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I'd be interested to know how many of you witnessing such unsanitary things (like handling money and then touching food, or wiping a spatula on a trash can and then serving food) actually said something about it before (or instead of) hightailing it out of there. One time, at my restaurant, the kitchen manager (who is mr. food safety) slipped and tasted some food from the steam table for seasoning, and then didn't wash his hands before helping with a to-go order. The to-go customer saw him do that, asked for new food, and he had the opportunity to apologize and remind us all to be extra careful, like he usually is.

Also, it sounds like a lot of people have problems with gloves, when really what it is is misuse of gloves. You can't tell me that you wouldn't want us to wear plastic gloves when handling raw chicken! I can say right now that if I were to skip using gloves when handling raw meat, the juices would surely seep into the cracks in my hands (that come from washing my hands too much).

An interesting question, because I would assume the issue would be trying to get people in the midwest to change their brand of peanut butter, not the way they eat it. Most everyone I know (here in MN and otherwise) has THEIR brand that their mom gave them when they were little--and it's always either Jif or Skippy. Then, smooth or chunky.

(Me? I go for the all natural co-op salted chunky. But I was raised on smooth Skippy)

Since my "office" is a restaurant kitchen, NOTHING is banned (woohoo!). In fact, @biminitwst, since collard greens are on the menu, that's one of the most prevalent smells in our restaurant.

However, in my first year of University when I lived at the dorms, during the awkward first week of everyone getting to know each other in such cramped quarters, there was a moment when everyone peeked out of their doors, thinking that our wing's bathroom had exploded, when really it was just some girl cooking broccoli in the microwave. It was immediately banned from our floor. The girl next door to me that year used to make Easy Mac [ugh], and then put strange, greasy looking canned venison on top. I used to wish that was banned, too.

blech fakey desserts like this one shouldn't be on s.e. because they aren't. food.

@joeqboo: when you open, can i work for you? i feel the same way.

just this morning i had sushi i'd made last night for breakfast. (not to worry; no fish--just spicy avocado!).

and yesterday, before i'd even made it to work, i pulled my dessert out of the lunch i'd packed and ate that for breakfast (lemon curd on sourdough). so naturally, i had to go buy a pastry after lunch.

I didn't technically "steal" the food--I paid for it, it just wasn't the right price. A grocery store that I frequent near my apartment has started to carry this new line of AMAZING artisan breads. I stood in front of the bread case a couple weeks ago, agonizing over whether or not I should splurge on a $5.99 cute little sourdough loaf (and "little" means that it would be about four servings). I decided to treat myself, and got some other groceries as well. When the checkout person rang me up, he glanced at it and said, "Just a roll, right?" and not understanding exactly what he meant, I nodded. The price for "just a roll?" $.79! I saved over $5.00! I could've stopped him and not cheated or "stolen," but I figured it was a one-time deal that I'd never get again.
And, now that I've written about it, I feel guilty. Argh.