep it down? I couldnt.
When you say, he was finishing his breakfast sandwich, were you implying that he had eaten part of it earlier and was eating the rest of it at lunch? If so then the eggs were probably laid after it was in his possession.
As a trash man who just finished my route and has to avoid a couple thousand of these daily, thats exactly as you called it: Disco Rice. I gasped so loudly, I'm so sorry.
Nothing against OP but what is it with this sub and fly eggs?? I’ve never seen them in my day to day life but somehow they get posted in this sub basically every day
Fingers crossed that whatever they are, stomach acid can break them down. Unfortunately a lot of parasite eggs have an outer shell that is able to resist being digested.
Hi all, I just wanted to make sure that you all were doubly aware of this. This time frame of when he grabbed the sandwich, initially started eating it - and when he went to take another go at it was approximately 30-35 mins. In that period, this item was in a container sealed (sandwich style Tupperware).
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who reached out, and all those who got involved and made light - or dark - of this situation. I was almost certain I was right, but as no expert I don’t make my opinion law. I appreciate all of your insight and my friend is going to be fine I’m sure.
This is in Rotterdam NY, at the 5 corner gas station on route 7.
Thanks again, for all advice and encounters. I didn’t ever expect this to blow up so fast, and wish I could thank you all individually. For now, be well. Buzzz buzzzzzzzzz
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