Someone posted about explaining food safety to non-cooks
This is my in-laws fridge. There is almost stuff like this going on in it.
by lamegoblin
24 Comments
Infamous_Custard_661
Care to explain what’s the problem then ?
SillyWhabbit
r/FridgeDetective gives me the big ick at some of the way peeps store food.
yossanator
I visited my 78 year old step mother last week. She defrosts meat (put in a bag, just folded and plopped in the freezer for a few decades, maybe more) by placing said bag in the microwave. She doesn’t use the microwave to defrost, just puts it in there as its “safer” behind the door. WTF??? You could stick it in the bathroom cabinet for the difference it makes, but hey…
I have seen bacon juices dripping down onto unwrapped cheddar and when I go to sort it, she kicks off and starts swearing and shouting (ex journalist, so very potty mouthed).
She will buy a 15 pack of thighs and put a few in the aforementioned bags, touching every fucking thing in sight – fridge and freezer doors, drawer for bags etc, then wipe her hands on a tea towel – the one for drying dishes.
I visit her often and bring her “UN Food parcels” (I vac pack soups, casseroles, curries for her, for freezing etc, as well as do some baking – I work mainly in pastry. She lectures me on what a waste it is to pack things like this and states it’s unnecessary and food hygiene was never an issue when she was younger???
I’ve spent years, trying gently to educate her – she tells me to fuck off. She has a really posh english accent, so it makes me giggle when she’s dropping f-bombs or calling me a cunt etc. It’s nuts, but also quite funny, but the reality is it is actually serious, but she will never change.
Go figure…
MariachiArchery
I’m an adult, and I live in a super HCOL city, so I have other adult roommates.
This one dude I lived with once, also an adult, well into 30’s, kept getting sick. Like, stomach sick. He was always fucking sick, and always calling out sick to his job. Which also happened to be in food service.
One day, he heats up some sausage links in the microwave and starts eating them. Then, he’s like “these taste weird” and I took a look. They were covered in black mold. Big giant rings of black fuzzy mold. So, I told him so, that his food was super moldy and he shouldn’t eat it.
He said “what the fuck?!?! These have only been out of the freezer for like two weeks?”
…I’m not sure how some people made it this far.
EntropyCreep
I treat food safety at home vasty different than I do at work. I understand why we have procedures and regulations in the work place because your cooking for others but In my house I’m affecting me
Comprehensive_Low927
Looks safely balanced to me!
pueraria-montana
nnooooo o o o
thingsinmyhouse
Whatever that is just marinade and call it a special.
General-Heart4787
That’s one way to keep me out of the ice cream
1Greghole
Your fridge is dirty. I see the chicken. Don’t you put it in one of the produce like bags. If you know, you should teach. It’s a life skill, not a professional thing. Teach your kids to walk until after you teach them how to cook. Then you let them loose. Is that port wine cheese?
russsaa
Speaking of fridges why tf are home fridges designed with produce storage on the very bottom
standardtissue
Since when do you have to work in food service to understand gravity ?
Herm_in
What am I looking at?
hollsberry
The non-food service subreddit can be really judgement of food safety standards. The argument is usually “I do this all the time and I’ve never died.” See, I just buy small quantities of perishables at a time, use them fast, store them safe, and cook to temp. I’ve also only been sick 2x in 5 years.
Sure, unsafe practice might not kill you right away, but they might kill someone immunocompromised, and even if I don’t die, I don’t like throwing up or having the shits.
BeansAndFrankenstein
God damn makes me think of my in-laws fridge and it’s state of disease-causing items. Green salad left out for four hours two nights ago, uncovered, with a tray of raw chicken thighs resting atop?
The potato salad they took to an outdoor gathering on a 103F day, where father-in-law blatantly licked the spatula dipping into the mayonnaise jar AND used it to eat samples of it, resting next to a half an angel-food cake topped with crusty strawberries?
Or the bowl of half-eaten dog food, consisting of cut up hot dogs, dry kibble, chicken broth, and slimy saliva sitting on top of foil that has been pressed down in to the mashed potatoes underneath?
And they wonder why I never wanted to eat their food… or why they experience ‘tummy issues’ so often. (Yeah I’ve explained it to them. He ran a drive-in restaurant in the late ‘70’s / early ‘80’s and claims all that shit flew back then). 🤢
wendellbaker
My mother-in-law lives with us and occasionally cooks for us and I see her food practices and it’s very very hard for me to eat any of it because she does stuff like that all the time, or leaving frozen raw meat on the counter for hours to thaw. It’s just a strange coincidence how I’m always not hungry at the moment.
Threebeans0up
every time i see a strangers fridge i regret taking a food safety course
ditlit11134
That’s gross. I usually keep those in a pan if I’m thawing. Those tend to leak
dancingbear77
There is more health issues at home then even some of the shitiest restaurants. Most things at folks homes get way over cooked, tossed out or the folks are healthy enough to survive the stomach issues. Restaurants are a business we need to be better because we fucked if shit happens.
Timeman5
You put the container on top of the chicken duh
Hour-Requirement6489
Whyyyyy?!?!? 😫😫😫😫
UnderwaterAlienBar
My fiancé worked as a cook + still does shit like this 😭
geraltsthiccass
I found bacon on the middle shelf in my mums fridge the other day. An open, poorly wrapped pack. Beneath it was cheese, cold meat, chocolate biscuits, and some veggies. I just silently rearranged because I already know how telling her would turn out after the sponge floating in with the dishes that have been steeping in the sink for several days fiasco.
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Care to explain what’s the problem then ?
r/FridgeDetective gives me the big ick at some of the way peeps store food.
I visited my 78 year old step mother last week. She defrosts meat (put in a bag, just folded and plopped in the freezer for a few decades, maybe more) by placing said bag in the microwave. She doesn’t use the microwave to defrost, just puts it in there as its “safer” behind the door. WTF??? You could stick it in the bathroom cabinet for the difference it makes, but hey…
I have seen bacon juices dripping down onto unwrapped cheddar and when I go to sort it, she kicks off and starts swearing and shouting (ex journalist, so very potty mouthed).
She will buy a 15 pack of thighs and put a few in the aforementioned bags, touching every fucking thing in sight – fridge and freezer doors, drawer for bags etc, then wipe her hands on a tea towel – the one for drying dishes.
I visit her often and bring her “UN Food parcels” (I vac pack soups, casseroles, curries for her, for freezing etc, as well as do some baking – I work mainly in pastry. She lectures me on what a waste it is to pack things like this and states it’s unnecessary and food hygiene was never an issue when she was younger???
I’ve spent years, trying gently to educate her – she tells me to fuck off. She has a really posh english accent, so it makes me giggle when she’s dropping f-bombs or calling me a cunt etc. It’s nuts, but also quite funny, but the reality is it is actually serious, but she will never change.
Go figure…
I’m an adult, and I live in a super HCOL city, so I have other adult roommates.
This one dude I lived with once, also an adult, well into 30’s, kept getting sick. Like, stomach sick. He was always fucking sick, and always calling out sick to his job. Which also happened to be in food service.
One day, he heats up some sausage links in the microwave and starts eating them. Then, he’s like “these taste weird” and I took a look. They were covered in black mold. Big giant rings of black fuzzy mold. So, I told him so, that his food was super moldy and he shouldn’t eat it.
He said “what the fuck?!?! These have only been out of the freezer for like two weeks?”
…I’m not sure how some people made it this far.
I treat food safety at home vasty different than I do at work. I understand why we have procedures and regulations in the work place because your cooking for others but In my house I’m affecting me
Looks safely balanced to me!
nnooooo o o o
Whatever that is just marinade and call it a special.
That’s one way to keep me out of the ice cream
Your fridge is dirty. I see the chicken. Don’t you put it in one of the produce like bags. If you know, you should teach. It’s a life skill, not a professional thing. Teach your kids to walk until after you teach them how to cook. Then you let them loose.
Is that port wine cheese?
Speaking of fridges why tf are home fridges designed with produce storage on the very bottom
Since when do you have to work in food service to understand gravity ?
What am I looking at?
The non-food service subreddit can be really judgement of food safety standards. The argument is usually “I do this all the time and I’ve never died.” See, I just buy small quantities of perishables at a time, use them fast, store them safe, and cook to temp. I’ve also only been sick 2x in 5 years.
Sure, unsafe practice might not kill you right away, but they might kill someone immunocompromised, and even if I don’t die, I don’t like throwing up or having the shits.
God damn makes me think of my in-laws fridge and it’s state of disease-causing items. Green salad left out for four hours two nights ago, uncovered, with a tray of raw chicken thighs resting atop?
The potato salad they took to an outdoor gathering on a 103F day, where father-in-law blatantly licked the spatula dipping into the mayonnaise jar AND used it to eat samples of it, resting next to a half an angel-food cake topped with crusty strawberries?
Or the bowl of half-eaten dog food, consisting of cut up hot dogs, dry kibble, chicken broth, and slimy saliva sitting on top of foil that has been pressed down in to the mashed potatoes underneath?
And they wonder why I never wanted to eat their food… or why they experience ‘tummy issues’ so often. (Yeah I’ve explained it to them. He ran a drive-in restaurant in the late ‘70’s / early ‘80’s and claims all that shit flew back then). 🤢
My mother-in-law lives with us and occasionally cooks for us and I see her food practices and it’s very very hard for me to eat any of it because she does stuff like that all the time, or leaving frozen raw meat on the counter for hours to thaw. It’s just a strange coincidence how I’m always not hungry at the moment.
every time i see a strangers fridge i regret taking a food safety course
That’s gross. I usually keep those in a pan if I’m thawing. Those tend to leak
There is more health issues at home then even some of the shitiest restaurants. Most things at folks homes get way over cooked, tossed out or the folks are healthy enough to survive the stomach issues. Restaurants are a business we need to be better because we fucked if shit happens.
You put the container on top of the chicken duh
Whyyyyy?!?!? 😫😫😫😫
My fiancé worked as a cook + still does shit like this 😭
I found bacon on the middle shelf in my mums fridge the other day. An open, poorly wrapped pack. Beneath it was cheese, cold meat, chocolate biscuits, and some veggies. I just silently rearranged because I already know how telling her would turn out after the sponge floating in with the dishes that have been steeping in the sink for several days fiasco.
Dude, she better not ruin that pub cheese