Made a pot roast and when I lifted the meat out, there were these weird stringy white threads clinging to it and floating in the liquid. They’re almost like tiny worms but not moving. Is my meat conta

 

Seeing white, thread-like strands floating around your pot roast can be unsettling, but they’re usually nothing more than natural connective tissue or separated muscle fibers. These components break down during slow cooking and may temporarily appear as stringy threads before dissolving further into gelatin.

Unless there were clear signs of spoilage before cooking, your meat is very unlikely to be contaminated.

In other words: strange-looking, perhaps—but almost certainly safe.