![]() ![]() "People have said they can help, but this is all I’m currently doing." "I am currently at a hospital, as poison control suggested they test the black parts - as I ate a bowl," Karp told TODAY on Tuesday afternoon. Most importantly, nothing new from General Mills since they asked me to send them the shrimp tails that they had tried to convince me was sugar.īut he is actively trying to get to the bottom of the situation, especially because consuming rat droppings can be potentially harmful to his health. I am going to get the black stuff tested today, and also going to talk to the Costco. The other bag looked like it was taped up with clear packing tape and had what appeared to be a loose string of dental floss inside, the photos of which Karp also posted to Twitter.ĪM UPDATE: I feel fine. In shock, Karp inspected the cereal further with the help of Fishel, who he said "has a stronger stomach" than he. He found the alleged shrimp tails in one of the bags. Along with the shellfish remains, Karp told TODAY Food there were also little black specks resembling rat droppings baked into the squares and some green pea-sized thing.Īccording to Karp, he and his wife, former "Boy Meets World" star Danielle Fishel, purchased a family pack of the cereal at a Costco in Woodland Hills, California. That's when he saw cinnamon-crusted shrimp tails swimming around the bag. After eating a bowl, Karp went to pour a second for he and his young son to share. It's a shrimp tail - an empty shrimp tail coated in toasty bits.Īt least that's what Jensen Karp, the Los Angeles-based comedian, writer and dad, claims he discovered Monday. But then, what's that? Is it a sugar cluster? A misguided square? No. Toss in the fried shrimp and plate it up with a garnish of cinnamon toast crunch bits, a sliced serrano chili and some lime wedges.Īndy Lunique, a marketer and former chef, also posted his Cinnamon Toast Crunch-crusted creation, to which Karp responded, "Honestly, would still eat this.Ah, it's morning and time to pour a nice bowl of sweet Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Put the glaze in a sauce pot with some orange zest. Then fry 'em up in boiling oil.īroil a chunk of pineapple and a habanero pepper and blend it well with a pinch of salt, white vinegar and lots of honey. Īdd the cereal and some ground ginger to a food processor.ĭip raw shrimp in egg white, then into the cereal mixture until well coated. This is how Scherer made what we're calling. While cinnamon and shrimp may be a more jarring combo, the premise for this recipe is not all that bad. Jeff Mauro's Honey-Nut Cereal Chicken Fingers by Jeff Mauro Jeff Mauro's kid-friendly chicken fingers coated in Honey Nut Cereal, for example, are crunchy, sweet, tender and delicious. “To save their company, Cinnamon Toast Crunch needs to make cereal classy again, and what’s classier than shrimp?” one tweeter wrote.īefore sharing how Scherer made this dish (for all the people who maintained their appetites after seeing Karp's reports of shellfish and fecal matter "cooked" into his cereal), let's just say that cereal can be a very good substitute for bread crumbs when frying proteins. And by encore, we mean people creating memes and cooking demos transforming the Karps' plight into real recipes and fake campaigns. Just as folks at home began to feel like maybe this viral news thread was puttering out, tweeters performed an encore. The latest is that Karp mailed the corporation some samples of the shrimp and will also have a third-party test bits of objects to determine whether they're really shrimp. The cereal's parent company General Mills is investigating the situation but holds the stance that the mishap must have happened after leaving its facility. ![]() In the three bags purchased from a Costco in Los Angeles, Karp and his wife, Danielle Fishel, also found what looked like rat droppings and dental floss. On Tuesday, Karp told TODAY Food he was in the hospital being tested after consuming a bowl of the cereal. On the light side of news this week has been the overwhelmingly persistent tale - or rather, tail - of comedian and producer Jensen Karp finding shrimp remains in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal.
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