A woman was stunned after finding a whole potato in a packet of Tesco Finest crisps.
Anna Elliott, from Belfast, pulled out the fist-sized spud from a packet of the sea salt and cider vinegar crisps while on a boat trip.
The crisps were bought by her pal Erin Savage, 36, a civil servant from Kilclief, County Down on August 1 in Belfast.
She said: "It was my friend Anna who lifted it out of the bag, we had been wondering why the crisps were soggy."
Erin posted a light-hearted poem about the discovery on Tesco's community Facebook page.
The lengthy poem concluded: "A whole spud, can you believe it/The size of my fist lying in the middle of my mit./Perfectly cooked and covered in flavour/Bet if I bit into it, it would be a taste I'd savour."
She added: "Our picnic was railroaded and I'll never get it back/So please make sure in future all the potatoes are well cut in the sack."
A picture with the post shows Anna holding the potato with one hand and the packet with the other.
Another image shows the spud resting on Erin's hand, and covers most of her palm.
Tesco's customer service team penned a hilarious poetic response, in which it wrote: "If you like to send me details I'll sort this problem out/Your address and email will do for a shout/That's about it and hope you see/We are really sorry about this poor escapee."
Joe Trent responded online with an attempt at a limerick, writing: "Erin and her mate to sea scoffing a bag of crisps/She bit into a spud then had a good blub/and now it has come to this."
Eddie Docherty commented: "I recognise him. Sam Spud!"
In 2015, an Aldi customer from Mildenhall, Suffolk, found a whole potato in his pack of steak and onion crisps - and nothing else.
Richard Bootman said he initially thought it was "a ball of soggy crisps", but then soon realised what it was.
Aldi later apologised and offered Richard a full refund.
