I Tried a Side of Hair With My Meatballs

Today is my dad’s 50th birthday, so I, my brother, and his fiancée Rachel planned a surprise party which was quite a hit! After a weekend of cleaning the house, shopping, and running around like a banshee woman (party planning at its best), it was nice to sit down and eat some good food with friends and family. One of the foods that I had been looking forward to enjoying was my Grandma Rosie’s meatballs, which are the best I’ve ever had. Seriously. The best.

As I forked the first meatball and lifted it up to my mouth, I noticed a thick, curly gray hair dangling from the meatball. Sadly, my meatball moment was ruined. Now I’m sure that I just got unlucky and that there weren’t any other hairs, but hair in my food is something that I am repulsed by. Not only would I not be able to eat that meatball, but I probably wouldn’t be able to enjoy any of the other food on my plate. So I was left pondering…exactly how many hairs does the average person consume without seeing/knowing?

To answer this question, I got online and searched the all-knowing Google. Unfortunately, I did not find anything (if you do…please inform me, I’m curious). I did, however, find an article that is even more disturbing.

Did you know that bread products contain human hair? Well, not exactly…let’s rip out a person’s hair and mix it in the dough. But there is a protein called L-Cysteine that is found in human hair…that is put in bread…eck and ugh.

All I have to say is…thank God I don’t eat bread anymore (thanks South Beach Diet).