Excuse me... there's a rock in my food.

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  • rebbylicious
    rebbylicious Posts: 621 Member
    When I was a kid we forgot a SEALED package of lunch ham (Oscar Mayer or similar) in a cooler and put the cooler away. Some few weeks later we opened the cooler and found the SEALED, UNOPENED package in it.

    It was by then a sealed plastic ball of tapeworms.

    It's been 16 years and I still can't touch precooked ham.
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    omg I think I am going to be sick!
  • caterpillardreams
    caterpillardreams Posts: 476 Member
    My husband found plastic in a potato at red lobster once and glass in a cupcake at a local bakery. Got a free meal from one and complimentary dessert from the other. I think if you were to get hurt then you could sue them.
    If you do not want to buy there product anymore request a refund.
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    I also have stories of LACK of food. One time my mom got a cheeseburger at McDonald's. There was lettuce cheese, everything a normal burger would have. But no meat.

    Had the same thing happen at Wendy's. When she went up to the counter to complain, some random guy started yelling "WHERE'S THE BEEF?" Haha

    That happened to me!!
    I went to McDonalds and ordered 2 cheeseburgers. I got 2 buns with cheese and NOTHING ELSe!!! There was just a slice of cheese in it!! :laugh: :laugh:
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I had been out with some neighbors of mine with their grandkids who I used to babysit. They ordered some popcorn something-or-other (shrimp or chicken or something) and the grandmother found a piece of bright green, pre-chewed gum that had been battered and fried. Ick.

    Another time I was out to dinner with my family and my mother's soup had a large wad of saran wrap in it that she hadn't seen. It was a baked potato soup and sometimes the cheese ends up in a ball so she just ate it... and proceeded to spit it out.
  • danielleeu
    danielleeu Posts: 127 Member
    A friend and I went out to a nice restaurant for dinner (we snuck away from home, lol). Neither of us usually orders dessert, but we decided to split the tiramisu. We said we would each have "just a taste". Yeah right. The first bite was so good I decided I wanted a second bite. When I put it in my mouth I immediately knew something was not right. I put my fingers up to my mouth and pulled out a ring with a big honkin' diamond in the center. I discreetly got the waiters attention and showed him the ring. His eyes got as big as saucers and he said he would take care of it, then he took the ring away. He brought us another dessert and coffee, and told us there would be no charge for our dinner. Less than 10 minutes later a man at a table nearby proposed to his girlfriend with a ring hidden in her dessert. Yup. The waiter was in on it, and our guess was that he had accidentally mixed up the desserts. I don't think the guy proposing ever had any idea what had happened.

    I'm guessing that waiter was glad you were so honest...if the other table had gotten their dessert and there had been no ring...all hell would have broken loose! lol.
  • 5n0wbal1
    5n0wbal1 Posts: 429 Member
    One time I had chicken fingers at Chili's and there was a dead fly in my food. I didn't complain though, I just stopped eating there!



    I also have stories of LACK of food. One time my mom got a cheeseburger at McDonald's. There was lettuce cheese, everything a normal burger would have. But no meat.

    Had the same thing happen at Wendy's. When she went up to the counter to complain, some random guy started yelling "WHERE'S THE BEEF?" Haha

    Lol that's happened to my father in law before

    My story: As a kid, my mom gave me a sealed cup o noodles. I opened it, and the majority of the noodles were maggots :O
  • baileysmom4
    baileysmom4 Posts: 242 Member
    My fiance had a toenail resting on top of a steak he ordered one time.... gag....
  • kwatkin
    kwatkin Posts: 81 Member
    my mom bit into a jube jube and found a piece of metal shrapnel or something, broke her tooth. i don't think they offered her coupons or anything automatically but asked for the proof and everything, and i don't think they heard back. i think she just got tired of fighting for it and wasn't going to pay to sue lol.
  • Doodlewhopper
    Doodlewhopper Posts: 1,018 Member
    Years ago I took a swig of my Dr. Pepper and felt something in it. I absent mindedly assumed that it was a piece of syrup or something and bit into it. When it squirted I knew something wasnt right and when I spit it out it was AN EFFING ROACH EGG! I spit and spit until I was dehydrated! LOL
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
    Does anyone else remember when we were kids and there was something called Crystal Pepsi (clear pepsi that tasted delish)? Well there was a scare about people finding syringes in them. Didn't happen to us, but man was that good stuff - not sure why it went away...maybe we were the only kids drinking it...

    I have never been into clear sodas like Sprite and stuff, but I do remember Crystal Pepsi. I think it just wasn't very popular.

    The song they used in the commercial was "Right Now" by Van Halen. Every time I hear that (sometimes on the 90s channel), I think of Crystal Pepsi.
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    WTH???? I think I'm going to be sick!!
  • staceypunk
    staceypunk Posts: 924 Member
    I only made it about 10 comments in and I have to stop reading. Gross!
  • kaseymei
    kaseymei Posts: 164
    A couple years ago I was eating baked fish at Olive Garden. I bit down on something really hard. I pulled a metal twist tie (like a bread bag tie) out of my mouth! I told the waiter and he immediately went to management. They were very apologetic and gave me my entire meal for free! Glad I didn't swallow it!

    I found the exact same thing while eating at a Thai restaurant. They too gave me my meal for free. I'm glad I didn't swallow mine either.
  • phdiva12
    phdiva12 Posts: 79 Member
    Ok- all of your stories have been incredibly gross, but I have one that takes the cake. While eating a can of Vienna Sausages, my Dad found the tip of someone's finger.
  • azure7
    azure7 Posts: 136 Member
    Large roach in my salad at Outback. I have a huge roach phobia. :sick: They gave me lots of $$ in gift certificates, but I had to give them away b/c I get grossed-out at the thought of going there.
  • Chrisgriff32
    Chrisgriff32 Posts: 30 Member
    I also found a Blow Pop wrapper in my Subway turkey sandwich. I called the store and the manager basically told me she thought I was making everything up!
  • stetienne
    stetienne Posts: 560 Member
    This thread is turning my stomach! I feel so lucky to have never discovered anything totally vile in my food!

    Before you feel too lucky...remember that just because you didn't find it, doesn't mean it wasn't there :frown:
  • A few years back I bought myself a salad that came in a box and when I opened it I found a live caterpillar! I sent it back to the producers of it and in return they sent me vouchers for a load of free stuff from their other ranges
  • Dawners98
    Dawners98 Posts: 120 Member
    I have two stories:

    Once I found a long hair in my PF Chang's frozen meal bag. Barf!

    But the worst was the time I went to a Bennigan's (then, a huge chain, and now largely extinct) restaurant with my boyfriend at the time. His meal was fine, but the broccoli they served my chicken with just COVERED in bugs. It was infested with tiny fruit flies or something - all steamed to perfection. I nearly vomited all over. The waiter was apologetic, the manager was apologetic and offered to bring me something else - but neither would just stop talking about it well after the plate was gone!! Naturally I was NOT up for food, so they just removed the charge for the meal I didn't eat, and didn't even compensate the rest of our meal. So, not only was it disgusting, it was also not handled well!
  • baileysmom4
    baileysmom4 Posts: 242 Member
    Ok- all of your stories have been incredibly gross, but I have one that takes the cake. While eating a can of Vienna Sausages, my Dad found the tip of someone's finger.





    Not sure which is worse, the sausage or the finger!
  • atb0821
    atb0821 Posts: 458 Member
    When I was a kid, somehow, my mom cooked spinach that was from a bag and we started eating it and it was full of bees and hair. I'm still confused.

    One time my mother was eating chicken fingers and there was a giant cockroach that had been battered and fried.

    Lmao @ bees and hair. What kinda crazy combo is that?!

    Anyways, I found a full wasp in a can of spaghetti-o's when I was in college. I called them and they said they'd send a coupon for a free can. I said "pass."
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
    When I was a kid we forgot a SEALED package of lunch ham (Oscar Mayer or similar) in a cooler and put the cooler away. Some few weeks later we opened the cooler and found the SEALED, UNOPENED package in it.

    It was by then a sealed plastic ball of tapeworms.

    It's been 16 years and I still can't touch precooked ham.

    Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
  • AnnaMaus
    AnnaMaus Posts: 167 Member

    One time my mother was eating chicken fingers and there was a giant cockroach that had been battered and fried.

    End of thread.
  • psych0kitty
    psych0kitty Posts: 313
    I put some locally-grown brown rice into my rice cooker and then added water. When I stirred it, I noticed little black things. They were little bugs of some sort that had actually burrowed into the grains and I guess had procreated. It was close to the last of the bag and I had just used it in some chicken soup. :sad:
  • SloRunner25
    SloRunner25 Posts: 89 Member
    During Thanksgiving a few years ago, we found a furry caterpillar in a can of green beans. ew ew ew!
  • NatashaShen
    NatashaShen Posts: 295 Member
    Some of these stories are turning my stomach.

    A few years a go I went to In-n-Out with a bf, went through the drive thru. I guess someone lost their weave in the Animal Fries. Thick black tangled mess of hair took up half the container. Bf called got a free meal. Oh it was nasty.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    Its almost impossible to have food that is completely free of foreign objects. However, glass and metal should never be found as manufacturers have screening processes for that. Its a lot harder for manufacturers to find a bug. If a product, peanuts for instance, have a small rock thats not a complete surprise because peanuts are grown in the ground. Pistachios are spread out over the ground so they will dry and open, so once again a rock or a small bug is almost impossible to take out of every bag.
    Bugs get into lettuce and brocolli and dispite manufacturers best efforts they can go through undetected. Still, people complain about pesticides and herbicides and if wasnt for these you would see a whole lot more in our food.
    Our North American screening processes are world class. If you travel a bit you will find a lot more foreign products in your food.
    If you find maggots (now thats disgusting) thats normally not the manufacturer, its the store you bought it in, either the cleanliness or the lack of shelf rotation.
    Yes, I work in the industry.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Large roach in my salad at Outback. I have a huge roach phobia. :sick: They gave me lots of $$ in gift certificates, but I had to give them away b/c I get grossed-out at the thought of going there.

    Really? I found a waterbug looking thing in my food and they just offered not to charge me for my meal. -.-
    Granted, I haven't been back there since.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I frequently find little pebbles in my beans and lentils. It's normal. That's why you wash and sort them before using. I remember once finding a mouse skeleton head when sorting wheat with my grandmother when I was a kid.. What's really scary is that the wheat we bought was already "pre-sorted" and ready to be taken to the mill.. So you know if you're buying already milled flour or products made with flour.. that you're eating ground up mouse heads.