Name this... whatever it is

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:41

Apologies for the quality, taken with my phone.

Found in a bowl of Ravioli out of a tin. Thankfully I hadn't started eating.

It feels like gristle, but I haven't ever seen or heard of gristle that had sprouted shoots like that. I thought they were legs when I first spotted it.

I feel like hurling...

POB · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:43

I name it Ben

JHeaton · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:43

Obviously some kind of alien mind-controlling creature, like in Star Trek.

Seriously, no ideas but that looks disgusting. Not so dissimilar to tinned ravioli, actually.

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:46

I (used to) love tinned Ravioli

It's one of the only tinned foods I still eat, especially now they sell chopped tomatoes in cartons not tins!

Garee · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:49

ZERG RUSH

A.N.Other · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:50

Frank, is that you?

But seriously, I haven't got the foggiest what that is. Send it to me and I'll dissect it in the lab :cool:

On the plus side, though, if you complain, you're sure to get some free ravioli

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:50

Garee said:
ZERG RUSH

Pardon?

A.N.Other said:
Frank, is that you?

But seriously, I haven't got the foggiest what that is. Send it to me and I'll dissect it in the lab

On the plus side, though, if you complain, you're sure to get some free ravioli

Oh, great!

Seriously, the fact that I can't even begin to decide what it is has probably put me off for life. Blergh.

Antar Bolaeisk · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:51

It looks like an animal/plant hybrid, possibly of alien origin.

JHeaton · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:52

Gilly said:
I (used to) love tinned Ravioli

It's one of the only tinned foods I still eat, especially now they sell chopped tomatoes in cartons not tins!

They sell them in cartons? When did this happen? :confused:

To be honest, it almost looks a bit parasitic, but I imagine that's just the combination of phone camera quality and my awful screen here at work. Are the 'shoots' growing through it or from the surface of it?

Pudney · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:53

Stewed chickens foot.

A.N.Other · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:53

Further thought ... perhaps Heinz are harvesting the Flying Spaghetti monster??

Gerard · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:54

Microturd!

IceBus · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:54

Pickled goat testicle?

Virt · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:55

Head crab? In MY ravioli?

It's more likely than you think.

xxalxx · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:55

Headcrab?

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:55

JHeaton said:
They sell them in cartons? When did this happen?

I first bought some last week, when I went to get more yesterday I looked around and actually couldn't find any at all in tins. Sainsbury's own brand (I stress, this was not the supermarket I bought the Ravioli from) and Napolina toms were all in cartons.

JHeaton said:
To be honest, it almost looks a bit parasitic, but I imagine that's just the combination of phone camera quality and my awful screen here at work. Are the 'shoots' growing through it or from the surface of it?

No, it does look parasitic, but it's about the size of a 20p, which would be a huge parasite!

It's very squishy.

Blerrrrggh.

CliffyBiro · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:56

Marky · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:56

POB said:
I name it Ben

LOOOL

haaammit · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:57

What does it taste of?

Pigeon_Killer · 22 Jun 2011 at 13:58

Looks rank and would probably put me off Ravioli as well. I would say complain but the best you'll get is an apology and a coupon. That's all I got when I found a plaster wrapped around a tinned hot dog sausage.