Rocca with leaf miner

[happslb]

Hello,

I have a 4 x 4 square food garden. I have planted Rocca in one section, and after nearly full grown I started to see leaf miners on the leaves. So I just harvested all the rocca leaves before infestation spreads, and had them in my salad.

While eating I realized that I might have eaten some leaves with miners.

Did not feel any taste difference .. but what about health effect

Anyone was in same situation?

thanks

[DavidT]

Good evening and welcome to the site. Are you sure it`s leaf miner and not a bit of scorch? Where are you situated? I doubt if it would hurt you anyway.

[happslb]

Thanks for the welcome.. I would have really wanted to start my membership with another question .. but when it comes to health

Well yes I'm sure it's a leaf mine, since i could see it on one of leaf trails with black dots behind it.

But since it's some additional protein for my diet with no side effects .. I will not think a lot about what happened

Regards

[Lesley Jay]

Hi there and welcome!!

Don't worry! It's no worse than eating pea maggots in mange tout without realising!

[DavidT]

Or discovering half a maggot in the apple you are eating.

[Lesley Jay]

Or not being able to fish quite all of the small cabbage white, green caterpillars out of the cauliflower curds - a covering of cheese sauce and no one knows!!!

No honestly, I just couldn't cook the cauliflower!! (It was the first year I grew cauliflowers.)

[DavidT]

Lumpy cheese sauce. Just like lumpy gravy really, only whitish instead of brown. Oh, and a bit more wriggly.

[Sligo]

The only time an issue would arise is if you were a strict Vegan.... Wonder what deep fries leaf miner would be like?... Spicy salted catterpillar anyone???

[happslb]

Hehe .. and I thought that no one will reply to my post .. the replies where not only useful but fun..

Thanks and Cheers all

[Lesley Jay]

Originally Posted by DavidT

Lumpy cheese sauce. Just like lumpy gravy really, only whitish instead of brown. Oh, and a bit more wriggly.

Lumpy??? I don't make lumpy cheese sauce!! Those caterpillars squash lovely and smooth with the back of a wooden spoon!!!

[DavidT]

Especially when you are putting it through a sieve.