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...

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!

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.

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.

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:24

El_Commi said:
My thoughts exactly :s

Mine too, unfortunately.

This tin was one of the flagship ranges from the particular store I was in.

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:33

I've sent them the images you see in this thread.

I have to skip to the end without looking at it, it still makes me feel sick looking at the pics. I've gotta go downstairs and do something with it yet :/

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:37

LeJosh said:
Shrivelled up ravioli pasta most likely.

How would that have shoots? :confused:

elmuzzy66. said:
Does it bother you that you might have eat loads of them before without noticing? How come you checked this time?

Of course it does.

It was sat on top of the bowl with its 'legs' sticking out of the sauce.

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 16:23

Chicken crest is probably the closest looking so far.

I've written to the Supermarket in question.

Gilly · 22 Jun 2011 at 20:43

It is significantly smaller but no less vomit-inducing now it has dried out.

Gilly · 23 Jun 2011 at 08:52

Yeah, at least you're only getting creeped out by something that isn't real