Posted on 01/24/2024 9:38:52 AM PST by DallasBiff
Is there anything more disconcerting than being asked to sign a waiver before tucking into a hamburger?
An American visitor to Toronto shocked hundreds of Reddit users last week by sharing that he was asked to sign a waiver when he ordered a medium-cooked hamburger at a Hilton hotel restaurant.
“She brought it and it looked great! When I had my first bite she brought me a release form and said we always make our burgers well done, but since you wanted it medium … you should sign this.”
The poster said that upon the special “medium” request, the waiter informed the man that the only burger option was well done and requested them to sign the form.
The form stated it would clear the hotel restaurant against any claims for damages related to any foodborne illnesses arising from the medium-cooked burger.
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Just a necessary lawyer repellent nowadays.
In my younger days, I would eat at hotel restaurants. Now I would much prefer to just fast.
Says a lot about Canada. Just too darn nice for the revolution they need.
“I would never eat a hamburger not well done.”
I like hamburgers well done, too. They taste like they aren’t going to have me sitting on the toilet while heaving my guts out. But, to each their own, so if you want it, have it, although I cannot blame the restaurant for protecting itself.
Two options.
I leave on the spot.
I eat the burger without signing any paper.
“Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)”
I thought cooking wouldn’t save you from those prions. It’s got to be around 900F to destroy them.
Same shit with phony ADA claims...one guy made millions suing California small businesses when their bathroom mirrors were not at the "correct" height for people in wheelchairs.
PS: I've eaten and enjoyed all three. Never a problem (so far).
I know a guy who used to eat raw hamburger out of the package. He never got sick. Most food illnesses is from bad handling. I always eat a properly cooked medium rare burger. Anything else is essentially raw. I appreciate places that will still not get retarded over cooking the burger to my temperature.
I always get steak medium rare, anything else is burnt.
I would just sign as Inigo Montoya on the form though.
Too many scumbags suing people nowadays.
Cooking will not sterilize prion diseases. Prions are some of the hardiest pathogens around.
“High concentrations of active chlorine in an autoclave over time (e.g., 20,000–25,000 ppm of sodium hypochlorite for 30 min to 1 h) have been shown to be effective against multiple strains of prions.”
Messes up your hamburger meat, however.
I also use that phrase regularly, to good effect. A few others I've used:
Haven't ever had a bad burger or steak yet using the above. OTOH, I've been cursed with some horrendously overcooked items over the years when I've forgotten to specify. "Rare, please." "Are you sure, sir?" "Yes, but if you can't serve it rare, I'll settle for raw and a Zippo."
I LIKE that one! Mind if I steal it and add it to my list above (#32)?
NO ONE believed in overcooking hamburger prior to 2010. Then the government decided “safety” required all hamburgers to be cooked to 160 degrees plus - a temp that destroys the bacteria within 10 seconds.
I ate thousands of hamburgers and never burnt them like that. My Dad would have died of shame. Never got sick eating a hamburger either. From bad seafood in restaurants? Yes. Hamburgers? Never.
Best temp IMHO for a burger is no more than 125. 160 is charcoal.
How do you like your steak cooked?
Rare.
How rare?
So the side of horseradish makes it sneeze.
5.56mm
Faganada.
Exactly so. I have not tried fugu, but I eat sashimi salmon weekly (and occasionally ahi) and have never had an issue. Our local Wegman's market (Upstate NY) has a great sushi counter that I trust. The salmon claims to be from New Zealand and arrives frozen; it's usually good for at least two days after thawing. One time I inadvertently let a serving sit in the fridge for three days and it smelled unholy so I tossed it, but that was entirely my own fault.
Baked salmon is good, grilled salmon is sublime, but raw salmon with real wasabi and a touch of soy is the best.
I would have signed something like “Hellary Clinton” of Nanzi Pelosi.”
LOL - heck yeah!
I like to kind of have to chase it around the plate a little.
A medium burger or steak taste wise is great.
BUT....when i see that pink i think RAW.
Grosses me out.
I always order well done..
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