I always soak new heads of lettuce for several minutes before drying them and ziplocking them into bags for the refrigerator. (Not only does it lift nasty bacteria well, but the lettuce can keep for twice as long without going brown and wilty.) Today was a new experience for me, though.
I went to retrieve my lettuce from its bath only to find hundreds of little bugs floating in the water and clinging to the leaves. I’m not used to so much protein crawling around in my lettuce.
Happens to me with brocolli and cauliflower. I heartily endorse the soaking :)
Yeah, it's happened to me before, but never even remotely to this extent. It was a thing of wonder, I tell you. And not an entirely appetizing wonder, either.