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I believe I have found Patient Zero for the weevil infestation: a box of Torino farfalline pasta. The sell-by date is November 2013, but when I turned it around and looked at the window in the box, it looked like it was covered in mold. After staring at it in fascination for a while, I realized that it wasn't mold, it was pasta dust from the MYRIAD OF HOLES GNAWED IN THE PASTA, so much so that they resembled lace. And then I saw a weevil crawl by.
The box is now being terminated with extreme prejudice and the only reason that it is not on fire is that I do not currently own a flamethrower.
So far I've found evidence of weevils in only one other thing: a half-eaten box of Triscuts, and even then it was only one. I'm tossing everything that we can easily replace, and setting aside other stuff to freeze for a week to kill anything that might have gotten in, and then I'm going to scrub down the pantry shelves and walls with a bleach solution.
And now I have to go quietly freak out as I now think every little breath of air or brush of a hair against my skin is a bug.
The box is now being terminated with extreme prejudice and the only reason that it is not on fire is that I do not currently own a flamethrower.
So far I've found evidence of weevils in only one other thing: a half-eaten box of Triscuts, and even then it was only one. I'm tossing everything that we can easily replace, and setting aside other stuff to freeze for a week to kill anything that might have gotten in, and then I'm going to scrub down the pantry shelves and walls with a bleach solution.
And now I have to go quietly freak out as I now think every little breath of air or brush of a hair against my skin is a bug.
