Holographic beef!

[DarkHand]

I'm halfway through my beef sandwich just now when I see some reddish stuff on it. I look closer and it's gone. I get about a third of the way through when I see it again. So I pull out a slice...

And my damn beef sandwich is shimmering!

It's like the effect on a credit card hologram, or a CD. All the beef is infused with a coppery sheen that is invisible unless it's held at a sharp angle, and only in one direction. My boss just looked too and it's plainly visible to him as well, it's not just my eyes.

WTF did I just eat??

 

[AHHVTEC]

greese

 

[DarkHand]

greese

I thought that at first too... But it's not a slight color change, it's coppery and makes the dark brown beef as pink as a salmon when held at the right angle. I've found pieces of beef that shimmer in green, yellow and blue, too. You can see a grainy texture when you look close, like a metallic powder was in the water it was cooking in.

 

[vanillakilla]

yeah roast beef does that sometimes especially the stuff that is prepackaged.

 

[AHHVTEC]

dude i would call someone that just dont sound right there should be a number on the pack somewere, and hey look on the bright side if it dont kill you, you will be rich

 

[Celerity]

Yellow cake.

Curium

Isotope I-125

chloro-hydrocarbons

Phosphorus

Shit, can be any of these.

 

[DarkHand]

Yellow cake.

Curium

Isotope I-125

chloro-hydrocarbons

Phosphorus

Shit, can be any of these.

I prefer the grease theory, but thanks for that.

 

[801CRX]

WTF?
Metalic beef, thats crazy I have never heard of that or seen it.
Maybe it was a gay cow, I mean you did say there was all kinds of colors in it.

 

[Turbo&Auto]

I know exactly what you're talking about, its freaked me out before too. Holographic beef is scarey shit

 

[DarkHand]

After a bit of research, it does seem to be a common thing, you guys were right that it is the grease reflecting off the beef, oilslick-fashion... I've never seen or heard of it before.

What is the metallic-looking, multi-colored sheen that you often see with sliced roast beef ?

Well I'm awake now, at least.

 

[posol]

you will turn into a mad cow in T-minus 34 hours

 

[jamesA]

Arby's roast beef does that too. If you slice it as thin as it's supposed to be (Arby's training says you should be able to put it on a piece of newspaper and read the article underneath it). It'll shimmer like that while it's still moist.

It's perfectly healthy.