When I eat a fig am I also eating dead wasps?!
When I eat a fig am I also eating dead wasps?
There have been a lot of articles written about the fig wasp lately and how these minute creatures climb inside the fig to lay their eggs. I used to love figs but now I can't eat them without thinking that I am eating a bunch of dead miniature wasps. Can anyone tell me if the wasps do in fact die inside the fruit that we eventually eat? Gross!
Answers:
Fig wasps are apparently in some wild figs varieties but the figs you buy at the market are wasp-less. The wasps usually pollinate the figs but the market figs aren't pollinated. So unless you're eating figs that are growing wild there should be no wasps.