Flyby Investigates HUHDS' 'Snail Surprise'

It's dinner time, and you're looking for a healthy meal. You decide to hit up the salad bar and prepare a bowl of edamame. You sit down to eat and notice one of the beans is brown, not green. Upon closer inspection, you realize that what you first thought was a bean is, in fact, a snail.

One Adams House dining hall employee, who wishes to remain anonymous in order to preserve relations with HUHDS, said she's never heard of anything like this before.

Adams House resident Luke L. Sperduto '11, however, said that this is not an isolated incident.

"This reminds me of the time when I found several bugs in the sunflower seeds toward the beginning of the year," Sperduto said.

Despite finding the occasional insect in Adams House dining hall food, Sperduto continues to eat there.

"I definitely look at my food more, though," he said.

Nonetheless, Tanya V. Avilova '13 said there's no cause for alarm.

"It's concerning to a certain extent," she said, "but I have trust in the dining hall staff."

After hearing of the incident, Martin T. Breslin, HUHDS director for culinary operations, contacted Zoe A.Y. Weinberg '13, the Crimson editor who found the snail in her edamame Tuesday night, and apologized. According to Breslin, HUHDS purchases frozen edamame from an outside food service provider and is presently investigating whether the snail was introduced into HUHDS' edamame by the provider or in a HUHDS kitchen.