[imagesource: Facebook / Willem Bezuidenhout]
The Bezuidenhout family in Mpumalanga were about to dig into their Friday night McDonald’s meal when a surprise ingredient made its appearance.
Willem Bezuidenhout’s 13-year-old daughter took a couple of bites from her McChicken burger when suddenly, she noticed a pair of little green legs sticking out.
“Daddy, there’s a frog in my burger”, The Citizen reports her saying.
Willem shared the May 6 incident on Facebook, thanking the Secunda branch for the “not-so-wonderful surprise on my daughter’s meal”.
“McFroggie”, anyone?
Here’s the Afrikaans translated if you need:
“I always thought things like this happen in the movies, but now it is happening with us this evening. Yes, all of you are seeing right this is a McFroggie.”
The family were repulsed at how much mayonnaise the little critter was covered in, and even more so when they realised the frog might have been alive. Willem mentioned that it seemed to have “blinked”.
Business Insider SA reports that McDonald’s has launched an investigation into the matter:
Daniel Padiachy, chief of marketing, communications, IT and supply chain at McDonald’s says they are committed to serving fresh food and so it remains a top priority for the fast food chain.
“We take this matter very seriously and are working with all parties to ensure this is resolved,” he said.
According to Willem, the family didn’t receive an apology from the floor manager, nor were they granted a refund or replacement.
Rather, the management blamed the delivery service.
But with that much mayo all over the frog, that seems unlikely.
A chef on Twitter added her two cents which helps possibly makes sense of the incident:
I’ll be very honest with you. This has happened to me a few years ago. I had to even go on a lie detector
And we thought maybe the customers are playing us.And if I’m seeing it now on Twitter a few years later, then I’m certain that frog comes from lettuce.
— Chef Mona-Lisa
(@MonaLisaMkhize) May 9, 2022
& this little frog our client found was also on a burger.
I can never stress the importance of food safety in the kitchen; receiving lettuce from a supplier doesn’t mean it’s 100% clean, we still have to clean it twice.
Finding a baby frog in food is rare but it happens.— Chef Mona-Lisa
It really is pretty unbelievable that an amphibian can find a spot in a burger, though.
[sources:citizen&businessinsider]
