jam+?

No.

NO WAY!!

Phew !

Quite agree. What the eye can't see the heart (or stomach) can't grieve over

Did you leave it in or take it out?

Well, it was cooked wasn't it?

Don't tell them. They will all be fighting over who gets it.

Are any of them vegetarian?

Extra protein !

Good source of protein. Fried locusts are very nice as well

DD says the slugworms in China are not too bad either - crispy on the outside and squishy in the middle. I am yet to try them - not too sure what is holding me back !

The maggot would have been full of plum anyway! I often notice them when I pick blackberries, but don't worry at all. Keep 'mum'!

Half the household vegetarian... I took it out anyway - luckily had my glasses on so I spotted it - you could tell it wasn't a bit of plum as there was the black spot for the eyes.

It was teeny. Hopefully it had no friends and relations

It may not have been very nutritious as you would have boiled all of the goodness out of it.

No finding half a maggot is always much worse, of course.

Poor maggot.

no, don' tell anyone, especially not all your gransnet pals

I examined the plums very carefully when I made plum jam this afternoon. No extra meat ration though.

Funnily enough, Maggot was my hated childhood nickname. Maybe that's why I feel guilty when I accidentally cook them.
Mind you, worst carnage was the organic broccoli. I'll never forget lifting the saucepan lid to discover a host of green caterpillars who'd crawled to the topmost points of the florets and expired. Looked like they were praying for rescue.