"Kermie, where are you?"
Posted on 04/14/2005 10:22:20 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
Posted on Thu, Apr. 14, 2005
Woman says she found dead frog in her food
By John Gutierrez-Mier
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
FORT WORTH - A high school teacher says she found a frog in a carryout box of food she bought at a Riverside-area Grandy's restaurant this week.
Veronica Pulido, an English teacher at Carter-Riverside High School, went to the Grandy's at 1050 Beach St. on Monday with colleagues. They got their orders to go and returned to the school to eat, she said.
"I'm always very picky with my food, and I thought I saw some sort of stem mixed in with the green beans," Pulido said.
Upon closer inspection, Pulido said, she found a dead frog.
"I got up and ran to the bathroom and threw up," Pulido said.
She then asked her co-workers to verify what she'd seen.
"I told them, 'Please look in there,' " Pulido said. "They all saw that it was a frog."
Accompanied by co-workers, she went back to Grandy's and showed the frog to the owner.
He returned Pulido's money, she said. She kept the frog and placed it in a freezer at the high school.
There is no way the frog could have been planted in her food at the high school, she said.
Monty Whitehurst, chief operating officer of the Lewisville-based Grandy's Restaurants, said he has been in contact with the Beach Street franchise. The owner is cooperating in the investigation, he said.
"Our quality-assurance people are trying to find out what happened," Whitehurst said.
The vendor that supplied the green beans has been contacted about Pulido's claim, he said.
Pulido said she called the restaurant's national hot line and filed a complaint. She also contacted the Fort Worth Public Health Department, which sent inspectors to the restaurant Tuesday night.
Department spokesman Jason Lamers said the owner acknowledged seeing the frog Pulido brought back and described it as 2 inches long and dark green. Pulido said it also had silver specks on its back.
Inspectors found no violations at the restaurant.
"As far as I know, this is the first time we've gotten a complaint about a frog found in food," Lamers said. "We can't determine that the frog came from the restaurant."
Pulido, who has contacted a lawyer, declined to talk further about the case. She has never been involved in litigation before.
Whitehurst said his quality-assurance department has made several attempts to contact Pulido. Late Wednesday, he said, the department got a call from a man who identified himself as Pulido's attorney and said any correspondence should be directed to him.
"Without a doubt, we'd like to get to the bottom of this," Whitehurst said.
In March, a woman in San Jose, Calif., said she found part of a human finger in chili from Wendy's. On Wednesday, the woman decided not to sue the fast-food chain, her attorney said.
The more I know, the more I cook at home.
A dead frog in her food? Was she eating a IHOP or a French restaurant?
Came to find out, it belonged to one of her family members. LOL!
A dead frog in her food? Was she eating at IHOP or a French restaurant?
"Question: What's red and green and goes round and round?
Answer: A frog in a blender."
Hey Frog, someone is talking about you....;)
"Pulido, who has contacted a lawyer, declined to talk further about the case. She has never been involved in litigation before. "
Was she eating frog legs?
IHOP LOL!!
Cuisses de grenouilles?
Do you have a working link for this story? Thanks.
Have they proved that the finger belonged to a dead family member?? I haven't seen this.
I don't think so, it was a whole frog. I think she should have ripped those little leggies off and dipped them in her ranch dressing. Yummmeeeee
You bet, give me a sec.
What is she complaining about? They didn't charge her for the frog legs.
Please ... someone tell Miss Iwanngetrich she needs a new scheme, and that she should eat her food while it is still fresh. ;)
Pffffft!
I just found that term on google and was going to express my wittiness by posting it.
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