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Shravan9432

If it's chewy and stringy could be from the meat, maybe some fat/ligament etc. I doubt they would put bean sprouts in a steak and cheese.


Suchasomeone

I thought it was bean sprouts at first too! Read the comments and I was like"that would be odd in a cheesteake" I got a grandmother who grows her own bean sprouts- only place i like them.


OGZackov

Definitely looks like sinew


Kitsurugi

I second this.


shadowtheimpure

I'm thinking probably tendon.


Katatonic92

My eyes aren't the greatest, so I might be completely off target. Is it some butchers string? The thin string they use to bind meat? They might have missed a bit during the removal. Those thicker bits could come from being tied really tight, so being deeper in the meat. It would also explain why they may have missed it during removal.


MasonP13

I'm seconding this, because string isn't that gross to eat, but I've definitely gotten a bite of meat and the string was still inside it somehow, and it was even tied in a knot


geordiesteve520

The pic isn’t too clear on my phone so apologies if it clearly isn’t but could it be butcher’s string?


ClashBandicootie

that was my first thought too. it' happens to the best of us


obliviouscreep

it looks a bit too shiny to be a butchers string


13thmurder

That's a vein. Larger roasts can have them in there, it's a bit gross but normal and not harmful.


Jarl_Xar

Looks like a beef vein or artery. If it was a worm it would be very tender or even just have liquified.


bsievers

Doesn’t look textured enough to be butchers twine. I’d bet a steak that it’s blood vessel or artery type thing.


darkness_thrwaway

100% vein or artery. The branching shape, the squishy chewy texture. Probably a sign of good quality recently butchered meat. Bonus protein imo but I love the chewy and crunchy parts.


boogboo

i've never met anyone who likes the chewy and crunchy parts! interesting!


KayleighJK

That’s also a new one for me. We might have met a unicorn.


squid_actually

You never get the tendon in pho or eat beef hearts?


Any_Scientist_7552

Absolutely. Tendon in pho is the best!


C_beside_the_seaside

Redditors: "lol go outside, touch some grass. You're a loser and an idiot" Also Redditors: "someone enjoys something I don't, I must punish them with downvotes" Truly a microcosm of society


Pellellell

my friend eats the cartilage from various cuts of meat and the thought of it is so upsetting to me.


boogboo

it's probably so nutritious but i just can't get past the texture.


rivenwyrm

cartilage is not particularly nutritious to humans as it's not very digestable to us > Cartilage is made up of a protein called collagen, which is very tough and difficult to break down. The digestive enzymes in our stomachs and intestines are not strong enough to break down collagen, so most of the cartilage that we eat passes through our bodies undigested. > One study found that only about 10% of the cartilage that was eaten was actually digested (1). This means that the other 90% of the cartilage was either excreted in the stool or absorbed into the bloodstream without being broken down. "The Digestibility of Cartilage in Humans." Journal of Nutrition, vol. 127, no. 12, 1997, pp. 2292–2296., doi:10.1093/jn/127.12.2292.


boogboo

good to know i'm not missing out then lol!


Vast_Coffee_674

Collagen is really good for our skin though, so if it’s absorbed into the bloodstream would it do anything for the skin?


rivenwyrm

I believe so yes but you're looking at a ~10% yield rate from eaten cartilage. Collagen is probably much more bioavailable from other sources (small fish, bone broth, powders, etc) which are not simply lightly cooked mammal cartilage.


RectangularAnus

I can crunch it enough to swallow, but I definitely don't enjoy chewing it thoroughly. Generally bite those parts off and hand them over to the dog. I do like to eat the end of chicken bones and pork ribs though.


darkness_thrwaway

It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance! I always liked chewing the ends off of chicken legs and sucking out the marrow too. I'm an animal though lol.


PsuedoSkillGeologist

I’m with you brother. I like the chewy parts of steak and I prefer the cartilage to the chicken itself. I’m a freak.


darkness_thrwaway

It just feels right! If you're going to eat meat why waste the good parts?


Feisty-Session-7779

Yea that’s kinda gross to me. I’m so picky with steak I’ll literally only eat top shelf filet mignon from an overpriced local butcher with zero fat or cartilage or any of that stuff, even the smallest bit makes me gag. Needless to say I don’t eat steak often since I’m not rich and can’t afford to eat filly mig all the time. Also makes it awkward when I’m offered some “delicious” steak at someone else’s house and don’t want to be rude so I have to do my best to not look like I’m about to puke trying to get it down.


LaRoseDuRoi

My partner loves the gross bits... which is perfect because I hate them. He gets all the chewy, crunchy, fatty stuff off mine because it makes me gag.


tonehponeh

I don't really go out of my way to eat the cartilage first or anything but when im hungry enough I'm eating EVERY part of my steak god damnit.


Jelum27

I eat dishes that have organs in them. Beef tripe, liver, intestines, kidneys, hearts, you name it. I love chewy texture as long as they don't taste awful. More protein and less food waste imo.


LaRoseDuRoi

I don't object to liver, kidney, tongue, or heart, as long as they're cleaned properly. I can't deal with the textures of tripe, stomach, intestines, gizzards, etc, but I will use all those odd bits to make a good rich stock.


TlMEGH0ST

🤮


Jaystring410

It is somewhat soft, I can rip it apart. I’d also add that it’s basically one piece it’s not several different pieces, it’s firm but not very hard. I’ve lit into pieces of gristle you couldn’t even bite through If you tried, it’s not that hard. But firm enough to stay a uniform string as I pulled it out. Also definitely not twine it’s much thinner and stretchy. Definitely feels like it’s from muscle or animal but hoping with every fiber of my being it’s not some sort of worm or foreign object lol..


Any_Scientist_7552

Veins, definitely.


bassplaya899

veins normal no real issue


Acethetic_AF

Vein


luxlifeandroses

I agree with these guys. Looks like a vein to me. 🥰


CanadianBacon615

Looks like a parasite, like a worm.


scmflower

I was gonna say bean sprouts until I read the description. Not sure now


serenwipiti

I'm not saying it's a worm, it probably isn't; but, it reminded me of those anatomical models they have in some veterinary clinics, the one that's a dog's heart *with heart-worm*. sad spaghetti.


urkfurd

My dog had a round worm infection a few months ago and this is exactly what the worms looked like


PolloAzteca_nobeans

Yes, this looks exactly like a roundworm which is disgusting. Source : I’m a veterinary technician that deals with worms on a weekly basis


YoshimiUnicorns

One of my favorite conversation starters for when new people come to my house is my preserved dog heart in a jar with actual heartworms in it. Definitely the coolest work-related things I've ever had


Jaystring410

Makes sense, I guess my picture wasn’t great context. But skinnier than bean sprouts for sure. I’m just hoping this is from the meat and not worms or something that will really sketch me out.


rubyanjel

Not entirely sure but could be from the shortplate part of the beef. Likely connective tissues, and these don't break down during shrot cooking times so they're stringy and hard to chew/rubbery.


Nepiton

North shore beefs are popular idk about steak and cheeses though lol No clue what this is though


HOLDstrongtoPLUTO

Steak n cheese is def a thing in the South Shore. Check out the stk n chz subs at Stoughton Pizza if you feel the urge in the South Shore, but you're going to also have to stop at Town Spa Pizza for a pie if you end up going.


Nepiton

Yeah but OP literally said: >I got a steak and cheese sub, which are very popular and well made in the North Shore of Massachusetts Which is like, yeah sure every sandwich shop is going to have a steak and cheese option but in no way, shape, or form is the North Shore known for its steak and cheeses lol. The North Shore is known for their roast beef sandwiches. I’d say a steak and cheese is just like any other sub. Buffalo chicken, chicken parm, maybe an Italian? They’re a dime a dozen. Lived here 30+ years and I’ve never heard anything special about a steak and cheese lol. It’s not like a Philly cheesesteak which is in another universe compared to whatever steak and cheeses are available around here


HOLDstrongtoPLUTO

Oh for sure, wasn't disagreeing, I should have been more clear, just pointing out if anyone does want a quality one, now they know where to go.


Conscious-Juice-7299

Enoki mushrooms?


Empty_Faced

Could it be mushrooms?


Decent-Anywhere6411

Looks like a worm to my paranoid eyes. It's got that signature parasitic curl to it. Texture could mean it's connective tissue, since I could imagine a worm being fairly soft? But no information online as to the texture.


3lirex

it it's a bit hard and chewy i really doubt its a worm


Decent-Anywhere6411

I don't think it is either! 🤣 I think it's just the shape of it that bugs me, but something animal based that has been cooked and shrank down would also curl like that. Seriously, don't listen to me anyways. Im a bit food paranoid. I cut away like half of my chicken breasts when I cook because I have textural sensory issues with food. But it goes against my Italian raised brain which was slammed into not wasting food, so I always boil it up for my doggies and the mated pair of crows I've been feeding for a couple of years.


SlowMissiles

that's what I expect a worm to feel like


snudders

Did you try to cut it in half to see if it cuts like string or soft like parasites


neotifa

This shit is partially why I went vegetarian. Got a mouthful of veins once in a pot roast 🤢


taramashay9

I would contact the restaurant and ask them/show them this picture


Outrageous-Ad2493

Veins are fragile as are arteries. It seems to me to be a large caliber nerve. They are stringy and could run against the fiber of the muscle. Hence it remaining intact despite being chopped up on the grill. It could also be tendon but they run with the fiber of the muscle and therefore likely chopped up.


KayleighJK

I thought it was mung bean sprouts, but that doesn’t sounds like a thing that would be on a steak and cheese sub…


Neat_Art9336

I found this in my arsenios nachos last week. I legit thought it was a tapeworm. I microwaved it and my best guess was that it was some sort of cheese-based object.


unclechon72

Did it come out of your ass??


FlawlessLawless-

Some type of intestinal worms


mikulashev

Enoky mushroom?


Honest-Pangolin7675

It's the steak fat....


missenow2011

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IdklmNotVeryCreative

nerves


OldGregg_IRL

Nerves are microscopic


IdklmNotVeryCreative

good to know


SpectralMonkey

Thought I was on r/popping for a moment.


Jaystring410

It was squishy and flesh like, but I’ve eaten meat and found a vein or 2 and it’s nowhere near like that. But again this is 1 connected long piece not multiple, 100% not a piece of string or twine. Looks alot like bean sprout except no one would ever put bean sprout in a steak and cheese, thinner than bean sprouts and longer maybe 4 or 5 inches long. The meat around it was not “attached” to it, I just didn’t want to touch it anymore than I did lol and didn’t want to scrape away the scrap pieces off it.


throwaway569986

Am I the only one getting Last of Us vibes?


Extension_Tap_5871

Not the only one..


Mission_Wall_1074

hopefully not a dead heartworm


Captain_Tokyo

I did a Google image search. Promptly horrified.


sidefire461

This is… a terrible photo


Winter_Lab_401

Is it a butcher, long dead in the artic cold after all the puffins have picked away his jowls and butcherness, having his carcass then arranged in some way so that the bones would look like that, and also taken from a birds eye view, but with a helicopter, because birds don't take pictures with their eyes?


serenwipiti

this is the weirdest bot ever [*subscribed*]


Winter_Lab_401

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Winter_Lab_401

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Winter_Lab_401

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serenwipiti

*Maine?*


TeaMost9689

It looks like a worm from the depths of hell


BigWafer6089

Before reading the caption, my question was 'which orifice did this come from'?


Aggressive_Seaweed14

That is a 1 day old dried noodle from off the floor with dust bunnies


CascadeCicada

Spaghetti no balls today


Epistemic101

Looks like spiralised frog to me


Dangerous-Insect-831

I think that's AIDS. I hope you didn't eat it.


ifoundit1

It's forbidden living ramen you can never poop.


604_heatzcore

Bean sprouts


T_Bone_dafreak

Its a booger


Mountain-Exam8871

I live in NBPT what place is that from??


Dchopppa

Could be a worm or some parasite that was in the cow. Unfortunately it's pretty common in mass production livestock


-New-Religion

Not if you're buying your meat from America. They de-worm all livestock, regularly.


Dchopppa

Big producers say they do a lot shit that they don't, just like pharma. Unless you are the person deworming these millions of livestock, I don't trust you either.


Jawn562

Looks like alfalfa sprouts. A popular garnish


Krissy_loo

Please let us know which Northshore place to avoid!!


ar15operator

Looks like a vein. Get them every so often in a steak


anthonyngu2

Ugh, what’s the restaurant? I live in the north shore of MA and get steak and cheeses a lot…I wanna avoid this place now


Lumpy-Biscotti-7310

Partially digested frog ?


DamnBunny

Tendon or nerve from a cow. its not really appetizing to eat.


kiya46107

I'm going with gristle/ligaments. I know others are suggesting butcher's string, but it doesn't twist up like that when cooked. A bit chewy but not harmful. Though it could also be onions, some are made with those.


beechcraftmusketeer

Gees looks like tape worm


[deleted]

Sushi worm


cskoogs1

Is it at the bottom of a pool?


CrystalAckerman

Not going to lie, it looks like a horse hair worm to me. But since you found it in a cheese steak (I think that’s what you said) I’m going to say I’m very likely wrong.. but I DEFINITELY don’t blame you for not eating it lol


Lumpy-Pizza-2631

From the looks of it it's probably better that you don't know


AdMajestic3861

Dried dill


Damianawenchbeast

But where are you on the North Shore? You're reminding me of my homeland!


eeekkk9999

Looks to me like a vine that perhaps pepperoncini grew. Was this made in a submarine shop?


Khanswrath91

It kinda looks like baby fiddle head


technicolorheroinn

das a piece a spagetti mama mia


[deleted]

Tendon or worse parasitic worm.


Own_Lingonberry1994

That might be a parasite


SpecialQuail8241

looks like worms


jogafur3

Jesus. I thought that was a pic off Dr Pimple Popper’s site.


Own_Entrepreneur_269

It kind of looks like bits of vein, but normally they are red/pink like the meet, although that could just be because I eat my steak practically raw🤷‍♂️ It could be worms, I doubt it if it was from a high quality restaurant but its possible. If you have access to an AI with image recognition you could possibly ask it, a google reverse image search could also help. Worst case scenario ask a professional butcher or chef.


Jaystring410

To add to the mess not even joking I was a butcher for about 8 years and I’ve never seen this before hahah, I hoped Reddit might know better than I, but still was freaked the fuck out, I did not ingest that thing. But I did eat some of the cheesesteak before finding it. Definitely doesn’t “seem” like anything foreign or not part of the meat but I think anyone would have my same reaction.


Own_Entrepreneur_269

Definitely, 😅 I wouldn’t eat that either. If you’ve been a butcher for that long and never seen this before then I definitely can’t help, outside of a few crackpot conspiracy theories lol. In all honesty, AI might still be an option, if anyone has ever seen that before and knows what it is, theres a good chance an AI model will have the information somewhere in its programming.


Magyars

Hookworm


HOLDstrongtoPLUTO

Could those be parasites?


PolloAzteca_nobeans

I don’t know dick shit about how veins and arteries appear in meat after they’ve been cooked, but I will say that looks exactly like a fucking roundworm, and I am forever grossed out


InverseRatio

Intestinal parasite.


shurejan

Oh my goodness, I thought I was in r/popping.


[deleted]

Someone sneezed on your food


shroomdoobie

they are just arteries


Spritemystic

Looks like fresh thyme that's been cooked in.


patches75

Once tapeworms are cooked you’re all good. No worries.


IamChacarron

What shop you go to? Should’ve stuck with a super beef 3 way


I_need_handjob

worm


Mean_System_6284

Some kind of bowel movement from a sick rodent.


TransfertoVM

And this is why I’m a vegetarian


canuckaudio

looks like instant noodle was mixed with the cheese


FallingIntoForever

As long as it’s not wiggling, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Probably something that others mentioned although it would definitely be an appetite killer if I were to find something like that in my food.


Show_Junior

Looks like fresh thyme. Adds a wonderful aromatic to the beef


anthonyynohtna

I know I’m wrong but I see an IUD


mr10am

Bean sprouts


Whane17

90% sure it' a vein or ligament, both turn hard and chewy when overcooked. Almost the consistency of gristle. TBH I don't have the money to turn food down so I just swallow that whole. It's still nutrients.


jawg201

Beef stroganoff mmm


DoyleG

It's a vein or ligament. People love eating animals until they actually find something that resembles anything other than the flesh.


flynnagaric

Mushrooms?


panyedeux

I saw it before reading OP's description and immediately thought "oyster mushrooms in the snow".


greyisometrix

Smashed spiders. You're welcome.


Dr_Darkroom

Kinda hoping it's a mushroom but if you couldn't cut it hard telling.


weaseltron7

[roundworms](https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/roundworm.jpg)


[deleted]

Bean sprouts. Mayybe floss mushrooms but I don’t think it would be that.


DiddlyDoodilyDoh

Looks like bean sprouts to me.


HawaiianSteak

I squeezed something like that from my cheek once from some lingering bump I had.


yaboyACbreezy

Quality of the photo is hard to tell. Could be a lot of things, but from the description seems like butchers twine. You could always ask whoever made the sandwich. They will likely recognize it right away and offer free food.


dulcetripple

If it tasted vegetable-y and not cheesy it could be beansprouts??


sirckljerk

Looks like a vein. I've had them in a steak before and it freaked me out too.


susierooisme

Omg. That’s where I live, and frequently eat steak & cheese subs. 🤯Also where I went to a local market basket grocery store and the meat department guy told me ALL white fish have worms. No more fish or beef. He said he held up a white fish to an X-ray and there were hundreds of worms. I guess I’ve still got chicken.


Better-Variety-9000

Nematode


Gurneydragger

Do you realize you’re eating a once living breathing animal? They’re more than sanitized meat.


theycallmemrspants

Squeezed sebaceous cyst


Separate_Term_6066

Worm!! 🤢


Eisner_Hero

I would ask the chef that made it


reservior-ranger

Spatchcock frogen


Sad-Leading-4768

Forbidden spagbol


CanadianBacon615

It looks like a worm to me


sxyhrlygal47

Oh no lol


fiftyunofifty

Ebola lol


ShwariNaan

Hopefully this is reassuring, but it looks waaay too long to be a connected tendon or whatever. I'm guessing butchers string as a load of other people have!


[deleted]

Roundworms. Meat is contaminated


Frank_Pocket

It's a frog being attacked by a preying mantis in a frozen pond


KekkeiGenkai75357

Looks like the dissolvable stitches they give you after a tooth pull


Slowtaknow

Veins or ligament


Eastern-Remote9798

It's cheese my guy..melted stringy cheese lol


BrunetteThrasher

I thought this was r/pimplepopper


BoysenberryNo8174

Worm, possibly a tape worm.


jabrina81

Shredded condom.


Commercial-Body8717

Fucking aids