/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12511746
Your body is forming them.

You are the chosen one.

>>12511746
post your cookware

>>12511746
Sure those aren't your teeth?

>>12511746
That's rock salt, mate

>>12511746
Stop trusting overly processed food, dumdum.

>>12511746
that could legitimately be rock leftover from crack cooking.
what is your food source?

>>12511813
I think rock salt would be immediately recognizable because it tastes like salt

>>12511746
Salt? Sugar? Try dissolving them

>>12511813
If it's rock salt then it's the hardest damned rock salt I've ever encountered, because it doesn't dissolve or crack or break, just very slightly crunch and not in a good way because it's legitimately tough as stonel.

>>12511805
I have no fucking clue m8, it's why I'm asking. They're as clear and translucent as glass though so I don't really see how they could be, not to mention it just happened specifically with certain food items occasionally and not with others even if they're sharing the same plate.

>>12511872
Anything in particular I should try dissolving them with? Saliva did exactly nothing to them.

>>12511822
Food source, do you mean where do I buy my food?
Morrisons, Asda, Tesco, wherever is convenient.

>>12511746
Im a geologist all you need to do is make a thin-section, buy a polarized microscope, and post a picture in xpl

(((they))) are out to get you!

>>12511952
Put it in water it might be silica

Aren't those the nasty stones that form in the back of poorly evolved European mouths?

Try dissolving them in room temp water, hot water, hot water with vinegar, vodka/any spirit. What exact food did you find these in, at what temperature was said food item held/subjected to during storage

>>12511746
You can get crunchy cheddar cheese that has calcium crystals in it.

>>12512012
In order of first to latest:
Goodfella's takeaway cheese pizza
Asda salt and black pepper meatballs
Tescos beef, carrot and onion meatballs

>>12512012
Got one I can use for testing which is the latest one, guess I'll try lukewarm water overnight then and the rest tomorrow.

...or at least I would, if I hadn't just dropped it on my keyboard in my botched attempt to take a picture of it infront of the screen and now I can't see it any more.

>>12512092
>processed food
>processed food
>processed food
Watson, a clue!

What foods exactly? One time I had a screw in my tuna! Seriously I find what appear to be bone chips in my ground beef.

>>12511746
Rare brown recluse cysts.

See what it dissolves in if it has no taste.

Try water, vinegar, some kind of oil, alcohol, other kinds of alcohol, bleach, whatever you can. Wash thoroughly between each attempt. Make note of any effects. Post results.

>>12511746
You ever see the show Oz? There was a character name Nino Schibetta. You should look up how he died.

>>12511746
It's probably from the salt you're using. I've bought really cheap salt before and it always has a tiny amount of small and hard minerals or crystals. Don't exactly know what they are but pretty sure it's because the salt hasn't been cleaned and refined properly.

>>12513835
Based.

>>12511952
>rocks in food
>Morrisons, Asda, Tesco

Do Brits really...

>>12511952
>>12511838
>If it's rock salt then
Frequently when I buy rock salt, there will be bits that are not salty and don't dissolve. They're clear or sometimes reddish. That's normal when you're using rock salt. It's just nearly-salt bits of rock.

I wouldn't say that's what OP is finding since he found it in pizza, but it's possible.

>>12511746
I found that stuff in american cheese once. never bought Kraft again.

Kek, it's the government.

>>12511746
Yeah dude that's your teeth I'm afraid. Keep checking your csvities and shit and go to a dentist. They will appear translucent in small shards and it's reasonable to imagine they might come out with some foods and not others.

T. Have a decayed tooth and the back and get this all the time. Getting it pulled next week

>>12513865
>>12513934
I'm not using any salt, I've previously used rock salt a long time ago and I'm 99% sure this isn't it. In every single respect other than sharpness, these are basically glass shards.

>>12514022
I mean it's not totally outside the realm of possibility because I'm grasping at straws for an answer here, but in literally all respects except one (it is not cutting my gums) I swear this stuff is small chips of broken glass like you'd see from a broken window in all other respects from sight, taste and to touch.

Between the half a dozen+ shards I just don't see how it can have come from my teeth, I run my tongue over my teeth a lot and I'm not missing anything suddenly. The other problem is that I swear this stuff is buried in the food itself, like I'll bite down with my two front teeth and find one at the center of the food item itself, stop and then dig it out. With the pizza for example they were at the centre and pretty much merged with the cheese as if they were there before the cooking process and melded with the cheese during cooking.

It's the damnedest thing and I can't imagine it coming from my mouth with how they seem to be buried in and merged with the food itself rather than on top of it or partially inserted, plus I'd at least be missing an entire tooth's worth of mass if it was coming from my teeth.

>>12514124
Nigger you have literally only a few options.

1. Take it to a jeweler with experience, they know what glass looks like.

2. Apply multiple tests to see if it has any chemical properties different from glass (I.e. attempt to dissolve it in multiple liquids, apply heat to speed up dissolving, if it’s gonna dissolve it’ll take less than one hour)

3. Somehow submit it to a lab for analysis to see exactly what it is

And I’m not kidding about the dissolving thing, anything dissolvable when submerged in a sizeable volume of solvent will dissolve. Put it in water, acids, bases, alcohols, non polar fluids (fats, oils, etc), buy some fucking hexanes and put it in that shit. There aren’t a ton of ways to deduce what it is unless you’re willing to put it in some effort, once there’s some data there will be results.

>>12514334
I don't currently have any of those options due to me apparently being fucking stupid last night, I'm gonna have to wait until I find another before I can do any tests.

>>12514509
>finds indiscernible solids in food
>tosses them all into the bin
>makes thread about disposed of solids on 4chan
>expects anon to believe
Fake and gay

>>12514572
I didn't toss them in the bin, read
>>12512092

That being said, made myself the rest of the meatballs for breakfast just so I'd find some more.

Guess I'll start with lukewarm and hot water first.

>>12514639
you found that in your food?
that looks like shattered car window

>>12514639
that doesnt look like rock salt at all, it's way too clear. might be glass that contaminated your food

>>12512101
Bone chips can be found in cuts of meat because of how the meat it cut.
Bandsaws leave fine bone sawdust.
Cleavers and axes and other similar cutting tools can shatter certain types of bone, leaving fragments in food.

>>12514698
Yep, 5 min prior to making that post.

>>12514707
That's what's been confusing the fuck out of me, they're crystal clear but I've found this shit in three completely different manufacturer's products now. The ones in the OP are basically the same, but stained a little red/yellow from the melted cheese and tomato sauce I had to extract them from.

>OP chews so hard the pressure turns his food into diamonds
slow down you monster

>>12512012
>>12514639
>>12514334
Well I'm back with a few results
Tried:
>Warm water
>Boiling water
>Non brewed condiment
>Cider Vinegar
with a minimum of 20m+ each and I think all it's done is maybe clean them as the two chips I'm using for testing are as large as ever but so transparent that I can practically only just see the outlines of them. I've no vodka or spirits I can test with.

What now?

>>12514886
sue the manufacturer for trying to kill you, collect couple million dollars

>>12511746
OP is your stove fan showering plastic chunks into your food???

>>12514919
I'm British, not American.

>>12514926
Some of the meatballs were fried and the chips were buried deep within, so not sure how that could happen.

>>12514957
they must've fucked up at the place they made the meatballs and dropped some kind of glass in the meat mix. You'll probably even be fine if you ingest some of these shards, but be careful not to break your teeth on them. I'd contact food and safety departments with your findings before someone gets hurt. It cant be only in your batch of meatballs.

>>12514886
Contact a lawyer or call the company at least.

>>12514639
That's glass, dude.
t. glass dude

>>12514639
Do you mind posting a picture with something for the scale? A ruler would be the best, otherwise anything with a standard size would do.
Also, does it scratch glass? Find a piece of glass you don't care about and try to scratch it with your stuff by firmly pushing a pointy part into the glass on two centimetres or so. Make sure it's not a mark by swiping afterwards with a moist finger. Check further by scratching it with your nail : it should get a bit stuck in it.

>>12513847
>>12514334
>>etc
Stop the dissolving madness. Most people give stupid advices based on no proper knowledge at all. Don't fucking buy "hexanes". If you really want to make a mineral determination, start with a hardness or a density test, that's harmless, easy and gives pretty precise result.

>>12511966
Or that if you drown in money.

Ether way, it seems completely transparent on your second picture, so it's either a mineral crystal or glass, the latter being the most plausible option. Also, crystals tend to break into similarly shaped bits.
Glass in food can come from various sources. If it really is buried into it, I guess that your own appliances cannot be at fault. Check your microwave or oven to be sure, especially their "ceilings". A contamination at the supermarket or during transport and storage after the packaging is done is unlikely, as the products are probably sealed. So the most probable is that something went wrong in the preparation plant, like a broken appliance. A handful of plants produce ready-made dishes for a variety of brands and retailers, so it is possible that all your dishes come from the same place.
Calling the company, the food safety agency of your area/the UK (if that is a thing) or a fucking lawyer if you are that litigious is a good idea to avoid further arm and maybe confirm that there was an issue.

>>12511755
Or this.

>>12515238
>Do you mind posting a picture with something for the scale? A ruler would be the best
Finally managed to get my camera to focus for a second. Sorry for the late reply, got distracted.

I'm considering my options for glass, but the only thing that jumps to mind when I think of it is "a window!" and I don't wanna risk scratching one of those.

Might have to give them a call tomorrow then and see what they think about it then, unless they have an E-mail address I could send pictures with.

Maybe it’s contamination and they’re all using the same food supplier?

those are healing crystals OP, that's why they didn't cut your mouth

>>12516207
>I don't wanna risk scratching one of those.
Yeh, don't. It's very unlikely that it is not glass anyway.
Could you find the origin of the dishes?

>>12516267
If OP is lucky, those might be respawn crystals. Handy in case he dies.

OP, seriously, call every single manufacturer of those foods you ate. You will be compensated.

>>12516378
this

>>12516378
>Find potentially dangerous glass shards in widely distributed food.
>"Time to make money"
You all sicken me.

>>12516361
>Could you find the origin of the dishes?
What do you mean by the origin, Tescos?

>>12516563
The packaging might have a hint to the origin. Here in germany, many of the products in the discounter stores have labels like "manufactured for LIDL[...] by" following the full address of, well, the manufacturer.

>>12516481
>yes, corporations, please maximize your profits by totally disregarding customer health and safety

>>12516577
Produced locally in the U.K using beef from the U.K for Tesco Stores Ltd. Welwyn Garden City AL7 1GA, U.K & Tesco Ireland Ltd, Gresham House, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Copyright Tesco 2019 SCB40

>>12515238
Dumbass geologist

Also, no, glass in food cannot come from a variety of sources precisely for the reason why OP is posting. There are no glass fixtures or utensils in a food manufacturing setting, usually everything is made of steel or a plastic.

>t. Polymer chemist

This just in: Brits are dumb as hell.

>>12517147
Wrong. They're super smart, They invented Isaac Newton.

>>12517152
Isaac Newton was a French Muslim.

>>12517158
Still wrong. He was a proud, dark skinned African.

Op, try melting one of them, should tell you if it's glass or plastic at least.

OP is either skitzophrenic or has been up for days on amphetamines, and you're all humoring him. "People are fucking with my food" is classic psychosis.
t. Former drug abuser and former friends with a skitzo

>>12517171
he was kangs

Bumping so the thread doesn't die before I ring Tescos.

>>12514857
dumb wobblyposter

>>12519338
Do you have any utensils or tools with glass? Glass cutting board maybe?

>>12516762
>image
Missed a perfect opportunity.
>and peel yourself

this mystery still needs to be solved

>>12516207
Looks like glass(clear, curving fracture surfaces, no common geometry between any of them)
but you need a good close up picture
t. Geologist

>>12514639
Bruh. thats glass.

Call the FDA or her majesty's tendie patrol.

>>12515142
>probably even be fine
hopefully, but there's still a significant chance of long term damage if those get stuck, maybe requiring surgery. he ought be compensated for that risk

>>12519440
I can't say that I do, nothing much that's fancy in my house at all.

>>12519960
How close of a picture do you need exactly? Trying to get any closer than the ones already provided makes my camera phone go badly out of focus.

>>12520098
I've called trading standards but haven't said anything to Tescos, yet at least. They'll phone me back within 5 days about it. Planning on sending the pictures by Email shortly, probably to Tescos themselves.

Do you have a dishwasher? Perhaps something broke in it at some point and now deposits glass on your dishes.

Are you sure you aren't contaminating them in your kitchen?

>>12520929
No.

>>12521203
Not sure how I could be, goes straight from the fridge to the cooker with no inbetween or anything.

>>12512092
And that's why you pick meat from the butcher and have it ground in front of you

>>12521243
Please say you saved some uneaten stuff so they can check for glass in that and prove your delusions.

Also if they're in a variety of food from different place why are you only targetting Tesco? Where were the other stuff manufactured?

Lmao OP check your shit for blood, if you swallowed any they might cut up your stomach or intestines.

>>12521905
I've a second pack of it that I've not touched. I don't have any of the stuff from the other places still, since Tescos is the latest I just went with them.

That being said I just found a single tiny shard in a different type of Tesco meatballs, so something is odd here. Either they're both contaminated at the same factory or somehow they're getting into my food during the cooking process, or something.

The longer this goes on, the less I understand.

Do you live alone or with someone else? Are you sure someone isn't putting glass or crystals into your food?

Bumping for OP, we're with you on this one, lad.


Real talk, if you pull some American style Law-mancy , you could get some dosh out of this.

>>12522006
I do yes, but if they're somehow managing to put glass/whatever into my food without opening the air tight packaging then I'd like to know how they're doing it. I'd also be incredibly surprised if they were up to no good.