Amoung my favourite foods are the Indian dishes aloo-gobi and channa. I can’t say I’ve ever successfully cooked these dishes, but they are a personal take-out favourite. In most grocery stores the less-talented chef can purchase pre-made Indian sauces to try and re-create their favourite dish.

According to the UK Daily Mail online, Cate Barret purchased Extra Special brand Tikka Masala sauce at a local grocery store, hoping to create a delicious dinner.  Instead, she found a dead mouse (pictured right, from the source).

Barret explained her finding, saying,

“I stirred the sauce around and thought it looked a little bit more lumpy than usual and wondered if we had too many vegetables in the pan. Then as the sauce spread out, I saw whiskers, legs, and a tail. I shouted out to Nigel [her boyfriend] to come to see if it was what I thought it was. Then I fished it out.”

The couple took the dead animal and the jar of Asda Extra Special sauce back to the shop where a manager apologized and said it would be sent for examination. Barrett said the seal of the jar was firmly in place as the button on the top of the lid was not popped out, which would indicate it had already been opened.

She continued,

“It was a really big shock to see it plop out of the jar. It’s going to be a while until I get another one of those tikka masala sauces.”