A liitle advice from yer ol' uncle Cheech

Publix subs it is then ayyyyy ? How about tropical smoothie?

 

good lookin out cheech. gross!

 

damn. arbys for lunch.

 

Science is so wonderful, unless its part of your lunch. Gross.

 

Well, I mean, I'm not expecting much from Golden Corral. Seriously though, if you're worried about food safety just cook at home. I worked as a line cook for a while...I've seen sketchy stuff happen everywhere from a crappy Mexican joint to fine dining. The stuff I'd hear from the Sysco drivers about Chinese restaurants was horrifying. And there are a lot of line cooks who are oblivious to microbiology.

 

I think I have only had fast food once in the last 5 years. I worked at Burger King when I was 15. I would encourage everyone to avoid BK. I am not even sure how that stuff is considered food.

 

Then there is this: http://thechive.com/2013/04/25/mcdonalds-meals-age-like-a-fine-wine-4-photos/

That's a sh1tton of preservatives.

 

Just watch Bar Rescue on Spike and you'll see all you need to know about public dining establishments. It's incredible what goes on, and it's everywhere, not just dive bars or fast food joints, it's the "nice" places too. Working as a cook in my teens was eye opening, seeing what others will do in a kitchen and then serve you. I still eat out, but I only order certain things from certain places, still not safe, but I try not to think about it. Eating at home is the best way to go to avoid it, we do a lot of that these days, but sometimes you just wanna night out, that's when we roll the dice...

 

I like "top tier" fast food (Qdoba, Firehouse, Jimmy John's, etc.). I don't mind paying $11.00 for a meal if I know it's been made with real ingredients. But mostly I cook breakfast at home and bring a sandwich for lunch.

 

Props for the guy who shot that video, and thought more about public health then his own job.
I had a restaurant job for many years, and I think it was relatively sanitary, but when employees are getting paid minimum wage to prepare your food I would expect the worst.

 

Yeah this has always confounded me

 

+1 on giving the guy props for taking the video. It takes guts to put something out there with the possibility of being unemployed after.

As for the minimum wage thing, I don't think that makes a difference on whether someone is sanitary with your food or not, like I and others have said, it happens at the nice restaurants too, and many of the people in those places make a pretty good salary / pay check.

 

Super props to that dude.

Stopped eating fast food 10 years ago. Now I don't really even frequent restraunts much. If I do I try to stick to the organic ones. People at those places seem to care more about food preparation/ingrediants. I find cooking at home more enjoyable, cheaper, and better tasting anyways.

Heard a talk show program talk about the McRib. It contains over 70 ingrediants. There is no meat in the McRib. It's pig intestines innards including intestines (poop inside those), a binder used in styrofoam production, and a chemical preserve that is banned in many countries.

 

'I heard' seems to be your catch phrase.

 

Reminds me of the Simpsons Mcrib episode, which played on scenes from Requiem for a Dream.

I do still eat at restaurants, but I know most of the owners and chefs at these restaurants, and they serve mostly local foods. I am not really afraid of pig intestine, as I use it to case my homemade sausages, but I want nothing to do with the random stuff they use to form those fake ribs.

 

Agree with everyone. Anton that has worked in a kitchen knows what goes on. Especially in crappy fast food joints. You have young under paid employees preparing garbage.

Much more satisfying to cook. Go out less, but to higher end places that really care about their food and would fire someone on the spot for messing with it.

 

http://naturalsociety.com/mcdonalds...of-gmos-toxic-ingredients-banned-ingredients/

 

I'm curious Archy. what do you do for a living?

 

Here is a better written article: http://healthland.time.com/2011/10/27/why-lovin-the-mcrib-isnt-a-heart-smart-idea/

No offense to you, Archy, but naturalsociety articles do exaggerate things. The core info is good, but that writing is a turnoff.