Exoskeleton Cake

Company was due in about an hour. I wanted to get a spice cake into the oven before they arrived. I had just finished beating the butter, sugar and eggs. It was time to add flour, but opening the bag, I was dismayed to discover that the flour was covered with hollow insect shells. I didn't have any other bags of flour lying around and the clock was ticking. I couldn't possibly get to the store and back in time and I needed dessert.

So, what did I do? I scraped off the first couple of inches of flour and used the flour near the bottom of the bag. Most of the exoskeletons were removed, but I can't be sure if I got them all. I figured it was harmless to eat, we probably get stuff like that in our food all of the time and I was going to eat it too, so it was okay to serve it.

This event is not unprecedented. I once made some soup with dried vegetables that when rehydrated, little rehydrated worms appeared also. Company was coming soon and there wasn't time to make something else. So, I skimmed out the worms and serve the soup. I ate it too.

Now that everyone knows what I'm capable of, I'll probably have no more guests for dinner. (I think that I would do okay on Survivor, though.)