I can't imagine ANY problem eating second paw fruit. I have seen Costa Ricans eating fruit that had been half eaten by god knows what. I watched a bunch of kids here feasting on black zapotes that had been laying on the ground for an undetermined amount of time and in horrible condition. They eat guavas that have worms, too. We in the so-called developed part of the world have been infected by supermarket perfection syndrome. As for me, having a bunch of young fruit trees, I'll eat whatever condition that FIRST fruit is in that they produce. I wouldn't miss that for the world.
yeah, and i agree with that to some extent
as a society we throw away way too much food just because its not picture perfect,
but parasites ARE a real threat.
My best friends wife is from Nicaragua. When she first came to the states,
she had several types of parasites when she saw a Doc,
it took her months of medicines to remove them all.
i have cut off bad bits of fruit in the past, and often still eat fruit that hit the ground
IF it looks like nothing bit into it,
but recently i got some kind of skin problem that looks like a fever blister on my arm,
accompanied by a bad headache.
Still not sure what the heck it was, but, i am starting to wash fruit now,
and leaving anything which was obviously bitten into.
FYI, a couple of links...
A rare parasite found in snails and rats that can cause serious health problems in humans and animals is more pervasive in South Florida than previously thought, a new study has found.
http://phys.org/news/2015-02-parasite-infecting-florida-snails-poses.html"As long as food is cooked and you wash your produce, you will most likely never ingest it."
// Neglected Parasitic Infections (NPIs) in the United States //
The neglected parasitic infections (NPIs) are a group of five parasitic diseases
that have been targeted by the CDC as priorities for public health action
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/npi/index.html