FunnyJohn Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Well here's some re-assurance that the "organic" bananas are indeed organic at WF: Ughhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synaesthesia Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Well here's some re-assurance that the "organic" bananas are indeed organic at WF: Ughhh! Yeah apparently there was a similar problem with organic grapes at Tesco in England a few years ago. Though it was a dead black widow spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunnyJohn Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 I recall stories from my youth (perhaps merely Urban Legends) that in the old days sometimes a tarantula could be found among the fresh-off-the-boat bananas sold by green grocers in NYC. I think tarantulas or some other bird spiders like banana trees as a good place to find their prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Yeah apparently there was a similar problem with organic grapes at Tesco in England a few years ago. Though it was a dead black widow spider.When I used to work the produce department, we would occasionally find some rather large black widow spiders in the grapes. Once when we broke down a pallet that had been stacked with stuff on the floor of the produce area for months, there were more than a few black widows that had made webs underneath- they must have come in on the bananas because the ones in the grapes were too cold to move. Thing is, black widows aren't all that "tropical". I have found multiple "northern black widows" as nearby as the Northern Neck, VA- about 100 miles south of DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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