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Woman finds grasshopper in canned spinach

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DENVER, July 31 (UPI) -- A Denver-area woman says that she opened a can of spinach and found half a dead grasshopper inside.

"I just think it's very gross," Donna Labrador told the Denver Post. "I will never eat another can of veggies again. Probably not spinach, anyway."

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Labrador planned to saute the spinach in olive oil to make a late dinner Wednesday to share with her 3-year-old daughter, Isabella. But she said the grasshopper was such a disturbing find she skipped dinner Wednesday and breakfast Thursday morning.

She called the company that canned the spinach and got the promise of a mailer to send in the grasshopper for tests. She also hopes for a refund.

The grasshopper, wrapped up in toilet paper, was in her refrigerator. Labrador said that by Friday she might be hungry enough to resume eating -- although not canned vegetables.

Grasshoppers are eaten in many parts of the world, and experts say they can be an excellent source of protein.

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