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Unsanitary practice

Lyzz — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:47:32 GMT

The George Foreman spokeswoman put the lid of the grill on the floor then put it back on the grill with the food in it. Eewww gross! Is this practice prevalent when we are not looking?

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SharkE — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:49:51 GMT

LOL No telling what your eating and how it's been prepared when you go out to eat even in a fine restaurant. It's all a gamble.

Best you can do is keep up with the Health Dept. reviews in your paper under 'Inspection Reports'.

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millieshops — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:52:26 GMT

@LyzzAs long as the cooks in the restaurant where I'm going for dinner tonight don't do that, I'm okay.

Do people do that in real life where the food is actually going to be eaten? I hope not, but I suspect lots of food on all sort of food shows, magazine shots, etc. is not fit for consumption for many reasons.

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Carmie — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:53:01 GMT

Doesn't bother me. The food is for demo purposes only. No one has to eat it unless they want to) Most of the demo food is thrown out anyway.

I have seen worse.

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dex — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:17:55 GMT

My nephew ordered a meal in a bar.The meal came with a very stale recycled bun that included a message from a previous diner...apparently that diner scribbled a note about the staleness on a piece of napkin and tucked it into the bun.We never really know what we are getting unless we prepare it ourselves.

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Frau K — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:18:20 GMT

I worked in the food industry my whole career. I’ve always known the rules. My DH and I are good friends with a couple we travel with and go to restaurants on a regular basis. Rarely do we cook or go to each other’s house. They invited us on the last 4th of July for a cookout. The steaks and burgers were put back on the same plate they were on before cooking. That is a huge no-no! I did not eat meat that day. I think a lot of people not in the food industry simply don’t know.

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bikerbabe — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:23:55 GMT

It’s a shopping channel product demo, not a restaurant.

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goldensrbest — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:31:20 GMT

@Frau K wrote:
I worked in the food industry my whole career. I’ve always known the rules. My DH and I are good friends with a couple we travel with and go to restaurants on a regular basis. Rarely do we cook or go to each other’s house. They invited us on the last 4th of July for a cookout. The steaks and burgers were put back on the same plate they were on before cooking. That is a huge no-no! I did not eat meat that day. I think a lot of people not in the food industry simply don’t know.

That really is just common sense not to do that.

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Its Me LuLuBelle2 — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:50:02 GMT

I was watching a cooking show a few weeks ago (don't remember who it was), but the chef was preparing raw chicken (put his fingers in the small salt bowl right after pounding out the chicken and salted it). Then moved onto veggies and again using the same salt bowl (now contaminated with raw chicken) salted them. Ugh. What's wrong with good old salt shakers?

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Its Me LuLuBelle2 — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:52:03 GMT

@Lyzz, btw welcome to the boards!

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Venezia — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:53:47 GMT

Since I'm not going to be eating any of the food in a QVC demo, I'm not too worried about it.

Did the lid of the grill actually touch the food being prepared? I don't watch cooking shows, so I wouldn't know. One thing I do know - I've seen worse (and I don't mean on QVC).

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WindingRoad — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:54:39 GMT

@Its Me LuLuBelle2 I've picked up on stuff like that on TV too. It's amazing that more people don't get seriosly ill from eating out.

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luvzchiz — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:55:08 GMT

@dexEweeee!

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:57:35 GMT

I have complained for months about the Q's unsanitary practices.

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WindingRoad — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:04:10 GMT

@bikerbabe wrote:
It’s a shopping channel product demo, not a restaurant.

It certainly wouldn't hurt to follow sanitary food prep practices. They are supposed to be professionals or have some credentials I believe.

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Mersha — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:57:12 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
Doesn't bother me. The food is for demo purposes only. No one has to eat it unless they want to) Most of the demo food is thrown out anyway.

I have seen worse.

@Carmie Wolfgang Puck working on HSN comes to mind.

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Frau K — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:08:38 GMT

goldensrbest, you would think.....

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VanSleepy — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:18:38 GMT

I always see Rachael Ray touch raw meat, wipe her hands on a towel and continue on. I hope she's washing them and it's edited out

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Eileen in Virginia — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:50:17 GMT

@Its Me LuLuBelle2 wrote:
I was watching a cooking show a few weeks ago (don't remember who it was), but the chef was preparing raw chicken (put his fingers in the small salt bowl right after pounding out the chicken and salted it). Then moved onto veggies and again using the same salt bowl (now contaminated with raw chicken) salted them. Ugh. What's wrong with good old salt shakers?

I was watching a food show on QVC a few years ago with a new vendor (I can’t remember who it was). Before seasoning the meat, the vendor took a spoon and put a little salt and pepper on the cutting board. When the host gave him a funny look, he explained that he didn’t want to risk contaminating the salt and pepper bowls. That was a first.

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lovesrecess — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 21:26:52 GMT