1) What "small thing" are you talking about? (don't answer that as its a rhetorical question).. The stuff was a gooey substance.. not a particular item or object you can pick up with a fork. When I cut into the meat, the stuff started dripping and running all over by the time I noticed it. It was smeared on the meat because my knife cut through the area. I didn't want to waste several pounds of meat that could be fed to a dog because it was a bit unappetizing to myself.
You did not say any of that in your post you said it was grape sized and and the meat all around it was fine.it sounded to me like it could have been easly removed.