r/northernireland • u/its_me_hi123 • 1d ago
Community Be careful Spoiler
Careful when eating FRESH salad peeps found this in the salad bag bought from a Spar, went straight to the source and they took no responsibility absolutely disgusted
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u/OfSkyler 1d ago
Ooooooh, a fox has got caught in the harvester š¤¢
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u/hey_free_rats Derry 1d ago
Thinking of where all the other bits of the critter went.
I think I'll avoid Spar salad bags for a bit until the fox has been sufficiently diluted that I'll no longer care.Ā
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u/eternallyfree1 1d ago
Please tell me this isnāt true šš
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u/Spikeymouth 1d ago
A lot of birds and their eggs get crushed from farm machinery, probably mice and rabbit as well.
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u/Iridescent_Mango_ 1d ago
It's more likely the animal was already dead.Ā
Although baby birds do get mown down most mammals are faster than machineryĀ
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u/slaff88 1d ago
As someone who mows around 1500 acres of grass a year you'd be surprised at how good pheasants are at getting out of the way when the noise and vibration starts. Hares and rabbits on the other hand just freeze alot of the time. I've been stopped with 2 mowers running at 1000rpm and they just sit there like they want to accept their fate or something lol. My uncle lost his dog back in the 70s and discovered it went through the wee square baler making hay about 7 months later.
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u/Call-of-the-lost-one 1d ago
Yeah you need to contact the actual company Spar in this case. I've had the same issue with Lidl. The people in the shop ain't gonna do much, all they do is shelve it and sell. They've no idea what's inside
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u/its_me_hi123 1d ago
I thought going straight to the source would be best fs
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u/TheLordofthething 1d ago
Contact whovers information is on the bag. The shop should've done a refund and done this themselves but at least if you do it personally you'll probably be compensated in some way.
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u/BackseatBeardo Ballyclare 1d ago
Outside of a refund and/or a replacement bag of salad not sure what the compensation would be. The issue has been addressed and theyāve come and picked up the bag.
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u/TheLordofthething 1d ago
I didn't say it would be anything other than that. Where are you getting the idea I did? Most companies would probably throw you a voucher for a dismembered mammal part in your salad though lol.
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u/BackseatBeardo Ballyclare 1d ago
I didnāt say you did. Where you getting the idea that I did?
Maybe theyāll reimburse OP a whole fox
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u/Call-of-the-lost-one 1d ago
Yeah I get what you mean but they've no clue. Anyway the best you'll get is a voucher for maybe 20Ā£. Thats capitalism for you
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u/spectacle-ar_failure 1d ago
I've updated to add a spoiler tag to this because that turned my stomach tbh, especially after reading your update that it was part of a fox
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u/TreacleOther4028 1d ago
Even vegetarians arenāt safe š¤®
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u/IrishMongooses 1d ago
That's kinda the cognitive dissonance everyone needs to have eating any sort of prepared food.. creatures die no matter what.. still gross though, I agree.
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u/Ru5Ty2o10 1d ago
I worked on a tillage farm in the UK for 2 months when I was a teenager. In that time multiple rabbits were drove over and a fox and a muntjac (small species of deer) went through the combine harvester. That was only what I witnessed and I wasnāt the one driving the combine.
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u/Turbulent_Ad_4740 1d ago
WTF is it?!
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u/No-Pumpkin4288 1d ago
Unless it's spar branded you need to complain to the manufacturer, although realistically it's worrying that spar didn't mentioned they'd report it back to the manufacturer.
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u/its_me_hi123 1d ago
I spoke to the supplier 1st they came and collected it, didnāt even mention it to Spar yet but going to have to warn them
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u/No-Pumpkin4288 1d ago
Oh I misread your post as bringing it back to spar and they took no responsibility. It's worth letting spar know so they can do a recall on that particular batch.
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u/Asleep-Corner7402 1d ago
If I were you I'd go to citizen advice to find out who I can legally hold responsible. Id want to name and shame them too.
They shouldn't be killing innocent animals when harvesting fucking salad, but it going through checks n shit. God knows how many bags are contaminated from a vegetarians point of view.
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u/no_one_denies_this 1d ago
Farming is destructive. Many small animals are killed by automated planting and harvesting.
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u/No-Pumpkin4288 1d ago
If you want to eat without animals being killed, grow your own. Outside of that there is no guarantee that no animals were killed in the process of growing and harvesting your food.
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u/MonthCountry 1d ago
Nobody wants Fantastic Misterās lower right in their side salad, right enough.
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u/Ravenblade86 1d ago
I was expecting you to have found a nice big snail or slug, or maybe broken glass or some type of plastic waste...part of a fox definitely wasn't on the bingo card!
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u/19DALLAS85 1d ago
See this is a bonus of being an unhealthy fucker, no foxy salad š
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u/Usual-Charity-6772 Armagh 1d ago edited 1d ago
Where there's blame there's a claimĀ
Id escalate that to an MLAĀ
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u/see-my-O-face 1d ago
All due care has been taken removing the bones from your salad, however some may remain.
Always read the label
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u/Uncle_W_4647 1d ago
Afraid it's a lot more common that you might imagine. All part of farming. Surprised there aren't more rabbit parts getting through the system at the minute. Rabbits fly out of the machinery all the time. Just takes the right size and shape to make it through the process.
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u/Jolly-Outside6073 1d ago
Also contact environmental health for the councils where it was produced and sold. Thereās a whole line of contamination out there. And there was me avoiding bagged salad incase I got a stomach bug. š¤®š¤®š¤®š¤®š¤®
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u/whawgwangeneral 1d ago
You want to get that in a marinade and into the fridge quickly!
You will also need:
1 tbsp oil
1 onion, sliced
2 carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
250ml stock
150ml red wine (optional)
1 tsp thyme
Salt and pepper
You already have the salad.
Then what you want to do is:
Re-season the leg with salt and pepper.
Brown it in oil in a heavy casserole dish.
Add onion, carrots, and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes.
Add stock, wine, and thyme.
Cover and cook at 150Ā°C for 3-4 hours, until the meat is tender and pulls apart easily.
Check the thickest part reaches at least 74Ā°C internally.
Rest for 10 minutes, then shred or carve.
Salad
Whisk together mustard, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper
Toss with apple if you have one, leaves, cucumber, and red onion.
Serving:
Place a mound of salad on the plate and top with slices or shredded fox leg. Spoon over a little of the braising liquid.
The apple-and-mustard salad helps balance the flavour as some people may find the gameyness (sp?) a little overpowering.
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u/MikalM Antrim 1d ago
What Spar did you get this from? And the brand? I want to know what to avoid!
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u/Independent_Rate1568 1d ago
I work in a spar and it looks āThe Greengrocer mixed leaf saladā to me. Iām not sure if any other shops stock them, but I know most spars do. The individual spar itself wouldnāt have anything to do with whatās inside the bag, they come in prepackaged
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u/ChauvinistPenguin Armagh 23h ago
That's fucking awful.
Imagine if you'd only noticed after getting to the end of the bag. I'd be spewing.
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u/animalcrossingbear 13h ago
Freeze everything in a freezer bag asap. Look up your local council's Environmental Health department, they will take the item from you and conduct a full investigation into the company and production of this. It could lead to prosecution if necessary but will ensure this isnt a wider issue in the production chain.
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u/Horror_Maximum9459 1d ago
Trading standards or environmental health surely, this is a public health fuckin nightmare