On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:11:29 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 10/13/2019 2:52 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 10/12/2019 9:30 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> Our local newspaper publishes the results of the previous week
>>> inspections by the health department.* Most of the violations are
>>> minor and corrected at the time of visit by the inspector.* Things
>>> like raw food stored over cooked food, lack of a sign, no record of
>>> training. Occasionally there will be the more serious like rodent
>>> droppings or insects.* A few months ago, one place was so bad they
>>> shut it down.
>>>
>> Back in the 1990's when there was a local TV show that announced the
>> results of restaurant inpsections.* There was a little cafeteria type
>> place in the building where I worked.* I and co-workers would stop in
>> there to pick up something for breakfast.
>>
>> Saw on TV how they'd found roaches and who knows what in the kitchen.
>> Big fail by the health department.* It was shut down immediately
>> afterwards.
>>
>> Dang... I had to figure out how to make my own bacon & egg on toast
>> sandwiches
>>
>> Jill
>
>If you ever watch the TV makeover shows you get a little cautious about
>eating out at any place. Sure, a little slip-up can happen but basic
>sanitation and getting rodent control if needed is not hard.

The past few years have taught me that in reality, food hygiene
standards are whilst understandable, not actually necessary, and don't
necessarily stop food poisoning.

I wish I took pics of where we ate last night. You guys would have a
total shit-fit Absolutely delicious food, all ingredients fresh
that day. Open kitchen, with a dirt floor (in fact the whole place is
open, no doors or walls). Old broken cement sink, impossible to truly
clean hygienically. No refrigeration (other than for drinks). Rats?
Lots of them (although I didn't spot one last night). The only time
I've been sick from eating food was in Australia, FWIW.