"Ms P" > wrote in message
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> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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>> Does anyone here worry about other peoples kitchen sanitation and
>> potluck meals?
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>> Peace! Om
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> It kind of depends on if I know the person or not. I go to a sewing group
> get together once a month and one of the members has the most disgusting
> kitchen I've ever seen. Ever. I won't eat any thing that comes out of
> her kitchen. A couple of the other members have kitchens and homes that
> are a whole lot less than clean and I don't eat food that comes from their
> kitchens either. If they bring stuff from a store that hasn't been opened
> yet then I'll eat it.
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Hmm, depends on what and from what store, that can be worse, far worse... if
it's an unopened can of mixed nuts that's fine, but if it's prepared foods
from some deli I'd be very ascared, especially that you've no idea how long
they've been riding around with them.

I don't like to eat in other folk's homes. About a year ago I was invited
for lunch at a neighbor's home... we were sitting in the kitchen when their
teenage grandson opened the fridge and stood there while chuggalugging OJ
from the container and put the rest back... didn't seem to register with
anyone but me, which told me that was just the tip of the iceberg. Suddenly
I wasn't feeling well, excused myself and went home. I was already
teetering on the edge when I noticed their coffee carafe, it hadn't been
scrubbed in, well, like never. Anyone can give the kitchen and terlit a
quick straighten, it's when the rest of the abode has every door closed like
they have something to hide and they're burning incense that I worry, that
tells me that the host hasn't seen a bath and clean undies for more than a
week.

And I don 't eat at potlucks, I can count on the fingers of one hand how
many I've attended in my life, and then I ate before. I don't care much for
foods that have been fussed with anyway, I'm not going to eat foods that
someone else fussed with. And I don't let anyone help me cook, I'm not
about to eat when the meal was a community effort. Too many cooks spoiling
the broth is very true in more ways than one.