See subject. Grossed out. There were these whitish yellow strand things in the can of sardines. It was an expensive brand too. I pulled one out and it was really stretchy. Not like a bone. I immediately threw it out, but may have ate half of one accidentally.
They weren't moving or anything, but they seemed "segmented". Uniform color.
Am I screwed? I've googled everything and can't find any good info on this. I reside in North America. They were lightly smoked in olive oil with lemon.
Yes.
This is why You should be vegan like I am.
You better start downing the 151. Kill that sh!t now!
Juioklio wrote:
Yes.
Now I'm freaked out. Anything I can do? Lots of coffee and hope it doesn't attach?
I recently got a pesticide applicator license, and I recommend that you buy an IPA or hard type of beer. The high alcohol content will sterilize you, the tapeworm, and the memory of you ingesting the spoiled sardines.
Cheers! ?
Wait, aren't sardines cooked as part of the canning process?
How can a tape worm survive being super heated with steam when they pressure cook the fish? The worm will simply be cooked.
There is little to no bacterial growth/life inside a sealed can for a reason.
Harambe wrote:
Wait, aren't sardines cooked as part of the canning process?
I think so. I'm hoping the worms were not alive and were harmless.
I'm going to the store to get some garlic...
Tape Worms :( wrote:
Harambe wrote:
Wait, aren't sardines cooked as part of the canning process?
I think so. I'm hoping the worms were not alive and were harmless.
I'm going to the store to get some garlic...
Of course they weren't alive. What worm can survive boiling water at 120+ Celcius?
Worms are common in fish. Freezing or cooking them on high heats like in a canning process will kill them.
Tape Worms :( wrote:
Harambe wrote:
Wait, aren't sardines cooked as part of the canning process?
I think so. I'm hoping the worms were not alive and were harmless.
I'm going to the store to get some garlic...
Get that can back out of the garbage and give me your phone number. You have a sure fire lawsuit win! Your payday has come (after I take my cut).
dude, all the elites have tapeworms, how do you think they stay so lean year round?
Nobody scored you yet , so nice troll.
Now lets tell everybody about the never was harmful little bit of fish intestine you ate. Still, the beer is a really good idea.
Dufas wrote:
Nobody scored you yet , so nice troll.
Now lets tell everybody about the never was harmful little bit of fish intestine you ate. Still, the beer is a really good idea.
I've noticed that sometimes if you flake the spine apart in a can of sardines, the spinal cord can be intact and is a long white worm looking thing. Maybe tbat is what the OP saw.
anyway, whatever it was obviously was harmless.
Dufas wrote:
Nobody scored you yet , so nice troll.
Now lets tell everybody about the never was harmful little bit of fish intestine you ate. Still, the beer is a really good idea.
Actually no. I've eaten hundreds of cans of sardines. This one bothered me enough to post on it. I wish it were a troll. I really do.
I see the post about the spinal cord below too. Wouldn't that break apart easily when you pull it? These flat segmented things were very rubbery, hard to pull apart.
It sounds like they were cooked, but I found there's a recent news story about other worms in sardines, where the sardine were recalled in Malaysia.
Eggs might still be viable. Harvest the proglottids from your poo and sell them on the black market as a weight loss treatment.
This is a blessing in disguise because of the weight loss and being able to eat whatever you want.
ChillBrah wrote:
dude, all the elites have tapeworms, how do you think they stay so lean year round?
I got a good laugh on this one. Well done.
Those arent tapeworms
Hate to alarm you, but I have a degree in Acquatic Biology. When sardines have mercury contamination their circulatory system looks just like tapeworm . It’s not uncommon in sardines caught in the Pacific off the coast of Japan .You may want to check out the symptoms for mercury poisoning and, if you have any, see a doctor.