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I think people have posted links to this site before - certainly some heated (I know, right!?) debate has taken place around what constitutes hygenic


Tasty and great food can and often is prepared in pretty ropey conditions


Appalling bland and dull food is often dished up by box-ticking merchants


Now I don?t really want rats looking over the chef?s shoulder as he or she cooks the food he or she has just rescued from their lair ? but given the choice of tasty good food from potentially queasy kitchen surroundings over dull food which is all but guaranteed to be safe I?m always going to go with the former

Two or three years ago I suffered two unpleasant food experiences at one of the places given one of the lowest scores. One of these involved an extremely serious case of food poisoning.


Liability for poor hygiene was admitted. I received an apology and an offer of free meals.


The fact that two or three years on the place in question has been awarded a low score sends out a message.


From this perspective, I think the scores are useful.

If they're allowed to stay open I'll eat there (as long as the food is good). Food Inspectors can be a bit challenging...


Honestly, I'm more concerned about the source of the ingredients. Some of the meat used in the catering industry is well dodgy. Do the food inspectors look at this?


You've got more chance of being poisoned at home or in a friend's house anyway.

Some counts made from http://ratings.food.gov.uk/search/




Postal district

Exempt

Non-exempt

Score=0

Score=1


SE5

10

280

0.7% (2)

10.4% (29)



SE15

18

412

1.7% (7)

18.0% (74)



SE21

3

66

0% (0)

4.5% (3)



SE22

11

215

0.9% (2)

10.7% (23)



Score 0 = "Urgent improvement necessary"

Score 1 = "Major improvement necessary"

I have a golden "3 second rule"


If the food has fallen on the floor for MORE than 3 seconds, I wont eat it.


Thus far it's stood me in good stead. I mean, who'd want to eat anything that had spent 4+ seconds on the floor.


I think Jamie O uses this same model.

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> I have a golden "3 second rule"

>

> If the food has fallen on the floor for MORE than

> 3 seconds, I wont eat it.

>

> Thus far it's stood me in good stead. I mean,

> who'd want to eat anything that had spent 4+

> seconds on the floor.

>

> I think Jamie O uses this same model.


Researchers beg to differ...


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2138777/The-second-rule-fact-fiction-Scientists-reveal-food-dropped-floor-safe-eat.html

StraferJack Wrote:

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> soldier germs: "look he just dropped his toast on

> the floor - charge!!"

>

> general germ: "easy men... easy. We all know the

> rules. Wait.... 3....2.....1..."


once in a blue moon you want a thumbs up button

El Pibe Wrote:

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> StraferJack Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------


>

> once in a blue moon you want a thumbs up button


I honestly thought that said bottom when I first read it. I should head home, my eyes are no longer working.

Loz Wrote:

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> Annette Curtain Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I have a golden "3 second rule"

> >

> > If the food has fallen on the floor for MORE

> than

> > 3 seconds, I wont eat it.

> >

> > Thus far it's stood me in good stead. I mean,

> > who'd want to eat anything that had spent 4+

> > seconds on the floor.

> >

> > I think Jamie O uses this same model.

>

> Researchers beg to differ...

>

> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2138777/

> The-second-rule-fact-fiction-Scientists-reveal-foo

> d-dropped-floor-safe-eat.html



Look, who do you really believe ?


Jamie O or "The daily I-sh*t-on-your-teeth Mail"


I can't believe I actually clicked that link. I feel very unwell now !

Had a scan through the list today, some pf peoples "favourite" eating and driking establishments have some VERY low scores. I strogly suggest having a look at the list before you sample the food on offer down LL and on North Cross Road. The scores may put you off eating in certain establishments.


Personally I'd like to see all businesses who sell/and serve food and drink to have to display their current rating in the front window so people can instantly know what the score awarded was by the local authority and make a judgement based on this information.

While spending some time in third world countries, my girlfriend and I developed the 5 golden rules for enjoying your meal. Some are probably worth applying here at home.


1 - don't look in the kitchen. You probably don't want to know and you cannot unsee what you have seen.

2 - if you order something sealed (dumpling, samosa, etc) don't look inside it. It's sealed for a reason.

3 - never order from a third party country. If you are in Nepal, don't order the Lasagne.

4 - never deviate from the menu. "Have you got any seafood?" in a place where it isn't on the menu will challenge the chef will always lead to trouble.

5 - if what you get served is close enough to what you order, or to be honest just looks edible, accept it quietly. Sending things back makes for hurried changes and disgruntled staff. Both can result in a dose of the Tijuana 2-step.

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