OMG ! What the heck do you think this weird thing is that I found in a can of green beans?? (pic)?

Question

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What the heck is this aweful thing? A caterpillar, a mysterious creature? Part of the bean plant? A thing of wheat or alfalfa? It's 1-1/2 inches long and I found it in a can of green beans, which i had poured into a container and didn't even notice this until I already ate most of the beans!

Am I going to die or get sick from this thing?

Answer 1

That's not a caterpillar!!! LOL!

It's a herb of some sort, probably added to give flavour to the beans.

Answer 2

you will be fine

I promise.

it is just a piece of plant material

Answer 3

It's part of a plant, probably a weed, that got harvested along with the beans or was inadvertently transferred from another harvester. It won't hurt you a bit.

Answer 4

It is a bit of some sort of grass. Eat your beans.

Answer 5

Its a green been plant that is growing. Dont eat it or you will grow green beans in your tummy!!

Answer 6

You won't die. But that's gross. No clue what it is.

Answer 7

It's called "Bearded Wheat"---won't kill you. Must have been a field of it beside the bean  field.

Answer 8

Looks like wheat tip.

You should be able to nip one of those pods from the top and bust it open, and see a seed. ( Wheat seeds are very tiny. Long and thin.)

That will give you the assurance its not an insect anyway.

Answer 9

It looks like the tip of a bit of alfalfa.

Answer 10

It looks pretty alien to me; Martian parasite that likes to invade human hosts via canned food perhaps? eheheheh

Naw, I'm just kidding; it's a kind of seaweed. I shall look up the name when I get a chance.

Answer 11

I don't think it looks like a caterpillar. I'd say some sort of vegetation ... sorry I can't be of more help to you.

I saw the response saying it was bearded wheat ... I found a picture and they do look similar. It has been canned for a while so a little difference is inevitable. I think the person who said bearded wheat may be right.