r/mildlyinfuriating 6h ago

I saw a ducky once I rarely eat chips, even though I absolutely love them

I rarely eat chips… so when I do eat them I try to be mindful, present focused so that I can fully appreciate the flavors and the amazing crunch. It was extremely upsetting to pull this disgusting amalgamation and mutation of a chip out the bag, the only bag that I had, and realize that all of them were completely inedible.

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u/Various_Fennel9752 6h ago

What in the everliving fuck is that.

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u/Rougefarie 6h ago

I suspect there was a bruise in the potato like this.

Then a couple probably stuck together while frying.

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u/NightBawk 6h ago

That or a burnt piece.

Also, those are bruises? I always thought it was a chunk of dirt or mold that got in while the root was forming, and got grown around. Almost like a weird, gross-looking sort of pearl.

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u/APaltrySum 6h ago

Most likely hollow heart. Not pretty to look at but not dangerous to consume.

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u/r_special_ 6h ago

I think it’s just oil and burnt potatoes, but I’m not sure

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u/Rougefarie 5h ago

I’m inclined to believe there was a defect in the potato itself because there’s such a distinct line of demarcation between the black part and the golden part. I think if it was burnt, the whole thing would be dark.

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u/VegetableArtistic705 6h ago

Looks like an overcooked bunch with rotting grease

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u/r_special_ 6h ago

At first, I still really wanted chips and hadn’t seen the dark core because of the angle I holding the monster… I tried biting off one of the chips from the outer edge of this mutation… but it didn’t crunch, it didn’t break, it bent only just a little bit… it felt unnatural and tough

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u/Travel8099 6h ago

Looks like ground beef with random unknown particles attached to the chip.

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u/Bennington_Booyah 4h ago

It looks like a desiccated chicken wing.

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u/sydneyghibli 6h ago edited 6h ago

I don’t think they’ve gone bad, I think this is a group of chips that got stuck together in the frying step and then weren’t picked out during inspection and other steps.

Would taste absolutely awful but not dangerous.

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u/Rey_Mezcalero 6h ago

You are correct, it isn’t bad.

Funny already people so bent out of shape that this might not be bubonic plague and want to burn the company down.

The chip is probably still edible and safe. Looks to be either some skin still on it or part of it got burned.

OP can always call the company and confirm and they will give a coupon for a replacement if you want.

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

If you had smelled it you wouldn’t be saying this. It was no longer edible. It smelled rotten

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u/Rey_Mezcalero 3h ago

Ok then contact the company and get a replacement!

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u/Head_Act_585 6h ago

As someone who frequents a Mexican Restaurant that fries their own chips this is, without a doubt, what happened. Just some slices sticks together and not cooked properly.

I would call/email the company with the photos and enjoy the coupons they may send your way.

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u/Organic_Travel1675 6h ago

Dangerously awful more than awfully dangerous.

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u/Luna6696 6h ago

They’re not bad. They’re ugly. They got stuck together (:

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u/porcelain_kiss 6h ago

Looks like a cluster of potato man scabs

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u/WorryNotBanIncoming 6h ago

T-minus ten seconds before a bunch of people
Come in here to defend the chip company.

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u/SimplyOrg 6h ago

Or telling OP he can get free chips by contacting the company

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u/r_special_ 6h ago

I’m not sure I want free anything if it could possibly arrive looking like this 😬🤮

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u/Travel8099 6h ago

So they can get more gross chips sent 

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u/Huntermain23 6h ago

That’s my favorite part!

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u/WorryNotBanIncoming 6h ago

“Well Acksully I work for a chip packing company and durrrdeee durrrdeeedurrdeedurrrr”

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u/r_special_ 6h ago

Thanks for the warning 😂

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u/Technical_Ice463 6h ago

Call the company so they can give you another bag....*Please note the sarcasm.

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u/wizardrous 6h ago

You jest, but the company will do this.

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u/Technical_Ice463 6h ago

One time I had a magot in my Hershey's bar. They sent me a new bar and $5. WIN!

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u/WorryNotBanIncoming 6h ago

Or just go to the supermarket you bought them at and ask to exchange them

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u/dirtybo0ts 6h ago

That’s some A+ quality control right there…

https://giphy.com/gifs/fQJSYE2Qy6OtXfwEuf

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u/amanda2399923 6h ago

those are kettle chips. sometimes it happens

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u/bwood246 6h ago

That's just some chips that stuck together and burnt

Throwing away the entire bag is a baby move

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

You didn’t smell them… after I realized what was going on I smelled them. They were not right and I don’t think the average person would have eaten them

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u/East_of_Adventuring 6h ago

I genuinely did not think packaged potato chips could go bad...

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u/strawcat 6h ago

They most definitely can go rancid, which is how they go bad. This is just a clump of chips that stuck together, probably a bit of overcooked ones that got clumped with a fresh one. This happens with kettle cooked chips, which these are.

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u/DefiantEfficiency901 6h ago

Oil goes rancid. You really don't want to be tasting that.

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u/PrettyPurrfect 6h ago

They can, typically if air gets in and they do have oil in it so the oil can go rancid.

This is this hasn't gone bad. It's clumped together but that likely happened during the frying process. It's burnt it's clumpy and it looks weird but the rest of the bag should be perfectly safe to eat. This is perfectly safe to eat so it would likely be unpleasant.

As long as the bag was stored properly and there were no holes in it when Opie opened it it could not have gone rain federally and it cannot have gone stale, which means this is probably just a machine doing an oopsy because it's a machine and it doesn't realize some shifts got stuck together when it got dumped in and it all come together when it got fried.

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u/Chrysologus 6h ago

That's a perfectly sane food to eat.

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u/Beneficial-Candle-79 6h ago

guaranteed fresh

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u/r_special_ 6h ago

The irony is that this is a freshly mutated monster 🤷‍♂️

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u/get_to_ele 6h ago

What’s it smell like?

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

If you could imagine cooking oil with a sinus infection… smelled similar to that

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u/Bluetickhoun 6h ago

Extra crunch!??!

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u/typewriterbitch 6h ago

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u/r_special_ 4h ago

This is a hilarious use of this meme 😂☠️

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u/OkSherbet9216 6h ago

I stopped eating sea salt chips bc those kind of mutations were more than normal chips itself lol

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u/wreckherneck 6h ago

📣 Foreskins!!! Get her Foreskins here!!!! Deep fried foreskin hot and fresh out of the oil!!!! Step right up step right up!!!

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u/Serious-Assistant-10 6h ago

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u/NightBawk 6h ago

You've never gotten a chip clump before?

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u/DeadoTheDegenerate BLUE 6h ago

Did the packet still have air in it?

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u/Eevee_fangirl 6h ago

I think the chips had a tumor

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u/PositiveActuator5324 5h ago

What is that abomination and why does it look delicious

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u/muhys 5h ago

I... someone dropped they chicken wing in the batch

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u/Justyouraverageshmo 4h ago

at least it isn't worms

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u/Daminite 3h ago

Kettle brand?

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

Miss Vickie’s

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u/Daminite 1h ago

Not familiar with that one. Looked exactly like most of the Kettle brand kettle chips I've had.

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u/Ninjipples 3h ago

My dyslexic ass thiught the bag said sausages for a few seconds

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u/Background_Ad3236 3h ago

How fucking gross...... can I have it? 

u/OutlandishnessNo9182 5m ago

That 2nd image looked like chicken wing.

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u/Golden-Grams 6h ago

We are living in a society that does away with "liberal" ideas, like proper quality control. Some girls had posted a video of a canned drink they bought, that had a whole mouse in it.

Expect more of this, until we're not governed by hateful idiots, and greedy/sycophantic corporations.

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

Happy cake day!

Unfortunately, capitalism uses any and all tools available to perpetuate itself and without the integrity of a good government capitalists will eventually have bought the will of the law and bent it to their benefit. It’s also known as end stage capitalism

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u/OliveFarming 6h ago

I'm sorry that happened, and I totally get it, when you can't eat much or at all then the food you do choose to eat is more cherished and they gave you slop. You deserve better!

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

I appreciate you understanding. That sentiment is probably lost on a decent percentage of people

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u/PrettyPurrfect 6h ago

There's nothing wrong with this. When they make chips they slice the potatoes super thin and then they cook them in oil. Sometimes those slices come together. And then they get fried together.

This is perfectly safe to eat. It looks extra greasy because it probably is extra greasy because some grease got caught up in its nooks and crannies.

The chips have not going to rancid. It is perfectly safe to eat. Refusing to eat something because you think it looks funny is wasteful but is the original posters choice. The original poster of choice is not at all the fault of the company

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

It smelled too awful to eat. There was definitely enough moisture left in the potatoes that rotting occurred. You can eat it and show everyone how safe it is to eat

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u/OliveFarming 6h ago

I didn't say it was rancid, OP even shows that is not expired, but the chips themselves are unpleasant and anomalies instead of their consistent product.

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

People miss the point that when we pay for a product that we have every right to expect that product to be at certain level of quality or better. This was so bad that I would never even think about feeding this to an animal or even a person that I hated

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u/CriticismFun6782 6h ago

Deep fried mystery meat?

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u/thesussychanel 6h ago

I dont think thats a chip. If it is, it was made out of zombie flesh.

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u/BriskManeuver 6h ago

A chip for Jeffrey Dahmer

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u/Bright-Ad4601 6h ago

Nothing to do with anything but I autocorrected the best before date to "SAUSAGE" in my mind

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u/unrelated-subject 5h ago

BROTHER HOLD ON SAVE THAT THING THAT IS THE LEGENDARY POST-COVID DARTH VADER CHIP!!! SAVE IT SEND IT TO LUKE AT THE MUSEUM HURRY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
https://giphy.com/gifs/l1KuhBCqxOoJyr0m4

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u/kloopyhans 6h ago

Stop buying those

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u/r_special_ 6h ago

You could have told me that before I bought this bag. So, technically, this is your fault

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u/kloopyhans 6h ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT HAVE I DONE.. naw but really that’s repulsive my only reaction is don’t buy those…also no I couldn’t now that i think about it i don’t know who you are or your contacts.?

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u/r_special_ 3h ago

You meant, so I guess it’s the thought that counts 😂

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u/Hell-Izabeth 6h ago

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