Wendy's New Yakuza Chili

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Needless to say I skipped the Chili burger at Wendy's in Ebisu today.

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Woman eating chili bites into human finger

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By Brian Skoloff
AP

March 24, 2005 | San Jose, Calif. -- A woman bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit.

The incident occurred Tuesday night at a San Jose Wendy's restaurant and left the customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department.

"She was so emotionally upset once she found out what it was," Alexiou said. "She was vomiting."

Employees at the Wendy's store were asked to show investigators their fingers after the Tuesday night incident. All employees' digits were accounted for, officials said, adding that the well-cooked finger may have come from a food processing plant that supplies the company.

"All of our employees have ten digits," said Denny Lynch, a spokesman for Wendy's International Inc., based in Dublin, Ohio. He said there have been no reports to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of injuries at any supplier of chili ingredients to Wendy's.

"By law, you can't hide that sort of stuff," Lynch said. "All of our chili suppliers report no accidents."

Investigators seized the remaining chili and closed the restaurant for a few hours late Tuesday.

Health officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 1/2 inches long. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.

Alexiou said the woman, who asked officials not to identify her, is at minimal risk of contracting illnesses from the finger.

"It's an extremely low chance because the chili was cooked at a very high temperature that would have killed anything in the finger," Alexiou said. Still, she said health officials would ask the woman's doctor to test

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Wendy's Introduces Low-Carb Cannibalism

Written by Eloquent_Prattle

Wendy's prides itself on fresh ingredients, including human fingers
In an effort to maintain their position as a leader in the fast food world, Wendy's is expanding their healthy menu to include human body parts. "We're excited about our new line of 'finger food'", explained Wendy's spokesperson, Bart Thomas, who is no relation to Dave Thomas. "Human flesh is actually extremely low carb and packed with nutritious vitamins!"

Wendy's introduced their "Finger Food Chili" on Tuesday, which contains human fingers. "I wasn't sure what I was eating at first, but after spitting it out, I realized it was a human finger!" Says Donna Williams of San Francisco, California, the introduction site for Wendy's new healthy campaign. "I was disgusted at first, but after I learned I could lose weight and lower my cholesterol through cannibalism, it didn't seem like such a sick idea!" full story here

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Adds a whole new dimension to that old KFC slogan, "Finger lickin' good!"