On 5/18/2017 6:26 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 5/17/2017 8:10 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Depending on what falls, I'd rinse it and use it. Food that is raw and
>> will be cooked, I see no problem. Cooked food may be a little harder,
>> but I'd not toss a $15 steak if it fell. In my life I know I've
>> ingested a lot of "stuff" and never got sick from it.
>>
>> How about you?
>
> Same here.

Being a what if scenario because maybe we're just overly careful but we
don't find ourselves dropping steaks on the floor, but I'd rinse it and
cook it, too. I'm not scraping tuna salad off the floor and eating it.
I didn't know the 5 second rule was a real thing because it sounds like
a joke to me. In the spirit of the question, it depends what falls, on
how clean the floor is (sorry, I don't steam it every day), the value of
what fell ... if I drop a piece of carrot and I have a whole bunch more,
I'd likely toss it in the compost.

A steak? A pork chop? Sure, I'll rinse it and cook it. A burger?
No.

nancy