News Forum - Thai woman finds rat claw in chilli paste (video)

[Thaiger]

A Thai woman was eating jaew bla ra (chilli paste with pickled fish) that she bought from a market in Prachin Buri province in central Thailand yesterday when she noticed a mysterious foot – with fingernails – floating in the sauce. She didn’t know what it was until netizens informed her that it looked like …

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[Ramanathan.P]

Now the secrecy of preparing tasty chill paste is out. Looks like all these while it is the rat in the chili paste that gives the taste.

[Aussieroaming]

Better than not giving a rat's a s s I guess. My wife got a chunk of razer sharp ceramic in her food last week, which would have been quite nasty if she had swallowed it. The restaurant was very apologetic and accepted it was a kitchen error. They offered a free meal, which my wife declined and my wife ordered from them again today..customer loyalty at its best.

[Karolyn]

This happens sporadically all over the world. Where exists mounds of edible ingredients, you will find scavenging commensal, like mice and rats. And they do lose bits, in machinery and in fights. Food safety standards work as quotas, not guarantees of 100% cleanliness, this being unattainable. 

[HiuMak]

20 hours ago, Thaiger said:

A Thai woman was eating jaew bla ra (chilli paste with pickled fish) that she bought from a market in Prachin Buri province in central Thailand yesterday when she noticed a mysterious foot – with fingernails – floating in the sauce. She didn’t know what it was until netizens informed her that it looked like …

 

Looks like a Pi-rat has lost its foot.