Peachy
June 12, 2006
Last weekend I plucked juicy peaches off of my sister's backyard peach tree. It could have only been more picturesque if I had been wearing a white sundress and apron, carrying a wicker basket lined with a gingham cloth, while reaching for the peaches atop a hill, sunset in the background. Doesn't that sound perfect?
Instead, I was smacked in the face with drooping branches, trying to free them from the weight of the fruit, all the while attempting to disregard the stench of the rotten peaches on the ground. Children's storybooks don't tell you about that stench.
Saturday I decided to make a peach cobbler, and after washing the peaches I began to peel, slice and dice them. About halfway through the bunch, I discovered that the pit of one peach was a bit discolored, and a tad fuzzy looking. I cut deeper and noticed something small. And white. And moving. I stared at it, watched the worm squirm around, and then calmly deposited the entire peach in the trash can.
Afterward, I turned back around, looked at the other peaches, and then vomited on the kitchen floor. My only thought was, "Thank God that didn't happen over the cobbler."
Comments
I'm impressed you didn't screech with fear like you did that time there was a worm in your rasberry, but you did puke this time (gross), and I'm sure whoever ate the cobble was very glad that you did so on the kitchen floor instead of over the cobbler
Posted by: Katie | June 12, 2006 12:21 PM
Are you pregnant???? Ha, ha.
Posted by: Susan | June 12, 2006 12:35 PM
Oh, that is NASTY!
When I picture this scene, I picture you puking while wearing a white sundress and apron. Hee.
Posted by: Lawyerish | June 12, 2006 12:48 PM
Katie - Whatever. I didn't scream the Eve of the Raspberry.
See here: Scarier than that Inch Worm from Sesame Street
Posted by: jes | June 12, 2006 02:12 PM
You puked because of a worm?
Really?
Hm.
I don't know what to think about that.
Posted by: ben | June 12, 2006 02:28 PM
Yum...protein!!
:P
Posted by: Deals | June 12, 2006 03:10 PM
Try getting to the bottom of a plastic basket of rasberries, that you have been absently eating all day, and finding it covered in wormy bug like things.
I puked too.
Good job salvaging the cobbler.
Posted by: desiree | June 12, 2006 03:36 PM
I can't believe you threw up! That's so funny and totally sounds like a pregnant thing to do. Hmmmm....???
Now back to food: So...was the cobbler yummy?
Posted by: Jenn | June 12, 2006 05:07 PM
i woulda puked. i could tell you a story about a plum but i won't.....
Posted by: leahpeah | June 12, 2006 06:34 PM
Did Leahpeah actually comment on your blog??
Posted by: Heidi | June 12, 2006 09:26 PM
Oh dude, I totally puked at the dogtraining worms, as you know. I'm right there with you. Pukers unite.
Posted by: jonniker | June 12, 2006 10:25 PM
There weren't worms in the other peaches, were there??? One is enough! Ugh! Poor thing (you, not the worm).
Posted by: Maggie | June 13, 2006 02:43 AM
Heheh I'm thinking that in one of the Shrek movies they could do a scene of you in the white sundress... everything picturesque... and then being irritated by the scent of rotting peaches... then cut to making your cobbler... and the worm incident.
btw I once ate an apple in the dark while watching TV. I absentmindedly looked down and I saw a dark spot where there was supposed to be only white apple flesh. I turned the apple in profile with the TV screen lighting up... a WIGGLEY WORM.
Not only did I throw the apple out my back door, but I spit out the bite I was on and then TRIED to puke because a few bites back I had tasted something a little bitter.
ICK!!!
Posted by: Jayleigh | June 13, 2006 06:55 AM
Mmm, can't wait to come over to your house for stroghanoff.
~Jef
Posted by: Thunderfish | June 13, 2006 08:39 AM
Maggie: Yes, I found other worms. Total, I probably threw away six other peaches.
Jayleigh: Your story is so-much-worse-than mine. Ick!
Jef: The stroghanoff is ready and waiting . Come on by anytime!
Posted by: jes | June 13, 2006 08:44 AM
Peaches... yum... that's when I know Summer is finally here... even if the warm weather doesn't come until August. And let me just contribute a haiku:
soft succulent skin
sweet juice dripping on my chin
a perfect ripe peach
Posted by: JeSais | June 13, 2006 11:19 PM