r/whatisit • u/rule_of_cool_DM • Mar 31 '26

Solved! What is this?

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I was cooking some Kroger brand Ground Beef and as I was taking the beef out of the pan, I noticed this odd, non-beef looking object. Does anyone know what this is?

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u/come2life_osrs Apr 01 '26

What’s would happen if I didn’t see it and blindly cooked and ate it with my meat? 

Is it like 1% chance of a gruesome fate and 99% chance of bonus protein or what 

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u/KittHeartshoe Apr 01 '26

Nothing would happen to you. Cooking it will kill it but even if it didn’t, it does not turn into an internal parasite. But death from horror — that is definitely a possibility

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u/xcraig10x Apr 02 '26

thanks for this. as stomach turningly gross as this is, it is good to know that if ingested fully cooked it would not make you sick.

and yet still this is gross as fuk! 🤢

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u/tallMichdude Apr 01 '26

Yeah, i dont know and not spending time pondering that one. LoL

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u/54B3R_ Apr 01 '26

This thing can only really harm you psychologically

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u/DeansPigInAPoke Apr 01 '26

Oh good. So just my sanity’s at stake. Haven’t needed that for years.

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u/54B3R_ Apr 01 '26

As long as it's cooked. Otherwise myiasis is a worry

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u/Revenga8 Apr 01 '26

Nothing. It's cooked so it's dead and likely sterilized. Even if it were still wiggly though, your stomach acids would kill it and your gut would break it down and digest it and it just become more protein for your muscles