Grenade found in sack of potatoes

by Joanne Lutynec (Subscribe to Joanne Lutynec's posts)
Posted Mar 1st 2007 4:02PM
Filed under: Farming, Vegetables, Italy, France

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Could you imagine putting a roast in the oven, grabbing some potatoes out of a bag and washing them, only to discover that one of them wasn't actually a potato but a live grenade? Unfortunately, that scenario was all too real for an Italian grandmother in Naples, Italy this past week.

Apparently she purchased the sack of spuds from her local market, which are believed to have originated from a farm in France. The bomb was covered in dirt and wasn't discovered until she washed it. According to police, the pine cone-shaped grenade that was "the same type used by U.S. soldiers in Europe in World War II," was missing the pin and still active. Explosives experts were contacted, and they were fortunately able to recover the bomb and safely detonate it.

I've heard many food horror stories, but this may very well be one of the most frightening. I'm hardly an expert on explosives, but I have to imagine that the lady was extremely lucky she caught it before it hit the oven.

Tags: explosives, live grenade, LiveGrenade, potato, spuds

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3-01-2007 @ 5:12PM

esmereldagrubb said...

If this were America i am SURE of a lawsuit!

3-01-2007 @ 5:15PM

Rachelle said...

Bomb de terre!

3-01-2007 @ 5:27PM

Helen said...

From what I have read, finding shells, bombs, grenades or part there of is a "relatively common" occurrence amongst potato crops from France.
Last year, one of the McCains plants in England was evacuated at least two times due to shells etc been found amongst the potatoes.

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