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

[Friends1996]

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

Or they just presumed a 9 year old would be able to take a snack out of the fridge in her own home? And not chose to eat raw meat?

I’m not sure I’d call that looking after. There’s a difference between being in the same space and actually being present.

If you have to have any of them looking after her again I would just leave out ready cooked or finger foods.

Of course it’s going to be cooked in the photo on the pack - they’re not going to advertise raw chicken on the pack as an appealing photo are they?

I agree - I was told 24 hours by a chef.

Oh dear.

Because she’s autistic and is constantly being told it’s fine by adults she trusts? Don’t compare NT and ND children

That's very irresponsible of your grandparents and sister.
As others said it could have already been cooked and hopefully she wouldn't have eaten much as it would be horrible and obvious as soon as she put it in her mouth so she would have spit it out.

I cut open a chicken tender recently as I wasn’t sure if they were raw, they were.

The pieces themselves in the packet are already cooked. You can see that by how the <edited to add the word 'batter' which I couldn't for the life of me remember> looks.

The '18 minutes to cook' means to get the product heated through and the coating good and crisp.

I mean it was an error but the fact so many people here are unsure if it’s raw or not shows that it IS a confusing product. They made a mistake, that’s all. It’s not like they wanted to poison your child on purpose, so maybe showing a little grace is in order.

If it’s any reassurance, the chicken in breaded stuff like those is usually precooked, you’re just cooking them to crisp up the breadcrumbs and so the meat is hot but I can see why you’d be upset given there was 3 adults around

I think it is probably that sort of confusion. I've had similar products that are pre cooked and some that are raw, some chilled some frozen. Not great but confusion rather than malice.

These aren't made with raw chicken. When you take them out of the packet, they aren't floppy and wet as raw chicken would be. They go in the oven to cook the batter, that's all.

I'm not saying adults weren't irresponsible btw @Friends1996! Just saying I don't think you need to worry that she'll get ill.

@TheOriginalEmu I think the confusion on whether they’re raw inside is linked to the likelihood of causing illness, and not whether the product needs cooking first.

I wouldn’t think they are raw, they look precooked and needing reheating to me.

Not ideal that they let her eat them but she’s unlikely to get sick.

Raw chicken would not make you sick instantaneously.

In the interest of the thread I just popped downstairs as we have some of the Aldi Tempura tenders in the fridge.

On cutting on open they are 100% raw chicken inside.

Oh brilliant.

So let just anyone babysit, even if they're incapable of keeping a child safe.

Got it.

Thank you for letting me know about this as I didn’t have any left to check!

That's not the same product though, is it.

Mind you now I won't be able to rest until I check for myself....which is a problem because we don't eat the tenders. 😡😡

Well it’s not the exact same but it is part of the same range sat side by side on the shelf, they have buttermilk, hot & spicy or Tempura - I can’t imagine that one would be cooked and one would raw.

That’s a really bad mistake to have made on their part especially as your DD was telling them it should be cooked. The packaging is very clear about it needing to be cooked for 18 minutes before eating.
It’s good she hadn’t had signs of food poisoning but your grandparents really can’t be trusted to look after a child and your sister needs educating too.

Yeah, but there are products that you can cook but you don’t have to cook, so maybe they thought it was something like that and the confusion in comments here just shows that it’s an easy mistake to make.

I don't know how three adults could all be so thick.

I'm suprised how many posters are saying why did dd eat them when she knew they needed cooking?

Her grandparents and her aunt were insisting she was wrong. She's 9 years old, ND or not can people really not understand that children trust adults to know what's right, especially family and also not every child will be confident enough to go against what three adults were insisting is right?