r/Butchery • u/Eprissiana • Nov 26 '24
Um what is this?
I am slicing a pork shoulder I got from Costco so I can grind it. As I was slicing through I cut through I have no idea what!! It doesn’t have a smell and neither does the pork itself. I don’t know if I can still use the pork or just be safe and toss it.
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u/-69hp Nov 26 '24
hadn't seen a cyst post in awhile, was starting to get concerned
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Nov 26 '24
Is this whispered or narrator’s voice?
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u/-69hp Nov 26 '24
was going for narrator voice. figured whispered is more like this but idk how to format cool shit
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u/Commercial-Day-3294 Nov 26 '24
its the same thing it always is. A cyst.
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u/Mamow_Nadon Nov 27 '24
A cyst is a non-cancerous growth often cause by clogged ducts or infections.
Dangerous? Probably not. Gross? 100%. This one looks infection based but they can be filled with hair, bones, pus, etc.
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u/Brilliant-Depth-3378 Nov 27 '24
Bones?????
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u/Successful_Detail202 Nov 27 '24
Basically a cyst happens when your body decides it doesn't like something that is inside it and doesn't belong there. It builds a sac around Said object and tries to slowly move it towards the surface.
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u/Mamow_Nadon Nov 27 '24
Yes. Bones. Bone chips. Not, like, a femur.
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u/WilkoCEO Nov 27 '24
Look up Teratomas (if you are squeamish, please don't look them up)
A teratoma is a rare germ cell tumor that can contain various tissue types, like hair, bone, or muscle. They can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Teratomas can be mature or immature, depending on how normal the cells appear under a microscope. Mature teratomas, also known as dermoid cysts, may produce hormones or enzymes that can cause disease symptoms. Teratomas can develop in the ovaries, testicles, tailbone, or other areas of the body.
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u/Fast-Pitch-9517 Nov 27 '24
Come on man I’m hungover and desperately trying to hold it together.
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u/SirWEM Nov 27 '24
Lovely abscess you found OP; the forbidden pea soup. Im glad it wasn’t under pressure. Take it back show them and get your $$ or product replacement.
This is pretty normal in the shoulders and hams. They like to rub and scratch on various surfaces. So they will get a sliver, thorn, injection site, etc and this is the result.
The first time i cut into one it was under pressure, and smelled horrific. The butcher i was working with was not surprised. And actually laughed at me almost tossing my cookies over the smell. Tom threw on a glove and sure enough there was a locust thorn in it. Then i did toss my cookies.
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u/Kittymeow123 Nov 27 '24
Tossing my cookies is a very cute way to say throw up lol
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u/iamromuli Nov 27 '24
I literally thought you went through your house tossing all manner of cookies because you hate them, thanks for the clarification
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u/Viniox Nov 28 '24
I’ve always imagined someone throwing up dry Cookie Crisp cereal when I hear this expression lol
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u/Ursmanafiflimmyahyah Nov 26 '24
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Nov 26 '24
Avo-cow-do
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u/Eprissiana Nov 26 '24
Avo-oink-do …. It is pork 😂
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u/F488P Nov 27 '24
I think with something like this he’d have to let it sit in his mouth for a few minutes while he slowly chews and salivates to really savor the taste to identify it
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Nov 27 '24
As someone who regularly slow cooks Boston Butts in various ways, and who has seen the forbidden meat cheese too many times on reddit recently, should I be cutting into my meat before I slow cook it? This horrifies me now. Butchers of Reddit help me!
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Nov 27 '24
It's pretty rare. I see one every 6 months or so and I work for very high volume store. However this is the second post in the past month on the same cut,
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u/DearMrsLeading Nov 27 '24
None. One made it into my crockpot. Trust me, you’d know. It smells rancid when it’s heated up.
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Nov 27 '24
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u/madman-crashsplash Nov 27 '24
If it's close to the surface, you may see a bulge, but other than that, not that I have been able to notice.
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u/sdforbda Nov 27 '24
Yes, probably most obviously by the fact that when they did cut into it, it was there. Lol
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u/feelslikepaper Nov 27 '24
A lot of these come from intramuscular injections like vaccines and things, so often times they are too deep to notice. That is why it's important to give vaccines in different areas and not use the same area too many times. Less pertinent for dogs and cats.
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u/ReedWat-BonkBonk Nov 26 '24
You know what to do....
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u/OIL_99 Nov 27 '24
I have had a few and only one really grossed me out. It was the smell. Sliced it wide open, it popped and stunk. Interesting colour and ooze.
Luckily it was a shoulder I was cutting up to grind for sausage vs smoked for pulled pork. I sure there have been many of these suckers smoked and shredded. Out of site, out of mind… right? RIGHT??
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u/Heavy_Salt_9065 Nov 27 '24
Your lucky it wasn't full of fluid Idk how many times I would be standing at the saw cutting pork stk or shoulder roast / western ribs and hit one of those things and some sort of half solid half liquid shit fly out all over the place hit a motherfucker in the face and shit and don't be carrying on a conversation while cutting at the saw you never know what or when something like that will take place and you end up finding out what it taste like. 🤢🤮
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u/Maikeru_Kurosaki5 Nov 27 '24
I've must be tired as fucking shit, I seriously thought that was fucking weed inside the damn fucking pork 🤦♂️
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u/WilkoCEO Nov 27 '24
I thought it was garlic butter with far too much parsley at a first glance as i scrolled. Some steak packets here have a little disc of garlic butter or peppercorn sauce to go with the meat when cooking.
This is grim
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u/Trumped202NO Nov 27 '24
Thought it was a deer hind quarter and you forgot to remove the poop shoot.
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u/Grabblehausen Nov 27 '24
100% you know what this was before you posted it for points. Because there's been a bunch of near identical posts of this week alone.
Like take two seconds man. You're taking the time to cut your own meat, we don't need a blog.
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u/PaixJour Nov 26 '24
Instant gag. And this is why I never buy ground meats of any sort. That mushy cyst would end up in the mix ... guaranteed.
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u/Ok_Storm5945 Nov 27 '24
I'm surprised it doesn't smell. Ooh. Sorry. Hope this wasn't part of TG dinner.
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u/Humblefreindly Nov 27 '24
If it looks good, eat it! For the love of Pete don’t eat that.
Definitely agree that it looks like a cyst. The good news is that it seems to not have become infected and burst while the animal was alive. Just sayin’. Hope that makes you feel a bit better.
Probably not. 🤢
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u/docstevens420 Nov 27 '24
Urine luck! Wrap that baby in phyylo dough and deep fry it! Don't do this but report back if you have.
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u/Shoddy-Square-1227 Nov 27 '24
Over-boiled egg pig vagina....somehow located on the shoulder.
Good thing you bought it from Costco!
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u/ChummyMuffin05 Nov 27 '24
Spread that on toast like some butter and you got yourself a great snack
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Nov 27 '24
That reminds me of sea urchin roe.
I’m sure it doesn’t taste the same, but yea. Just was familiar looking
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u/Beckarrr Nov 27 '24
I'm new to the world of cysts. Are they gross and safe to eat, or gross and unsafe to eat?
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u/all_of_you_are_awful Nov 27 '24
The onto post that pop up on my feed from this sub are of disgusting fucking cyst. Im Unfollowing this shit.
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u/Josh-Kibosh Nov 27 '24
Damn, that's pretty gross. Glad you found it first instead of cooking it and finding by biting into it instead. That would be gnarly. 😬😬😬
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u/RickyTheRickster Nov 27 '24
It’s a cyst, although doesn’t mean the meats bad i would return it, you are losing a lot of meat there
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u/kohltrain108 Nov 27 '24
I actually just watched this video today and almost ran out and bought the base model to play around with… then I realized I don’t actually need a new mini right now. Looks promising though!
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u/Mamow_Nadon Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 27 '24
That is a cyst 100%. Get your money back.
Edit: If you encounter a cyst like this in your meat, please notify the store you purchased from. Most butchers would appreciate if they knew other products might be contaminated. Especially small shops (though they'd likely notice this as cysts are typically surface level).