Posted by bluedog on November 16, 2002, at 12:51:40
In reply to Re: All The News That's Not Fit To Print » Phil, posted by IsoM on November 15, 2002, at 17:37:30
> Appetizing, isn't it?
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She'd also seen them drop food on the floor & pick it up & use it without washing it. She was sickened & advised all friends to avoid the place.
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> I've never had food poisoning in my life & I attribute it partly to rarely eating out. At least, it's a quick way to lose weight.
Believe me what you write about is more common than you would think.I have a relative who is a maintenance contractor for commercial kitchen equipment and has seen the inside of most restaurant kitchens in the city where I live. This relative has observed the following practices in restaurants.
1. Cockroaches infesting the kitchens and food preparation areas.
2. Food being picked up off the floor and put back in the pots.
3. Food being recycled. In other words food that is uneaten by patrons being scraped off the plates and back in the main cooking pot.
4. Meat that is rancid or going green with mould being deep fried to hide this fact and then sold to patrons.
5. Chefs and cooks suffering from colds and flus coughing over food being prepared. One time my relative observed a chef wiping his running nose his hand and then simply continued handling food being prepared.
I have also rarely had food poisoning because I only eat at restaurants that my relative has given his seal of approval to. By the way the exclusivity of the restaurant does not mean that the food hygeine practices are any better. The worst practices occur at some of the most expensive restaurants.Food for Thought!!
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