A woman has confessed to inadvertently feeding her grandma dog food after she mistook it for minced meat.
Admitting her truth on Reddit, the woman explained how her sister had been storing raw dog food in their auntie’s freezer after spending the day at their house.
She told her auntie to use it up on her own dog to save her the trouble of having to cart it back to her own house.
But, months later, the raw dog food was still sealed up in a bag in the freezer.
That was until her 88-year-old grandma decided to cook a meal for two, using what she thought was frozen minced meat.
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The woman said: “My granny decided to cook and thought my auntie put that food there - and she used it up since it had been in there for some time.
“She sliced up some ginger, garlic and all the usual Chinese sauces, served it with rice and some bok choy.”
It wasn’t until the sisters paid their next visit when they realised what had happened.
“When we went to visit, my auntie told my sister they ate the meat she left there because they thought it would go bad - and that it tasted kind of bland,” she added.
“After some confusion, my sister remembered and that was the day my granny and auntie ate dog food.”
It is unknown whether the pair admitted the truth to their grandma and auntie - or whether it has become a family secret.
However, they have been reassured by other users who have confessed to similar things happening within their own households.
One user admitted: “I ate puppy treats and role played as a dog when I was a kid.”
While another user said: “My grandfather-in-law actually ate dog snacks.
"We found him in the kitchen eating some and we told him what it was and he thought they were good anyway.
"I can't imagine, I figured they'd be too salty.”
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