Posted on 10/05/2018 9:27:00 AM PDT by Leaning Right
We surveyed dozens of people in the restaurant biz on what they never, ever touch, whether its to avoid outrageous markup, food poisoning, or germ minefields. Watch for these offenders.
The iceberg wedge salad is one of the industrys biggest rip-offs. Take into account that iceberg lettuce is about 98 percent water, and its easy to see why. Its marked up at least 20 times, says Peter Chastain, executive chef and owner of Californias Prima Ristorante. Plus, germs can hide inside lettuces cracks, corners, and edges.
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When I have a steak and baked potato I always get an ice berg salad with blue cheese dressing. Costs nothing extra
Iorderfried chicken at a little place that makes the best
These guys dont want to eat out. Fine let em stay at home
Does that really qualify as food?
Right, occasionally some nut will intentionally do something. I recall a story several years ago here in New York City about a homeless guy at a deli who was caught throwing urine into the trays.
And a few months ago at a Whole Foods supermarket here I saw a homeless woman in a wheelchair picking food out of the trays with her bare hands and eating it right there. Felt sorry for her, but still.
Here’s my list
Meat covered with sauces.
Fresh Seafood (if more than 100 miles from the sea). Frozen is okay.
Salads (I don’t trust the prep)
The Raw Bar (hepetites)
The chocolate fountain (aahhchooo...)
Mashed potatoes, whole baked only. No fries, tots, country, or hashed.
As for meat... if I can’t recognize it on the plate and I didn’t make it, I don’t order it.
Pasta sauces with meat in it.
Pizza’s are always vegetable and cheese.
Eggs will be flat and well done.
Waffles, but not pancakes. With fruit compote, jam, or honey. No syrup.
gravy
Yep. That is why so many people are allergic to almost everything. Their parents kept them in the house and made them stay clean all day long.
When kids would be made to stay outside and play they would come home covered from head to toe in dirt. Moms would hose them down with the garden hose before letting them inside.
Getting dirty and being outside and with others from very early ages helps build up a person's immune system.
What kind of imbecile would pay money to eat meatloaf!
Eggs over easy. Always order scrambled hard.
My homemade all beef meatloaf happens to be delicious. And so is Cracker Barrel’s. Even Stouffers frozen meatloaf is pretty good. Other than that (and the school lunch lady meatloaf in the 60’s), I’d have to be suspicious. And none of that beef/pork/veal/turkey/lamb mixture nonsense, either, for crying out loud. If I want mystery meat, I’ll buy a gyro kit.
Anything at chipotle
A good rule is anything bigger than your head.
So THIS is what replaced “I Am Jane’s Ovary” and “Can We Trust Bermuda?”
Fish on a Monday or Tuesday.
My rule is that I don’t eat at places with sneeze guards.
You are correct.
In college microbiology class we did an experiment taking several restaurant foods blending them down then smearing a small sample onto a petre dish. Pizza hut had the least amount of bacteria grow on the culture. Taco Bell had the most. Since the whole pizza is baked most bacteria is killed if it is served right away. Taco Bell everything is laying out in the open exposed to anything.
Order the meatloaf at the Bellagio made with beef, veal and pork. You may change your mind.
That right there is the reason I almost never dine “out”. “Jesse Sauce” is too available to malcontent food ‘service’ workers. No thank you...........
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