Comments on: Safety Tip: Buffet Etiquette http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:43:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ROSABELLA http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-7750 ROSABELLA Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:36:25 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-7750 I love buffet and depends on what restaurant you go. One time I I was dining in a buffet restaurant and overheard a customer requesting for a crab cracker. It so happened that I was standing by where the waiters dished out dirty plates. I saw the waiter took a crab cracker on one of the dirty plates. It bleeds my heart to see that so immediately I went to the customer and informed her not to use the crab cracker which the waiter just handed to her as it came from the dirty dishes; then immediately went to the manager and complained about it. Soon after the buffet restaurant has been closed. (I don't know if what happened impacted the closure) or perhaps more grave incidents happened! One of the best butfet I have gone is the Fuji Buffet at Madison Heights. It is clean and the servers are very friendly. I love buffet and depends on what restaurant you go. One time I I was dining in a buffet restaurant and overheard a customer requesting for a crab cracker. It so happened that I was standing by where the waiters dished out dirty plates. I saw the waiter took a crab cracker on one of the dirty plates. It bleeds my heart to see that so immediately I went to the customer and informed her not to use the crab cracker which the waiter just handed to her as it came from the dirty dishes; then immediately went to the manager and complained about it.

Soon after the buffet restaurant has been closed. (I don't know if what happened impacted the closure) or perhaps more grave incidents happened!

One of the best butfet I have gone is the Fuji Buffet at Madison Heights. It is clean and the servers are very friendly.

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-7681 Nancy Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:12:54 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-7681 Speaking of transferring germs.....Awhile back we watched a restaurant worker fill a parmesan shaker. He took the shaker off the table, unscrewed the cap, and dipped the shaker into a large container of parmesan cheese to fill it! Can you imagine the dirty little (and large) hands and fingers that had handled that shaker? I haven't gone back there since!! Speaking of transferring germs…..Awhile back we watched a restaurant worker fill a parmesan shaker. He took the shaker off the table, unscrewed the cap, and dipped the shaker into a large container of parmesan cheese to fill it! Can you imagine the dirty little (and large) hands and fingers that had handled that shaker? I haven't gone back there since!!

]]> By: hdufort http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-7553 hdufort Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:46:54 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-7553 The biggest threats to your safety in buffet, besides of temperature, are: (1) People with dirty hands (coming out of the toilets for instance) rummaging through food with their bare hands. (2) Food staying in the warmer or salad bar for wayyyy too long (sometimes more than a day). (3) Plus, if they put food back in the fridge for reuse, the cooling/reheating times are perfect for bacterial proliferation (see Bacillus cereus in fried rice and other foods). The biggest threats to your safety in buffet, besides of temperature, are:
(1) People with dirty hands (coming out of the toilets for instance) rummaging through food with their bare hands.
(2) Food staying in the warmer or salad bar for wayyyy too long (sometimes more than a day).
(3) Plus, if they put food back in the fridge for reuse, the cooling/reheating times are perfect for bacterial proliferation (see Bacillus cereus in fried rice and other foods).

]]> By: Jane http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-5028 Jane Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:37:52 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-5028 "Paranoia"? All they're saying is to wash your hands and you'll be fine. Just be aware of what's going on around you. It's no good burying your head in the sand. Don't be scared to face reality. "Paranoia"? All they're saying is to wash your hands and you'll be fine. Just be aware of what's going on around you. It's no good burying your head in the sand. Don't be scared to face reality.

]]> By: omegaphatz http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-4773 omegaphatz Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:54:58 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-4773 One thing that gets me at buffets are when people pile the "popular item" on their plate. Im sure y'all have seen it. One person has a stack of crab legs, oysters, or chicken wings on his plate. I was at a buffet the other day and the hot item was craw fish. I passed by tables where people had a stack of craw fish on a plate and while eating food from other plate. I go to where the craw fish are in the buffet and surprise surprise, it's all gone. Later I saw those same people get new piles of craw fish, and I go back to see it all gone again. That drives me nuts. One thing that gets me at buffets are when people pile the "popular item" on their plate. Im sure y'all have seen it. One person has a stack of crab legs, oysters, or chicken wings on his plate. I was at a buffet the other day and the hot item was craw fish. I passed by tables where people had a stack of craw fish on a plate and while eating food from other plate. I go to where the craw fish are in the buffet and surprise surprise, it's all gone. Later I saw those same people get new piles of craw fish, and I go back to see it all gone again. That drives me nuts.

]]> By: guest http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-4768 guest Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:26:29 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-4768 I agree 100%. It seems in the past few years we've really become obsessed with germs. I agree 100%. It seems in the past few years we've really become obsessed with germs.

]]> By: Phil Davis http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-4767 Phil Davis Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:21:39 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-4767 I work in a restraunt that has a buffet. So I really do not know where to start for experiances. All I can say is people can really be pigs!!!!!!! I work in a restraunt that has a buffet. So I really do not know where to start for experiances. All I can say is people can really be pigs!!!!!!!

]]> By: Vee http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-4760 Vee Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:30:16 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-4760 Hand sanitizers work well. Hand sanitizers work well.

]]> By: Vee http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-4759 Vee Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:26:56 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-4759 Always keep your cell phone ready. Always keep your cell phone ready.

]]> By: Mommy2KiwiNDuckie http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/09/11/safety-tip-buffet-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-4758 Mommy2KiwiNDuckie Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:38:27 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=9433#comment-4758 When we were in Ireland, buffet style was very common. More cafeteria than buffet, but many choices of meat, and sides, pay one price get several plates.. When we were in Ireland, buffet style was very common. More cafeteria than buffet, but many choices of meat, and sides, pay one price get several plates..

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