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Will she get sick from eating this and AIBU for being a little pissed off?

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Friends1996 · 04/05/2025 11:33

I had a hospital appointment yesterday and couldn’t take DD with me (she has autism and doesn’t cope in hospital environments).

I left her at home, with my grandparents (early 70’s, still fit and active, etc) and my sister (28 years old). She is quite easy to look after, as she just goes off and does her own thing and only really needs supervising.

I spoke to my grandparents today who said that she was complaining that the chicken in the fridge was spicy yesterday when she was eating it. I then realised that these (linked below) were what she was talking about and that all 3 of them have let DD eat it raw!

I did get a little bit pissed off because firstly, it’s obviously a packet of chicken that needs cooking and it says it right on the front. Secondly, DD kept telling them that it needed cooking and they just ignored her and thought they knew better.

Will this make her sick and unwell? She ate I would say maybe a small filet of it? And AIBU for being pissed off at all 3 of them for making such a stupid mistake and not checking properly?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/roosters-hot-spicy-chicken-tenders-000000000580751002

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AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 15:05

AthWat · 04/05/2025 15:02

Seriously, you've managed to miss for many, many years the existence of these kinds of chilled chicken products that need cooking, that have been sitting there on the supermarket shelves staring at you every time you go in. Perhaps it's not the people who find it surprising you've done this that need to think about themselves.

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You are bizarrely hysterical about this product, whilst everyone else is just discussing what may or may not have been the confusion.

Why are you being such a drama llama? There is no need to make things up, tell people what they should to shouldn’t have seen and try to connect a random product with sensibility or intelligence. You’re being weird, not others.

AthWat · 04/05/2025 15:04

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 15:03

Flash frying is cooking.

the coating doesn’t appear cooked, it is cooked. It is flash fried

are we really debating what flash frying is?

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No, I am saying its irrelevant, and you are stuck to that one point as it's the only thing that you think saves you from looking completely ignorant. Happy to help.

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 15:03

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:59

No, but they are not "part cooked", they are a raw product, and always have been a raw product, despite the coating appearing cooked. They have existed for many years and I never realised anyone ever looked at them and thought they were anythnig other than raw product that needed cooking. Raw chicken products with cooked-looking coating are not some special recent innovation of "part-cooked chicken" sitting in between raw chicken and cooked chicken.

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Flash frying is cooking.

the coating doesn’t appear cooked, it is cooked. It is flash fried

are we really debating what flash frying is?

AthWat · 04/05/2025 15:02

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:57

ah so you’re just making things up in the persuit of some kind of call out?

it’s not the flex you think it is, in your rush to join in you thought we were talking about frozen products. Take the time to rearm next time

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Seriously, you've managed to miss for many, many years the existence of these kinds of chilled chicken products that need cooking, that have been sitting there on the supermarket shelves staring at you every time you go in. Perhaps it's not the people who find it surprising you've done this that need to think about themselves.

Oldglasses · 04/05/2025 15:02

Penko25 · 04/05/2025 12:25

Well, they were doing you a favour looking after her. Find another baby sitter if you’re not happy.

Seriously? So you think anyone who looks after your children is enttiled to ignore them and feed them raw chicken cos they're doing you a favour! Absolutely ridiculous statement.

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:59

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:56

The poster who explained how they are made has stated they are flash fried.

are you saying they’re wrong?

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No, but they are not "part cooked", they are a raw product, and always have been a raw product, despite the coating appearing cooked. They have existed for many years and I never realised anyone ever looked at them and thought they were anythnig other than raw product that needed cooking. Raw chicken products with cooked-looking coating are not some special recent innovation of "part-cooked chicken" sitting in between raw chicken and cooked chicken.

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:57

rainbowunicorn · 04/05/2025 14:53

Of course they have, however considering you are the same poster who insisted that birds don't nest in hedges I reckon you live in some kind of parallel universe.

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ah so you’re just making things up in the persuit of some kind of call out?

it’s not the flex you think it is, in your rush to join in you thought we were talking about frozen products. Take the time to rearm next time

FGSWhatMoreCanISay · 04/05/2025 14:57

Friends1996 · 04/05/2025 14:51

I am very pissed off - more pissed off by the minute if I’m being completely honest! Especially seeing as when I told them about it being raw - they laughed it off as “oh, silly old me, making silly mistakes” - if DD does come down unwell because of it, they really will feel my wrath!

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Yes it's definitely not her fault - she tried to say and nobody would listen; she simply trusted that the adults knew best.

It's still very likely that she will be fine (fingers crossed!) but I totally understand why you're angry and their reactions would have made me livid too.

Changeyourlifes · 04/05/2025 14:56

Friends1996 · 04/05/2025 14:51

I am very pissed off - more pissed off by the minute if I’m being completely honest! Especially seeing as when I told them about it being raw - they laughed it off as “oh, silly old me, making silly mistakes” - if DD does come down unwell because of it, they really will feel my wrath!

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there are 2 separate issues here:

  • if you are worried about your daughter then seek medical help. If you can’t wait until your GP opens tomorrow, call 111 today. If anything, it may provide some reassurance.
  • review whether you trust them to look after her unattended in future. If not, make alternative childcare arrangements. I appreciate this may be a significant change but ultimately from what you have said they haven’t been particularly apologetic or concerned so it’s unlikely they would change their approach.
AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:56

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:53

Yes, yes they have. Stop with the "cooked on the outside". That's cosmetic.

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The poster who explained how they are made has stated they are flash fried.

are you saying they’re wrong?

rainbowunicorn · 04/05/2025 14:53

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:39

They have been selling flash fried raw chicken tenders with flavoured breadcrumbed coatings in supermarkets since 1975?!

really? Just think about that for a second. It’s clearly not true.

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Of course they have, however considering you are the same poster who insisted that birds don't nest in hedges I reckon you live in some kind of parallel universe.

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:53

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:50

this isn’t a frozen product. That’s the whole point, and why it’s caused confusion on this thread.

Products have not been available like this- cooked on the outside and raw inside. Cooked breaded frozen chicken products you reheat have been available for a long time, yes.

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Yes, yes they have. Stop with the "cooked on the outside". That's cosmetic.

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:52

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:44

Well I worked in a Tesco’s from 15 whilst at school and they didn’t sell them. that was in 1996.

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They probably did but you thought they were cooked.

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Friends1996 · 04/05/2025 14:51

EmmaWoodhouseOfHighbury · 04/05/2025 14:49

I honestly despair at some people's stupidity...I just don't know how they manage to keep themselves alive. I'd be very pissed off.

I am very pissed off - more pissed off by the minute if I’m being completely honest! Especially seeing as when I told them about it being raw - they laughed it off as “oh, silly old me, making silly mistakes” - if DD does come down unwell because of it, they really will feel my wrath!

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AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:50

rainbowunicorn · 04/05/2025 14:48

Frozen Breaded chicken products have been available to buy in supermarkets since the 1970s so yes 50 years.

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this isn’t a frozen product. That’s the whole point, and why it’s caused confusion on this thread.

Products have not been available like this- cooked on the outside and raw inside. Cooked breaded frozen chicken products you reheat have been available for a long time, yes.

EmmaWoodhouseOfHighbury · 04/05/2025 14:49

I honestly despair at some people's stupidity...I just don't know how they manage to keep themselves alive. I'd be very pissed off.

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Friends1996 · 04/05/2025 14:49

Katieg27 · 04/05/2025 14:47

If your daughter told them they needed cooking and they didn’t listen to her why did she go ahead and eat them when she knew they hadn’t been cooked?

Because I’m guessing she was hungry and trusting what the adults were saying? Don’t try and blame a child for an adult making stupid mistakes and being too lazy to check the packaging.

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HiRen · 04/05/2025 14:49

Well I’ve learned something new today! I’ve never seen partially cooked chicken tenders for sale before, but the photo a PP kindly posted upthread shows the batter was probably cream coloured, the chicken cooked a quarter of the way through, and he’s probably with 15mins or so more baking they’d look like the picture. I couldn’t understand how a thick batter wouldn’t just slide off floppy raw chicken. What’s odd is that the Aldi link shows the item inside the packaging fully cooked, not partially cooked per the pp’s photo…

rainbowunicorn · 04/05/2025 14:48

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:36

Of course they haven’t been sold for 50 years. Why do you keep saying such weird things?

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Frozen Breaded chicken products have been available to buy in supermarkets since the 1970s so yes 50 years.

Katieg27 · 04/05/2025 14:47

If your daughter told them they needed cooking and they didn’t listen to her why did she go ahead and eat them when she knew they hadn’t been cooked?

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:45

KnickerFolder · 04/05/2025 14:43

I think they do make precooked versions too, @AquaPeer, but I assume the main reason for only flash frying is quality (and cost). They would dry out during reheating if they were fully so you would probably have to add something to stop that.

Yes that a good point they would dry out more i guess

AquaPeer · 04/05/2025 14:44

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:40

They didn't call them "chicken tenders" but yes. And probably not "flavoured" breadcrumb coatings. But uncooked chicken with breadcrumb coatings that "looked cooked" since 1975, yes, I would think so. Certainly since the 1980s when I would have started shopping for myself.

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Well I worked in a Tesco’s from 15 whilst at school and they didn’t sell them. that was in 1996.

KnickerFolder · 04/05/2025 14:43

I think they do make precooked versions too, @AquaPeer, but I assume the main reason for only flash frying is quality (and cost). They would dry out during reheating if they were fully so you would probably have to add something to stop that.

AthWat · 04/05/2025 14:41

Cakencookieobsessed · 04/05/2025 14:39

It's not raw chicken. You're just hearing it up. I think she is unlikely to be sick but they couldn't have tasted very nice. They clearly are the type that aren't ready to eat. Your grandparents are stupid.

Please read more of the thread before posting.

Boysnme · 04/05/2025 14:41

According to Google, the packaging states do not eat raw.

however I’m quite invested in this debate and going to pick up a packed when in Aldi later and look!