Cape Town - A Pick n Pay shopper is clucking mad after allegedly finding a chicken foot in her boerewors.
Priscilla Beukes posted an image on Facebook of the foot she claims she found in the Grabouw boerewors she bought at a Pick n Pay in Hillcrest, Pretoria.
She wrote: “Never again will we buy meat stuff from there ever again. It’s most disgusting.”
The supermarket chain has since apologised to Beukes, and refunded her.
The Facebook post quickly went viral, catching the attention of South Africans Against Dagga and Satan, who last week launched a “campaign” against Pick n Pay’s latest marketing gimmick, Stikeez.
In a post on Wednesday, the group wrote: “It seems that the famously satanistic retailer Pick n Pay has been even more #deeply penetrated by Satan than previously thought! This photo was shared by one of our followers and clearly shows a DEMONIC HAND emerging from boerewors – a staple food in most Christian households.
“Last week, Satan attacked our children through Stikeez. This week, the Enemy has gone too far! Leave our wors alone, Satan!”
But a statement from Pick n Pay says they suspect foul play: “We investigated this immediately and we can confirm that no chicken, including chicken feet, is used in making boerewors. Any meat going into boerewors would have gone through a mincer. Based on our investigations we do not believe that the product left our store in the way shown in the photograph.”
Grabouw residents say that Grabouw wors has nothing to do with them or their beloved Grabouw Butchery.
One member of the Grabouw Community News Facebook page posted: “The real Grabouw boerewors you only get at Grabouw Butchery.”
Another resident sensibly explained: “The spice combination that the shops buy from Freddy Hirsch is named ‘Grabouw’ but it does not mean it comes from Grabouw. It’s an indication of a certain flavour.”
Marais Nieuwoudt, co-owner of Grabouw Butchery, is also not happy about the situation.
Marais says: “Unfortunately you cannot patent a town’s name, but if it doesn’t have a sticker with a green tree and red apples, it is not our Grabouw Boerewors. We grind our meat twice before casing it, so I have no idea how a whole chicken claw got into that sausage.”
Daily Voice