Food concerns

[Kindly Refrain]

It really irks me and grosses me out when I look into a mayonnaise jar and somebody has used a mustardy knife to get some mayonnaise leaving mustard traces glopped in with the mayo. What are your concerns about food?

[fizzgig]

1. when my husband puts the empty oj carton back into the fridge

i hate being faked out like that

[Kali]

24. arrgggg this is mine too

we make sun tea in gallon jars, but have a couple plastic pitchers for the fridge

I hate when you grab a clean class and the pitcher only has a bout 1/4 or 1/3 glass worth in it. So you get the scum/backwash from the bottom of the pitcher, a dirty glass, and you have to go bring a new warm jar in and make a new batch (we lightly sweeten). Oh an then there is never any ice.

[fizzgig]

29. of course there's never ice

mine has left one cracker in the box and put it back in the cupboard

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. Mine never puts anything back.

I can track his food prep in one look all over the counter...opened mayonaise jar, lid who knows where, loaf of bread lying open, sandwich meat lying open.
and if he DOES put anything back, you can be sure it is almost gone/empty.

[fizzgig]

35. mine will put food away

but he will walk past the dishwasher to put his dishes in the sink

[Kali]

32. and that one cracker is STALE

because they didn't even fold over the inside plastic bag one bit, or close the box!

[fizzgig]

34. yup

our bread goes stale a lot because he just wads the top of the bag together and the plastic clippy thing never stays on. damn good thing i love him

[Bertha Venation]

2. Since I eat a strand or two of cat hair with everything (it is unavoidable in our house),

not much bothers me anymore.

[HappyMe]

4. ..

That would completely gross me out.

[Bertha Venation]

9. One becomes inured to the things one cannot avoid.

Said by a wise woman of my acquaintance. *looks in mirror*

[fizzgig]

5. sounds like my house

[Bertha Venation]

8. fizzi, where did you get that?

I love it. I also like the font -- looks like Walt Disney's handwriting.

[fizzgig]

14. i'd seen something on facebook and just googled it

it's a kitchen towel on etsy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/66059738/cat-hair-is-a-condiment-towel-kitchen

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. oh goodie..another excuse to go shop Etsy!

My favorite shopping place.

[Flaxbee]

11. don't you wonder what your lungs look like? I am convinced I have fully-furred lungs

... the amount of cat hair that builds up in filters, in fur-tumbleweeds around the house, etc..
I just know my innards are furry.

[Bertha Venation]

12. Oh, hell yeah

And since it seems I'm destined for a bladder lift, I'm sure the first thing the surgeon will do is pull out a hairball.

[Quantess]

3. People who leave food bits in the sink.

I usually end up scooping it out. So gross!

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Peanut butter stuck on knifes...spoons.

Placed in the sink for me to wash.

[Kindly Refrain]

7. Peanut butter on a knife needs to be scrubbed

Can't just leave it in glass of water to dissolve.

[HopeHoops]

16. Actually, if you put a little dish soap in the glass and stir it with the peanutbutter knife,...

... then let it sit an hour or so it makes the scrubbing WAY easier.

[undeterred]

10. It concerns me that a lot of what is passed off to us as food isn't really food at all.

[HopeHoops]

17. You mean like McDonalds?

[undeterred]

18. and Twinkies

[HopeHoops]

21. Who accused twinkies of being a food?

[DainBramaged]

33. Long after we're gone there will be Twinkies (WATCH TILL THE END)

[JoeyT]

13. People that lick

the knife or spoon then reuse it in a condiment or dish.

My only concern is that one day it'll turn violent before I can stop myself. Hate. That. So. Much.

[HopeHoops]

15. Opening a container and finding it's blue. There aren't many foods that SHOULD be blue.

[Kindly Refrain]

25. Recently bought a quart of half and half

Expiration date was Oct 30. Wife opens it up, it's bad. Like solid chunky bad. She told me to flush it down the toilet. I try to but the absolute foul stench is overwhelming. I mean, more so than anything that actually should be going in the toilet.

[HopeHoops]

28. That's a common hazard. People put stuff in the cart and then put it back way too later.

Or they change their minds at the checkout and a clerk puts it back. You have NO idea how long they've been exposed to un-refrigerated conditions. It's not the store's fault. I put it in the category with people who open jars to sample the contents (with their fingers) and put them back on the shelf. As for the half and half, run it down the garbage disposal with a cup of white vinegar. That will do the trick.

[noamnety]

19. Ooooh, thanks for this thread!

It reminded me I need to make a new batch of kombucha today!

[aikoaiko]

20. This is why I prefer to squirt my mayo

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[Kindly Refrain]

26. Oh sorry, that irks me too.

Except for ketchup. And I really hate the forced gravity bottles when it comes to squeeze bottles which they all are now.

[rrneck]

22. Peanut butter in the refrigerator. nt

[crunch60]

40. I always keep my homemade peanut butter in the frig, keeps longer and doesn't

go rancid. Course it takes me a month or so to eat a one lb. jar of peanut butter.

[rrneck]

42. As long as you can get it out of the jar

and not destroy the bread spreading it. But I skilled enough to do homemade. Jif Super Chunk turns to concrete.

[grasswire]

23. the classic, of course, is drinking from the milk carton

I don't live with anyone who does that anymore, but it is the grossest of gross!!

Enzymes from saliva start breaking down the milk.

Disgusting!!

[Kindly Refrain]

27. see post #25

[LiveNudePolitics]

36. Community food

really skeeves me out. I cannot eat from a community bowl of nuts, chips and pretzels, can't get over the idea that somebody probably has dirty hands!

[GoneOffShore]

37. Mayonnaise has mustard in it.

Just mix it in.

Sheesh...

[YankeyMCC]

38. No matter where I hide

the last cream soda in the fridge my son finds it before I get to it.

[fizzgig]

41. that should be a groundable offense

[riderinthestorm]

39. No food concerns at my house. Way too many people, pets, guests....

I simply don't dwell on it. Any of it.

So what if a guest left the lid off the butter and it looks suspiciously like a cat's been licking off the top? Ignore it!

Nobody knows I let the animals lick the plates clean before I put them in the dishwasher either!

That suspicious looking bit of parmesan? Into the compost bin! (and the rest into the tuna noodle casserole!)

Is that icky grape jelly bits in the PB? Or the delicious home-made blueberry jam? No matter - the kid gets it spread onto the sandwich with nary a worry from me even though she'd cringe with horror at the intermixing of processed fruit!

I've brought fresh biscuits out to the farrier and his apprentices (who are working on muck encrusted hooves!) and they dig into the biscuits, jam and butter without washing their hands. Nobody blinks or cringes.

I am way over food concerns. Everyone has to eat a pound of dirt before they die (as my late FIL used to say. And as a WWII vet, I believe him). I'm not fussy anymore.

Come on over and I'll dish you up a PLATE of something yummy!

[LWolf]

43. That mayonnaise exists.

Disgusting stuff. Ketchup too.