What’s Cookin’ in the Carb-Free Zone?
food March 16th, 2010My husband Dave is doing the low-carb thing and this is what I found boiling on the stove on Sunday.
Can’t even identify it. I imagine the description on the package read “A slab of something that grunted once. 5.99/lb.”
I nearly threw up.
I’m sorry, meat just ain’t right if it’s boiled. Club it over the head and fry it, I always say. I like meat to sizzle and have a crust, not look quite so fresh and fleshy.
I can’t be a vegetarian, but I can’t do this either.
Bon appetit.
Or not.
Stumble it!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Is this part of your “What’s That?” Wednesday? I’m not even going to hazard a guess here.
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March 16th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
I don’t know what it is but maybe it would look better when it’s done. I’d probably eat it as long as I didn’t have to make it. I’m sure it’s some kind of meat.
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March 16th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
I love meat but that looks nauseating. We were having breakfast the other day at a local pancake house and a woman at a table next to us ordered: Bacon, Sausage and Scrapple hold the eggs and pancakes please. Might be over the line for me.
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March 16th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
eww, what the hell?!?
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March 16th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
That is disgusting, and makes me really, REALLY glad that I’m a vegetarian. Ugh.
March 16th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Corned Beef? I have two of them cooking right now.
I just finished two weeks of Atkins Induction. Wouldn’t you know someone at work brought tons of homemade Irish soda bread this week. It was VERY hard to resist.
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March 16th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
What did Dave say it was? I don’t recognize it, but it could possibly be boiled bacon? Now don’t throw a fit! I know you like your bacon fried and crispy, but boiled bacon is a whole different thing and is actually very nice.
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March 16th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I think I saw something similar on Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe tonight. And they were scraping it off the floor of a leather tanning shop.
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March 16th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Oh now that is just plain nasty. People really eat that stuff? If eating something like that is what it takes to be healthy then I don’t want to be.
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March 16th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Yum!
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March 16th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
I agree Kathy…I can’t be a vegetarian, but I couldn’t do that either.
It kinda looks like a big piece of Bazooka bubble gum.
OMG…$5.99lb.?!?!?!?
Bon appetit.
Or not.
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March 16th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Did he eat it? Ewwww…
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March 16th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I’m definitely a meat eater, but I’ve got to go with GROSS on that. To give it the benefit of the doubt, though, maybe it was better than it looks…Nah, it’s gross.
March 16th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Ew! Are you sure this is meat? That nasty pink scum around the edge of the pot isn’t helping matters either. Bleh! He should stick to bacon…
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March 16th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Or not. Happy to be a vegetarian (for over a year now), especially after seeing that picture.
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March 16th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
What you are looking at is a nice slab of angus corned beef. I lower the meat into the pot with the fat side up. Let it cook for a few hours. Then when it cools
I like to slice off a piece and have it with with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
March 16th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Y’know, I’ve been doing the “lower carb” thing for about 4 years now, to fight against my pre-diabetes. I eat a lot of vegetables. Fruits. Whole grains. But in those 4 years I have yet to ever cook something that looks ANYTHING like that monstrosity.
Bon appetite, I guess. If you can…
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March 16th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
This just reinforced my recent decision to eat less meat. I can picture that…thing running around and mooing or something.
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March 16th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Oh Fear Factor… I thought they canceled you a long time ago? Someone turn quick!
March 16th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
I read somewhere (yes, “somewhere” is kinda like hearing something like a “friend of a friend” in urban legends) that a genetic test based on swabbing your mouth reveals if a low carb, a Zone diet, or a high protein diet or a carb diet works for you. Not everyone responds to things the same and supposedly the test tells you. Maybe Dave needs to do that to settle it once and for all so you won’t find strange boiled meats around the house.
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March 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Carbs in meat? and why would boiling get rid of them? I’m not much of a meat eater but that would definitely turn me against meat totally…Did it smell bad too? Maybe y’all should get separate kitchens…
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March 17th, 2010 at 12:13 am
Boiled elephant tongue? I was not a vegetarian before I saw that photo. I am pretty sure I am now.
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March 17th, 2010 at 12:30 am
The moment I saw that, I thought EWWWWWW! But then, I thought it was Spam being boiled in hot oil. Not that any other UMO (Unidentified Meat Object) being boiled in hot water is any more appetizing.
Personally, I think low carb is for kitties – it’s actually the best diet for them! But if I ever decided to do low carb, I think I’d eat salmon and pesto every day. No UMOs for me!
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March 17th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Uhhhh…. couldn’t he at least have thrown it on the grill? I grill all year round. I don’t care if it’s snowing our pouring cats and dogs. You’ll find me out there. But men are weird.
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March 17th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Yes, here I am not lurking, but again I find myself without anything of any kind of intelligence to put here. Your husband is, uhm, interesting.
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March 17th, 2010 at 3:25 am
I was wondering if that was corned beef, and you husband confirmed it is. Cooked right, it can be very good. Just looks gross during certain stages of the process.
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March 17th, 2010 at 4:12 am
Unfinished Rambler — Ha! I was thinking of that. For the record, it’s angus corned beef. Sounds better than it looks, right?
Karen — Yes, some kind of meat (see above). It did not look better when it was done. Trust me on that.
Buggys — The bacon and sausage I could take, but I have yet to allow scrapple to pass these lips. Nope. Not gonna do it.
Kelly — Exactly.
Kelly #2 — I don’t blame you one bit. And sorry.
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids — Yep. Corned beef. Do you boil it like this? How can you stand it? I’m sorry about the Atkins thing. I cannot and will not live without bread.
Babs Beetle — Angus corned beef. Boiled bacon? No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Tarheel Rambler — No kidding. It looks like the part of the cow that should be left on the floor.
ann — No, not necessarily to be healthy. To be thinner. Big difference. I don’t know what this diet is doing to his cholesterol.
MA Fat Woman — Are you being sarcastic? You should be.
Ron — It does! And probably just as chewy, although I’ll never know because I ain’t eatin’ that thing. No how, no way.
injaynesworld — For the next three days.
Linda — Well, Dave says it was delicious, but to me, it couldn’t possibly be by the looks of it. Anybody got a barf bag?
Surfie — Got that right, sister. Oh, and bacon? Our refrigerator is full of it. That’s the only upside I can see by him doing the low-carb thing. Have it with dinner just about every night. OINK!
Paul — Good for you! What made you switch to no meat? (Besides pictures like this).
Husband Dave — Thanks for chiming in while I slept. You do know I had a flash of Fatal Attraction when I lifted the lid, right? Bunny in a pot? Scared the crap out of me at first. Hon, you gotta warn me about these things.
Sharon H — Maybe my husband needs to see what you’re eating. Actually, he does round out his meals with lots of veggies and he’s better at getting them in every day than me. I’m veggie-resistant. Except for corn and maybe green beans.
Kim — I have to say that lately when I make a burger patty or something, I can’t look at it in its raw form for very long. Plus, I’ve watched two documentaries recently that expose what happens on livestock farms. It ain’t pretty.
daughterbonnie — Seriously. Doesn’t it look like something a contestant on a reality show has to eat to get to the next stage of the game?
Chris at TheSnackHound — Oh, how interesting. Dave’s doing well on it, actually. Lost 15lbs already. The reason I won’t do it is that at some point, you have to reintroduce carbs and then what happens? You gain the weight back. Seems pointless to me unless you’re super-dedicated after you transition to the maintenance period.
Grace — No carbs in meat (or low carbs, not sure exactly). It smelled like …. nothing. Now, if he’d fried it up or shoved it in the oven, I’d probably have been salivating. Boiled meat just ain’t right.
Will — Ew. Tongue. I don’t understand who eats that or why. There are other tastier parts of the cow, no?
Janiss — Yes, it absolutely looks like Spam. Actually, I think spam looks better. Yes, I’ve heard that about food for kitties. We’re thinking of switching food for ours. One of them is plus-sized and could use a little less carbs.
Meesa — I wish we even had a grill. The closest thing we had to one was a hibatchi and it was ludicrous trying to cook anything on it bigger than a hot dog.
Beamer — That’s OK. I understand.
Barbara Swafford — I’m thinking it would only look good during the stage where you throw it in a fire pit. Char it up, baby!
March 17th, 2010 at 4:41 am
I didn’t know one could boil sherbert…
March 17th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Do you know where your cat is? Have you noticed a lot of lost pet signs hanging in your area? I’m guessing that’s what the boiled rabbit pot looked like in fatal attraction.
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March 17th, 2010 at 5:31 am
That does look disgusting. I think I would toss my cookies over that one too. I sure can’t tell what it is. Not a good picture for first thing in the morning but don’t know if it would be any better at night. Thanks so much Kathy for that great picture. And Happy St. Patricks Day. That is green too.
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March 17th, 2010 at 5:35 am
I was going to say it was corned beef.
I love it. Boiled, baked, fried, hashed..in mah belly, it’s all good.
I eat this about once a month. We’re used to seeing it.
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March 17th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Yuck-o! It looks like refried beans!
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March 17th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Ew. He wasn’t getting around any fava beans and a nice chianti to go with that, was he?
I think I just threw up a little.
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March 17th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Please some grill the meat for me. Because I don’t like it if it’s boiled. Boiled is my final way to keep the meat.
Nice post by the way…
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March 17th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Oh Meee Gawd, I love Corned Beef. I am glad the hubby came on and gave an explanation. I’l take a couple of slices me self, only on Rye with some Mayo.
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March 17th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Ewww. I think the worst part might be the oil slick on the water. Looks like I’ll be sticking to my carbs, if that’s what you eat on a low-carb diet.
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March 17th, 2010 at 9:31 am
I thought it was a corned beef. Haven’t any of you ever cooked one before or had a New England boiled dinner?
Pork butt, potatoes, carrots and cabbage in a pot.
Simmering all day long. YUM!
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March 17th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Wow, that’s incredibly revolting!
I tried to make wholemeal scones the other night. They were so bitter they were inedible. Why? Why oh why am I such a bad cook!? Tell me, please!? Why does every baked good I make taste so damn bitter! @_@
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March 17th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Kathy’s husband: Thank you for a story “ripped from the headlines” of The Diet Underground Gazette. At last someone has given the world the naked truth behind corned beef. I suggest you carry Kathy’s photo of the brisket in your wallet. The next time she wants “just a little corner” of your sandwich, hold up the picture. That should make it possible to eat in peace.
March 17th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Yick. Is it tofu? Ox tongue? Oh tell your Dave that low-carb isn’t REALLY low-carb til you’ve eaten ox tongue, yeahh. That’ll get him on veggie stir-fry real fast.
You’re right, that looks pretty bad. Wow. :-p I agree, boiled meat is not palatable for human consumption.
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March 17th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Were looks deceiving? Did you eat it? I love it when my man cooks, but like you I might have had to pass on it…I don’t like my meat boild either. It kinda looked like meat soup, just one huge meatball!
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March 17th, 2010 at 10:33 am
I just started a low carb diet a few weeks ago and I haven’t seen anything about boiling meat… lol. My husband does all the cooking, so maybe I’m not “in the know”!
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March 17th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Corned beef mebbe? Spam on steroids?
I don’t know…
But it looks like it might fight back.
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March 17th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
OK. That is some seriously disgusting lookin’ stuff right there. ACK!
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March 17th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Boiled Corned Beef is one of the best foods ever. Luckily my kids don’t really like it so when I “forget” and make one accidentally, I get leftovers for days. Mmmmm.
March 17th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Isn’t corned beef basically beef that’s be allowed to go all bad and funky? Why would you boil and eat that?
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March 17th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
I was cleaning out the fridge yesterday, and came across a container with vile-looking contents. My Honey said he forgot about it: it was a cooking experiment he tried while I was out of town he ended up calling “meat paste.”
Mmmmmm. Meat paste.
Meat paste trash now.
March 17th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I agree: it looks very wrong, tho I do love corned beef. And “Angus” corned beef must be very special indeed. To eat it, you simply cover it with mashed potatoes so you can’t see it. Problem solved.
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March 17th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Seriously?! Is that really supposed to be a meat? It’s looks like bean with bacon soup, fresh out of the can! Or maybe a can of refried beans! What ever it is, it looks nasty!
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March 17th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Today is the day that’s all about boiled meat! I’m off for a boiled dinner when I get out of work. Yum yum!! Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Liz
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March 17th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Ugh. Not sure I’d want to eat that, no matter how hungry I was! I’ll just take the broccoli, thanks … LOL!
March 17th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Ugh! Im with you. I can do BROILED meats, but I will never be able to eat BOILED meats!
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March 17th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
I think it’s supposed to be corned beef. Maybe? Hmmm…I’m glad mine didn’t look like that today:)
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March 17th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Yuck and double yuck. I don’t even like to boil chicken but boiled chicken can make great chicken salad. I’m with you, I like crispy edges. And I am NEVER trying someone’s suggestion of boiled bacon. I like my bacon crispy and not flappy or soggy. EWWWWW!
Funny pic though!
March 17th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
I know exactly what it is. It’s corned beef. I have one in a crock pot right now that looks just like that. Num!
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March 17th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Boiled meat? Nope… Not for me.
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March 18th, 2010 at 3:17 am
Ewww.
I’m not a big fan of eating meat in one piece. I like it finely sliced or chopped like the Asians do.
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March 18th, 2010 at 4:35 am
Baba Booey — If only. Now that’s a meal.
Sheila Sultani — Ha! It does look the size of a cat, now doesn’t it? It totally reminded me of the poor rabbit taking a steam in Fatal Attraction.
Marg — It is not a good picture any time of the day. And be glad it’s not the best shot either. It would have been clearer if I had a better camera. Hope you had a fun St. Patty’s Day!
SewDucky — Ah, another fan of corned beef! But doesn’t it freak you out that it’s boiling in water? Somehow I don’t mind meat in roasts, simmering in a crockpot for example. I guess because it’s in water, not meat juices. I know. I’m weird.
Daisy the Curly Cat — I know! It’s the gross color, isn’t it? BTW, I don’t eat refried beans either. Bleck!
Shieldmaiden1196 — And we should all be glad they don’t send around people as census takers anymore. Wait. They don’t, right?
Onion Kid — Grill it, fry it, burn it! It needs to have an outer coating that hides what color is on the inside.
Beamer — It sounds delicious the way you described it. I could eat it on rye w/mayo for sure. But someone would have to slice it up good for me and hide it in a sandwich first. In it’s chunky raw form, I won’t go near it.
absepa — “Oil slick” sounds so appetizing, doesn’t it? I can’t do low-carb either. Way, way too much meat on that diet. I’m just trying to reduce calories overall. It’s working OK for me and it means I can still have my delicious bread.
Pricilla — See, but that’s the difference. I bet all those ingredients are simmering in their own juices and not boiling in water. The water is what’s freaking me out. As though it was laundry or something. Bleh.
Elisha — You are a bad cook because I am too. We were dealt bad cards in the kitchen. We just have to live with it and get other people to cook for us. That’s where you should put your energy. Getting other people to make you food. Works for me!
barry knister — What’s that saying? “A picture is worth a thousand words?” like “Get your own food, woman.”
Crabby Blogging Lady — Tongue? Why, oh why, do people think to eat that part? I mean, really. What could it possibly taste like? Oh, yeah. Tongue.
SuziCate — Oh, no. Looks were not deceiving, looks were everything. I did not eat that, will not eat that, Sam I Am. He even tried to get me to have some after it sat in the fridge for a day. He claimed it looked better and more like meat after it “set up.” Um. No.
My Momma Drama — Ignorance is bliss.
Jenn of Many Cabbages — Yes, it looks like you could kill if you knocked them over the head with it. And that’s what I wanted to do to Dave for making it. It meant I had to forage for my own food that day.
Barb at WillThink4Wine — Seriously. Gimme a charred burger. I do not want to know what it looked like when it walked around once.
Jennifer — Another fan! Hey, the kids can’t have everything. Let them eat chicken nuggets for a day. And you go enjoy your boiled meat. Hats off to ya, sista!
Susan Montgomery — To disinfect it? I don’t know.
TheWordWire — “Meat paste trash now.” LMAO.
JD at I Do Things — Oh, see now, I hadn’t thought of that. The Mashed Potato Coverup. Technique used by kids for generations. Shoulda thought of that.
Lynne — You’re the second person who suggested it looked like refried beans. And why does even the name refried beans gross me out? Maybe because I think of “regurgitated beans” when I see it on a plate?
Centers and Squares — So how was your dinner? Did your meat look any better than ours?
jay — Well, that there is one way to get your veggies. If you can’t eat the protein….
meleah rebeccah — Ah, yes! BROILED meat is the way to go. I want a blackened brisket that I can’t identify as animal. Because eating meat is all about denying where any of it came from, right?
Lisa Alerity — Yep, corned beef. So, tell me, is there another way to cook that thing? Or does corned beef always need to be boiled? Inquiring minds want to know.
TheFlyontheWall — I like meat boiling, or at least simmering, in its own juices. The thing is the liquid can’t be clear. It seems less like food to me that way, and more like laundry.
Jen — Yeah, but I bet it wasn’t just in water, eh? Did you have it surrounded by other things? Did you have it simmering in a stock? This “meat in water” thing just ain’t right no how.
John J Savo — It shouldn’t be for any human consumption. Just sayin’.
Duni — And me as well!
March 18th, 2010 at 8:32 am
That looks so gross. If I saw my boyfriend cooking that, I’d have thought he killed our cat and cooked it.
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March 18th, 2010 at 9:36 am
That doesn’t look like any New England Boiled Dinner that I ever ate (which by the way is quite yummy when done right). I just stopped doing low carb – made me feel terrible. Guess I’m just meant to be chubby.
March 18th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Ok, first of all, I CANNOT believe how many of you did NOT recognize that is corned beef! Are you all living under a rock together somewhere?!? LOL… And secondly, PEOPLE – corned beef is food of the gods!!!! I am truly sad for you people that have never eaten corned beef. You are missing out, and you look like idiots for saying it’s gross. 8 gajillion people ate it yesterday for St. Patty’s day – IT’S NOT GROSS IT’S DELICIOUS! Come out from under the rock and try some!
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March 18th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Nope – goes in a big ole pot of water. That’s why it’s boiled dinner.
And it’s yummy
You gotta cover it all with water for it to boil.
I guess it’a a back East thing.
But I’m telling you it’s delicious.
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March 21st, 2010 at 1:55 pm
That looks absolutely disgusting! I have a problem gaining weight so I usually eat a lot of carbs just to maintain weight. I did switch to organic meat though and I honestly do feel better. The only problem is that it’s more expensive.
March 24th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
That looks like something my dad bought. He said he found round BEEF on sale, I look at the package it says ground MEAT. As in take a guess as to what is in there. It was so gross.