Hi-ho all,
Well apart from the remnants of Hurricane Alex causing havoc in and around Monterrey we are also out of just about anything to make a decent meal from. So as we often do in that situation we chuck anything that has any life left in it into a curry. The coriander seeds were just about to go in when Tatiana noticed a small black bug in the top of the container. On closer inspection there were dozens of them looking for the exit and on closer inspection again there were even more meandering around amongst their incubators!
I Googled them but unfortunately coriander seeds have turned out to be good at warding off many garden bugs so I quickly got sick of filtering through over 18,000 results for black bugs in coriander seeds.
Tatiana questioned if we could just put them out in the sun for a while and let the bugs scatter from the harsh heat but while Alex is with us we are a little short on sun and besides, I still don’t think I’d be all that keen to consume the habitat of quite so many unwelcome little critters. I think I’ll stick to the ground coriander for now and safely dispose of the evacuated seeds and the bugs.
Bon appetit.
I had the same problem with ground coriander! I keep it in a glass bottle and today noticed dark spots on the top. I opened the bottle and there were dozens of small beetle like bugs crawling around in it! Maybe something about the coriander attracts them.