In 2020 a field researcher from Portugal described in writing a unique occlupanid-like microsyntheran, one that attached itself to sausages and other meat products. Despite these tantalizing details, no specimen was sent, and the trail went cold. But a recent discovery in Vermont has confirmed that such meat-focused pseudocclupanids do exist, an exciting prospect. It was found attached to the twisted plastic end of a McKenzie brand sausage by field researcher A. Lehman, during the preparation of breakfast sandwiches at a local bakery. Currently it is the only described member of Family Carnistiriae (“meat icicle”), though it is hoped that our international correspondents in the Iberian Peninsula can help increase our knowledge of these mysterious entities.