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

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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

how irresponsible if she said she was having something to eat, they should have made sure it was suitable for her. sounds like she has more sense than them; if she said it needed cooking they had no right to ignore her.
sadly I think its likely to have an upset tum or sickness
hugs to her

eating raw chicken will increase your risk of food poisoning. You don’t get it every time

OP only needed the favour as she had a hospital appointment and her autistic DD can't cope with the hospital environment. It's not as if OP was going clubbing. It's hardly a favour if they feed OP's child with raw chicken and she becomes ill. Even when OP's DD told them it needed cooking, they ignored her.

If there are some left then break one open. Ive had them before and didnt think they were raw chicken tbh but could be wrong judging by other posters comments.

I think if she was going to be unwell then she would have been by now though so fingers crossed

So people can do what they want to your kids because they're doing you a favour? Weird way of thinking.

It is raw but if she is still okay now she will be fine

It’s a myth that food poisoning always happens quickly. Campylobacter is the main risk from chicken and it takes a few days to make you ill.

However, it’s totally possible - more likely, in fact - that the OP’s daughter will be fine. We’re all exposed to food poisoning bugs at times without becoming ill.

I suspect that commercially produced chicken tenders are probably low risk for salmonella or campylobacter.

I would be furious with them. Have they acknowledged they were wrong and apologised?

I dont know how old your DD is but adults in the house and noone looking after the child? Wtf.

It's definitely raw chicken. I hope she doesn't get ill.

Dont leave her with them again, they're incompetent. Food poisoning from chicken can kill people.

There's always one nasty reply.

I read it as if the OP's message said it was the chicken in the fridge was spicy, it doesn't suggest that the child went into the fridge on her own.

Well how stupid do you feel now knowing that she was actually in our house and the adults came over to look after her? 😂 go take your preaching somewhere else - please and thank you!

DD is 9 and I think the chicken product was raw because it takes 18 minutes to cook - I don’t think that’s just a reheating time?

The spicy chicken was actually hers - she handles spice better than I do! But I’m worried that obviously she has got something from it but it’s not shown up yet, I’ll just have to keep my fingers crossed!

They just kept trying to justify how they didn’t know they had to cook it - despite it saying in big letters on the front of the pack - no apology and I definitely won’t be leaving her in their care again!

Large letters “cooks in 18 minutes”. Which part of that did the 3 adults not understand?
Even if English isn’t their first language use Google translate.

Sorry, cross posted with you OP. Hope your dd is okay.

Imagine being this sure of yourself when you’ve got no reason to be. OP says ‘I left her at home”. Also if the GPs had bought the chicken they’d probably have known what it was.

Would she really have chewed and eaten raw chicken tho? Sometimes yes it does say heat for 18m even if precooked.. but if expect that more for frozen, which it doesn't sound like this was. I hope your dd will be OK. I'd be very annoyed for sure.

My daughter put something similar in her lunch for school. She thought is was the precooked stuff. She ate some of it but she didn't become unwell. Hopefully she'll be OK. Very annoying an adult didn't check.

What on earth were 3 adults doing, to be able to:

1. ignore a hungry child
2. ignore that child said a food was potentially raw
3. ignore that child was eating highly spiced food Crazy. I hope these ‘adults’ are apologetic! The spices might kill bacteria etc.? Hope DD is well.

I’d only be annoyed if she became ill. Otherwise, it was a mistake and what’s done is done. No point in being annoyed now.

That's not raw so she'll be fine. It's clearly already cooked, you can see it's cooked in the photo.

Why on earth did she eat it if she said it needs cooking?

I think it’s reasonable to expect a 9 year in their own home to be able to chose not to eat raw chicken out of the fridge.

i looked after my nephew(8) last week at his home, I have no idea what’s in his fridge and what he normally eats. he helped himself to snacks and I didn’t check if anything was raw meat, he’s old enough to know the difference.

I agree, it’s quite bad.

Can you check it to see? 18 minutes is a pretty standard reheat time for cooked chicken too. The link shows cooked chicken with a crispy, cooked breading inside the package. It’s not possible to have a cooked breading on top of raw chicken, the breading itself would also be raw crumbs and flour stuck to the raw chicken. It’s pretty obvious when you buy it that way, so if it looked like the picture then it was cooked.

I’ve always thought the chicken inside these things is cooked. I could be wrong. I guess the only way to find out is buy some more and cut them open before cooking.

But, the question you’re asking is also AIBU to be pissed off. And the answer is absolutely not. If they’re looking after your child, then that’s what they should be doing. Can’t believe between 3 of them they didn’t think to cook these first. Especially considering DD is 9, sounds more switched on than the 3 of them combined, and she even told them they’re needing cooking.